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CHARTER OB THB BOCIBTY.

CHARTER OF THE SOCIETY,

An Aot t-,o inoorporate the State I-Iistor-iosl Sooiety of
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Wisconsin.
CIIAPTEU 17, LAWS OP 1864.
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SECTION That Leonard J. Farwell, Mason C. Darling,
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Wm. R. Smith, Chtrles Lord, I. A. Lapham, Wm. H. Watson,
Cyrus Woodman, James .D. Doty, Morgan L. Martin, Lyman
C. Draper, Samuel AiIarshall, John W. Hunt, Albert C. Ingham
and 0. M. Conover, and their present and future associates, and
their successors, be and they are hereby constituted and created
a body politic and corporate, by the name of "TEE STATE HIS-
TORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN,'' and by that name shall have
perpetual succession with all thc C~culties and liabilities of a
corporation; may sue and be sucd, implead and be impleaded,
defend and be defended in a11 courts and places; and for the
purposes of its institution, may do all such acts n.s are performed
by natural y ersons .

SEC. 2. Thc object of the Society shall bc Lo collcct, embody,
arrange and preserve, in authentic form, a library of books,.
pamphlets, maps, chartrls, manuscripts, papers, paintings, statu-
ary, and other materials illustrative of thc history of the Stnte;:
to rescue from oblivion the memory of its early pioneers, and to,
obtain and preserve narratives of their exploits, perils, and hardy
adventures; to exhibit faithfully the antiquitics, and the past and
present condition, and resources of TVisconsin; and may take
propei steps to promote thc study of history by lectures, and to
diffuse and publish information relating to the description and
hitory of the Statc.
SEC. 3. Said Society lusy have and use, and at discretioni
ehange, a common seal; inay ordain and enforcc a Constitution,
by-laws, rules and regulations, and elect such officers as the Con--
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