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1. That J. B. S. Todd, J. S. Gregory, James Tufts, W. W. Brookings, E. Stutsman, J. H. Shober, Reuben Wallace, D. Gifford, E. Gifford, N. McDonalds, C. F. Picotte, John Stanage, J. B. Amidon, G. P. Waldron, B. M. Smith, A. C. Vanmiter, J. Deuel, J. H. Hanson, A. G. Fuller, D. T. Bramble, M. K. Armstrong, J. M. Allen, Austin Cole, F. Carman, J. Wherry, H. C. Ash, John L. Tiernon, J. M. Stone, W. P. Lyman, W. H. Granger, C. W. Cooper, R. M. Johnson, Norman W. Kitson, L. M. Griffith, F. J. Dewitt, J. C. McBride, Christopher Maloney, H. S. Donaldson, James McFetridge, William Matthews, M. Ryan, John McClellan, J. B. Laplant, A. Mason, Peter Arpin, John Brulliard, W. W. Benedict, Ole Bottleson, Ole Anderson, C. Lawson, A. B. Smith, Geo. Brown, Moses Herrick, J. McLeese, John Lafevr, Felix La Blanch, Geo. Bourett, H. Bradley, Joseph Chattelion, and A. W. Puett, and their associates, be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, to all intents and purposes, by the name of the "Old Settlers' Historical Association," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto; may purchase, hold, and convey, both personal and real property, to any amount, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and the same to lease, grant, mortgage, and sell, or otherwise dispose of, for the benefit of the society; and to receive donations, to be applied as the donor or donors may direct; and to devise and keep a common seal, with the right to alter the same at pleasure; and to make and enforce such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they may choose, not repugnant to the laws of the