TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 105. 1842. S45 titled, “An act granting to the counties or parishes of State and Terri- Actor Ma 246, [qty of the United States, in which the public lands are situated, the 16% ¤l¤·1g9· right of pre-emption to quarter sections of land, for seats of justice, within the same," approved twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight proviso_ hundred and twenty-four: Provided, That said lands, or any part thereof, shall not have been [sold] by the United States prior to the date of this act. Am-novnn, July 27, 1842. "i" Snrvrs II. Cmir. CV.-—./2n Act to inc orale a socict in the District 0 Uolumbi b name of the Natilgizl Imlitulefnryi/re Promotion of fS'c·icnce. a y me Be it enacted, dc., That Peter Force, Francis Markoe, jr., Garrett R. Barry, William J. Stone, Daniel Webster, Walter Forward, John C. National In- Sponcer, Abel P. Upshur, Charles A. Wickliffe, Hugh S. Legare, John °‘““;°‘“°°'P°‘ Q, Adams, William C. Preston, John J. Abert, John G. Totten, Aaron rm ` O. Dayton, Lewis Warrington,-and all others now members of the society in the District of Columbia, known by the name of “The National Institution for the Promotion of Science," and their successors and associates, duly elected in the manner provided for in their constitution, hereinafter mentioned, as it now exists, or as it may be hereafter altered and amended by the society herein and hereby incorporated, shall be, and they are hereby, incorporated, constituted, and declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name of “The National Institute for the Promotion of Science." Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and singular the goods, Property vestchattels, property and effects, heretofore given, granted, devised or be- °d mlb queathed to the said society, or to any person or persons, or that may have been purchased for its use, or which are or may be held in trust for it, shall be, and the same are hereby, vested in and confirmed to the said corporation hereby created; and the said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to take or receive any sum or sums of money, or any goods, chattels, property, or effects of any kind or nature whatsoever, which shall or may hereafter be given, granted, devised or bequeathed to the said corporation, or in trust for the said corporation, by any person or persons, body politic or corporate, capable of making such gilt, bequest, or devise: Provided, always, That such money, p,,,,,,,,,,_ goods, chattels, property, or effects, be laid out or disposed of; for the use or benefit of the said corporation, according to the intention of the donors or devisors. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all obligations, agreements, Obligations. and contracts, heretofore entered into, by or with the said society, or g,fé::,";;‘;g°"° any of its duly authorized agents, shall be as valid and obligatory upon Obligatory_ ’ the respective parties, and upon the corporation hereby created, as if the said society had been incorporated and existed as a corporation at the time and times of entering into such obligations, agreements, and contracts. And the said corporation shall be liable, to all persons and Liable for bodies politic and corporate, for all goods, chattels, and effects, hereto- §,‘;‘H1;af;gg,ig3i fore specially deposited with the said society for safe-keeping or exhibition, or which may be hereafter so deposited with the said corporation, according to the terms of the deposite. And all_ the property of the proporryortho said corporation, at the time of the expiration or dissolution of its char- 5i0¤’gP1‘¤*,1°:}$:¤ ter, shall belong to and devolve upon the United States; and the Presi- ::,,5;;;,;, ' dent of the United States for the time being shall appoint a person or U_s_ persons to take possession ot, and keep and preserve the same, unless and until Congress shall otherwise dispose of the same. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the constitution heretofore Conssitution. adopted by the said society, and as it now exists, and as it may hereafter, from time to time, be altered and amended in3the manner therein v
