make by. and special meetings of said corporation, and do and transact all business and matters appertaining thereunto, agreeably to such rules, ordinances, regulations, and by-laws as may hereafter be made concerning the The corpor- premises: And the corporation at any of their said. ation to meetings shall have full power and authority to make laws, &c. and ordain such rules, ordinances, regulations, and by-laws as a majority of the Company met shall from time to time judge necessary or convenient, and the same to put in execution, or to revoke, disannul, alter or ammend at their pleasure: Provided always, That the said rules, ordinances, regulations and by-laws relate only to the useful and charitable purposes before mentioned, and be not repugnant to the laws of this commonwealth. Officers to SECT. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority be regulated aforesaid, That the duties and the authorities of the by by-laws, officers, the times of meeting of the corporation, the &c. No misnom any gift or grant. admission of members, and the other concerns of the said corporation, shall be regulated by the by-laws and ordinances thereof: Provided, That no by-laws or ordinances of the said corporation shall be binding on the members or officers unless the same shall have been proposed at one regular meeting of the corporation, and received and enacted at another, after the intervention of at least thirty days; and that no sale, alienation or lease for more than two years of any part of the real estate of the said corporation shall be valid, unless the terms or nature of such sale or lease be proposed at a previous meeting of the corporation as aforesaid. SECT. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority er to annul aforesaid, That no misnomer of the said corporation and their successors shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise or bequest to the said corporation, if the intent of the donor shall sufficiently appear by the tenor of the gift, testament or other writing, whereby any estate or interest was intended to pass to the said corporation; nor shall any non-user of the rights, liberties, privileges, and authorities, or any of them hereby granted to the said corporation, create or cause a forfeiture thereof. President SECT. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority Duty of the aforesaid, That, the president, assistants, wardens, and ond other committee appointed by the Company at their meeting officers. on the eighteenth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, shall continue to act in their several stations, and do and perform the duties assigned them, for and during the remainder of the year, or unto the third Monday [or second day of the week] in January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. Signed by order of the House, RICHARD PETERS, Speaker. Enacted into a law, in Philadelphia, on Friday, the second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety. (Signed) PETER ZACHARY LLOYD, Clerk of the General Assembly. Inrolled 7th June, 1790. I, Mathew Irwin, Esquire, Master of Rolls, for the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify the preceding writing to be a true copy [or exemplification] of a certain law inrolled in my office. [L. S.] In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my (Signed) MATHEW IRWIN, M. R. BY-LAWS OF THE CARPENTERS' COMPANY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. Stated meet SECTION 1. The stated meetings of the Company shall be held on the third Monday in January, April, ings. July, and October, in each and every year, at the Hall, or such other place as the Company may, from time to time, direct. Twenty members shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. held. SECT. 2. The Company shall, at their stated meet- Elections, ing in January, elect, by ballot, a President, Vice- when to be President, Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall be elected for one year; a Managing Committee, consisting of nine members, three of whom shall be elected annually, to serve for three years; and three Wardens, one of whom shall be elected annually, to serve for three years; Provided, That no member shall be eligible to serve for more than three years in five, as President, or Vice-President, nor for more than three years out of four as a member of the Managing Committee. filling office in case of SECT. 3. If, from any cause, the Company shall be Provisionfor unable to elect their officers at the time prescribed in these by-laws, the officers then in power shall continue vacancy. to perform the duties of their respective offices until their successors be chosen; and all vacancies occa Duties of and Vice sioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be supplied at the first stated meeting after such vacancies shall be known to exist, except in the office of Treas urer. SECT. 4. The President, or in his absence the VicePresident President, shall preside at all meetings of the ComPresident. pany, regulate the debates, and state the question when any matter is to be determined, also have the casting vote, and cause such entries to be made as shall be determined by the Company. And he shall affix the corporate seal of the Company to powers of attorney, to enable the Treasurer to satisfy or release. mortgages whenever required by the Managing Committee. In the absence of the President and VicePresident, the the members shall choose a President pro tem. Special meetings. Duty of the SECT. 5. The President, or in his absence the VicePresident, with the concurrence of three members of the Managing Committee, or upon the request of five members of the Company, shall have full power to call special meetings, by directing the Wardens, in writing, to notify the members. SECT. 6. The Secretary's duty shall be to keep fair Secretary. minutes of the proceedings of the Company, with marginal references; he shall furnish the Managing Committee regularly with a copy of such minutes as may, in any wise, relate to their duties; notify all committees of their appointment, and the duty assigned them: call the roll at each meeting precisely at the time adjourned to; he shall notify members of their election, and his books shall be left in charge of the Managing Committee, the first Wednesday after the Company's meeting. Treasurer to SECT. 7. The Treasurer shall give such security as give bonds may be required by the Managing Committee, in any -his duties sum not exceeding double the amount that may prob ably come into his hands, the bonds to be given at the first meeting of the Managing Committee after his election; he shall receive all moneys belonging to the Company, and deposit the same in the name of the Company in such bank, or other institution paying interest, as the Managing Committee may direct, and |