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 and granted unto the said Society, from time to time to choose one or more Printers and Gravers, and by writing sealed with the common Seal of the Society, and signed by the President for the time being, to grant them Power to print such Things, Matters and Businesses concerning the said Society, as shall be committed to them by the Council from time to time: The said Printers and Gravers, being sworn before the President and Council in Form before specified, which President and Council are impowered to give the said Oath.

And for the greater Advantage and Success of the Society in their philosophical Studies and Endeavours, full Power and Authority is granted unto them, to require, take, and receive from time to time, dead Bodies of Persons executed, and the same to anatomise, to all Intents and Purposes, and in as ample Manner and Form as the College of Physicians, and Company of Chirurgeons of London (by 'what Names soever the said two Corporations are or may be called) have had and made use of, or may have and use the said Bodies.

And for the Improvement of such Experiments, Arts, and Sciences, as the Society may be imployed in, full Power and Authority is granted unto them from time to time by Letters under the Hand of the President, in the Presence of the Council, to hold Correspondence and Intelligence with any Strangers, whether private Persons, or Collegiate Societies, or Corporations, without any Interruption or Molestation whatsoever: Provided that this Indulgence or Grant be extended to no farther Use than the particular Benefit and Interest of the Society, in Matters Philosophical, Mathematical, and Mechanical.

Full Power and Authority is also granted on the behalf of the Society to the Council, to erect and build one or more Colleges within London, or ten Miles