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Rh, matters and causes whatsoever; and may have a common seal, and may change or alter the same, from time to time; and shall he capable of purchasing, taking, holding, and enjoying to them and their successors, any real estate, in fee simple or otherwise, and any goods, chattels, and personal estate, or any part thereof, at their will and pleasure: Provided always, That the funds of the said Corporation shall never be diverted to any other than the charitable purposes stated in the preamble of this Act; and provided also, That the clear annual income of the real and personal estate of the said Corporation shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars

And be it further enacted, That the said Society shall, from time to time, forever hereafter, have power to make, ordain, establish, and alter such by-laws and regulations as they shall think proper, for the election of their officers; for prescribing their respective functions, and the mode of discharging the same; for the filling up of vacancies; for the admission of new members; for regulating the times and places of meeting of the said Society; for suspending or expelling such members as shall neglect or refuse to comply with the by-laws or regulations, and for the managing or directing the affairs and concerns of the said Society: Provided, That such by-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States.

And be it farther enacted, That the officers of the said Society shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, a Secreary, a Treasurer, and seven Assistants, and such other officers as the Society may judge necessary, who shall be annually chosen from among the resident members, and who shall continue in office for one year, or until others be elected in their stead; that if the annual election shall not be held at any of the days for that purpose appointed, it shall be lawful to make such election at any other day, and that thirteen members of the Society, assembling at that place and time designated for that purpose, by any by-law or regulation of the Society, shall constitute a legal meeting thereof.

And be it further enacted, That the Board of Officers shall, at least once in every year, exhibit to a meeting of this Society