A LAW, 
Organizing certain Classes or Committees in the Society for 
the Purposes therein specified. 
Passed by the Society, Feb. 23, 1814. 
I. BE it Ordained by the Society for the Promotion of 
Useful Arts , That the primary subjects for its consideration 
be arranged under the following classes, viz. 
1st. Agriculture—* which will include Domestic (Econo¬ 
my, Husbandry in general, Horticulture and Botany, with 
all the implements and machinery used therein ; also Graz¬ 
ing, the Dairy, the management of Domestic Animals and 
Plants, their diseases and cures, and the nature of Soils 
and Manures. 
2d. Chemistry—* which will particularly include Miner¬ 
alogy, Metallurgy, Dying, Tanning, Brewing, Baking, Malt¬ 
ing, Glass Making, Pottery, and ail the Arts connected with 
the science of Chemistry. 
3d. Mechanic Arts —comprising almost every species 
of Handicraft, relating either to the necessaries and conven¬ 
iences, or the elegancies of life ; also all those Arts and 
Sciences which depend on Mathematics for illustration, as 
Mechanics, Optics, Astronomy, Pneumatics, See. 
4th. Fine Arts —which will comprehend Painting in all 
its branches, Sculpture, Modelling, Engraving, Music, Ar¬ 
chitecture, &c. 
II. And be it further ordained , That the society will on 
Wednesday the second of March next, proceed to the 
election of four permanent committees, to be severally styl¬ 
ed, the Agricultural Committee , the Chemical Committee , 
the Committee of Mechanic Arts , and the Committee of Fine 
Arts , to whom respectively shall be committed all commu¬ 
nications to the society relating to the subjects comprehend¬ 
ed in their respective classes. And that it shall be the 
special duty of pach committee from time to time* to make 
