Charter, Constitution and By-Laws: Of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Charter, Constitution and By-Laws: Of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Charter, Constitution and by-Laws: Of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That Joseph J. Mickley, Arthur G. Coffin, Alfred B. Taylor, Mark W. Collet, William S. Vaux, John Bohlen, Samuel H. Fulton, J. Ledyard Hodge, Montgomery L. Frederick, and their associates and successors, shall be and they are hereby created and constituted a body corporate by the name, style and title of The Numismatic Society of Phila delphia. The object of this corporation shall be the collee tion of coins and medals, for the purpose of holding the same for scientific purposes, and the said corporation shall not buy, sell or deal in any coin or money for the purpose of gain, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, shall be able to make contracts relative to the said Institution, to sue and be sued, and Shall be capable in law and equity of taking, purchas ing, receiving, holding and conveying any estate, real, personal or mixed, for the use and benefit of the said Society or body politic. Provided, That the clear yearly value or income of the estate, real, personal or mixed, of the Society, shall not at any time exceed the sum of six thousand dollars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.