E. C. Lum William A. Lybrand Rev. Frederick Lynch, D.D. Emory S. Lyon William Dennistoun Murphy Harry M. Newington Dr. Frank Northrop Charles F. Noyes Nelson K. Partridge W. H. Perkins Lewis Perry Arthur S. Pierce Edward Allen Pierce Walter B. Pollock Chester DeWitt Pugsley Hon. Henry B. Quinby Charles W. Rantoul, Jr. E. W. Rockafellow Lawrence F. Rossiter E. E. Rowe Charles E. Rushmore Charles Howland Russell Edward T. Ryder Charles D. Sabin Charles A. Sackett A. L. Salt Francis B. Sanford Cecil F. Shallcross Dr. Henry Mann Silver Francis Lynde Stetson Jefferson DeMont Thompson Frank Trumbull Edmund L. Twining Frederick D. Underwood Henry Utard James B. Van Woert Dr. Herbert L. Wheeler James Wilkinson Harry Williams Robert Thorne Leon K. Thurlow Wallace Tiebout Ambrose G. Todd Howard Y. Williams William E. Winchester Willis D. Wood Edwin D. Worcester ACT OF INCORPORATION. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Passed April 15, 1833. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1.-All such persons as now are members of the charitable and literary association in the City of New York, called "THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK," and all persons who shall hereafter become members of said association, by being elected such members according to the Constitution and By-Laws thereof, and subscribing to the Constitution thereof, and paying the sum of three dollars to the Treasurer of said association, shall be and hereby are constituted a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name of "THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK," for the purpose of affording pecuniary relief to poor persons of New England origin, and also for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a library. SECTION 2.-The estate and concerns of said corporation shall be governed and directed by a board of officers, members of said corporation, consisting of a President, two Vice-Presidents, four Counsellors, eight Assistant Counsellors, a Secretary and a Treasurer, to be elected and appointed annually, at such time and place within the City of New York, as shall be provided for by the By-Laws of the said association, and until the annual meeting to be had in December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, the board of officers of said Society shall be as follows, viz.: Lynde Catlin, President; John Stearns, M.D., First VicePresident; William Burns, Second Vice-President; Robert Buloid, Thomas Fessenden, Stephen Brown, M.D., William P. Haws, Counsellors; Elijah Mead, M.D., Joshua Geer, Sheppard Knapp, Samuel T. Tisdale, William A. Beecker, Joseph Hoxie, John Spring and Sidney Brooks, Assistant Counsellors; Ezra Weeks, Treasurer, and Alfred A. Weeks, Secretary. SECTION 3.-The said corporation shall have power to purchase, receive by devise and hold real estate in the City of New York, to the value of twenty-five thousand dollars, and to sell or mortgage real estate, and also to receive by bequest and possess personal estate, so that the whole of their estate shall not at any time exceed in value fifty thousand dollars; one-half of their annual income, from initiation fees and annual dues, shall be annually expended in benefactions to the poor according to the Constitution and By-Laws of said corporation, and they shall have power to loan their moneys on mortgage, or invest the same from time to time, in any public stock of the United States, or of any one of the States of the Union, or in the stock of any bank chartered or to be chartered by the Legislature of the State of New York. SECTION 4.-The Legislature may at any time hereafter alter, amend or repeal this Act. SECTION 5.-This corporation shall possess the general powers and be subject to the general restrictions and liabilities contained in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes. AMENDMENTS TO ACT OF INCORPORATION. AN AMENDMENT TO THE ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. AN ACT to amend and in addition to an Act entitled "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK," passed April fifteen, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. Passed May 4, 1872. The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1.-The first section of the Act entitled "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK," passed April fifteen, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 1.-All such persons as are now members of the Charitable and Literary Association in the City of New York, called the NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK, and all persons who shall hereafter become members of said Association, by being elected such members according to the Constitution and By-Laws thereof, shall be and hereby are constituted a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name of the NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, for the purpose of affording pecuniary relief to poor |