CHARTER.

LAWS OF NEW YORK, 1865.

CHAPTER 594.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE

"THE UNIVERSITY CLUB"

IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

Passed April 28, 1865.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Theodore William Dwight, George T. Strong, John Taylor Johnston, Charles Astor Bristed, Henry R. Winthrop, Charles F. Chandler, Joseph H. Choate, Edmund Wetmore, Francis E. Kernochan, Eugene Schuyler, Edward Mitchell, Luther M. Jones, and Russell Sturgis, Jr., and such other persons as are now associated, or may hereafter be associated, with them, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of "The University Club," to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of the promotion of literature and art, by establishing and maintaining a library, reading-room, and gallery of art, and by such other means as shall be expedient and proper for such purpose.

SEC. 2. The said corporation shall have the power to make and adopt a constitution and by-laws, rules, and regulations for the admission, suspension, and expulsion of its members, and for their government; for the collection of fees and dues; for the election of its officers, and to define their duties; and for the safekeeping and protection of its property and funds; and from time to time to alter or repeal such constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations. The persons named in the first section of this act shall constitute the trustees and managers until others are elected in their places.

SEC. 3. The said corporation may lease, purchase, or take by deed, devise, or bequest any real or personal estate, and hold or lease the same; provided that they shall not hold any real estate the value of which shall exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.

SEC. 4. The said corporation shall possess the general powers and be subject to the general restrictions and liabilities prescribed in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

HUNDRED AND SIXTY

FOUR OF THE LAWS OF EIGHTEEN

FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE UNIVERSITY CLUB IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK."

Passed March 29, 1883.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section three of chapter five hundred and ninetyfour of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled “An Act to incorporate the University Club in the City of New York," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 2. The said corporation may lease, purchase or take by deed, devise, or bequest any real or personal estate, and hold or lease the same; provided that they shall not hold any real estate the value of which shall exceed the sum of five hundred thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately.