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associates, successors and assigns are hereby constituted a body 
corporate and politic under the name and 6tyle of “ The 
Newport Natural History Society',” to be located in the 
city of Newport, Rhode Island, for the purpose of establishing 
a Museum of Natural History, Zoological Garden and Aquarium 
for the benefit of scientific investigation and instruction of the 
people, with power to hold real and personal estate in an amount 
not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with all the 
rights and privileges and be subjected to all the duties and liabilities 
provided by Chapter 152 of the Public Statutes of Rhode Island, 
and of the several acts in addition thereto and in amendment 
thereof. 
Sec. 2. This act shall take efleet from and after its passage. 
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, Etc. 
Office of the Secretary of State, ) 
Providence, R. I., June 20th, 1883. j 
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of An Act passed by 
the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, etc., June 1st. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the 
State aforesaid, this twentieth day of June, 
A. D., 1883. 
JOSHUA M. ADDEMAN, 
Secretary of State. 
A. D., 1SS3. 
