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 the Anti-Slavery Society.

. 2. The object of the Society shall be, to endeavor by all means sanctioned by law, humanity, and religion, to effect the abolition of Slavery in the United States; to improve the character and condition of the free people of color, to inform and correct public opinion in relation to their situation and rights, and obtain for them equal civil and political rights and privileges with the whites.

. 3. Any person by signing the Constitution, and paying to the Treasurer annually, shall be considered a member of the Society.

. 4. The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and Counsellors, who shall be elected annually, by ballot, and shall hold their respective offices until others are chosen.

. 5. The foregoing officers shall constitute a Board of Managers, to whom shall be entrusted the disposition of the funds, and the management of the concerns of the Society.

. 6. There shall be a public meeting of the Society annually, on the of, at which the Board of Managers shall make a Report of their doings for the past year, and of the income, expenditures, and funds of the Society.