CHARTER.

AN ACT to incorporate the "Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, that Moses Ranney, Elbridge Lawrence, William N. Green, Isaac D. Wheeler, Samuel A. Spencer, Robert Brown, Roland G. Mitchell, Charles G. Springer, William R. Smith, and their associates, who have associated together in a Library Association, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of the City of Cincinnati; and by that name shall be competent to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts and places and in all matters whatsoever, with full powers to acquire, hold, possess, use, occupy, and enjoy by gift, grant, devise, or otherwise, and the same to sell, convey, and dispose of, all such real estate and other property as may be necessary and convenient for the support and transaction of business of said Association, or which may be conveyed to the same for the security, or in payment of any debt which may become due and owing to said Association, or in satisfaction of any judgment at law or any decree of a court of equity in its favor; and may make, have and use a common seal, and the same break, alter, and renew at pleasure. Provided that the property, funds, and revenues of said Association shall not be used for any other than the purposes of a Mercantile Library Association.

SEC. 2. That the real and personal estate, property, funds, revenues, and other concerns of said Association, and the administration of its affairs, shall be under the exclusive direction, management and control of a board of seven directors who shall be chosen on the first Tuesday of January, annually, at such time of day, and at such place in the City of Cincinnati, as the directors for the time being shall appoint, which directors shall be members of said Association, and shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors shall be chosen; they shall fill all vacancies in their board during the term for which they shall be elected, shall appoint a Librarian and such other agents as they shall deem fit and expedient, shall have power to make all by laws, rules, and regulations for the good government of said Association, annex reasonable pecuniary fines as a penalty for the breach thereof, and otherwise do all such other acts as appertain to their office; provided, that no such by-laws, rules, and regulations shall in anywise be contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States; provided also, that any future Legislature shall have power to alter, amend, or repeal this act.

SEC. 3. That this act shall be taken and received in all courts, and by all judges, magistrates, and other public officers, as a public act, and all printed copies of the

same which shall be printed by or under the authority of the General Assembly, shall be admitted as good evidence thereof, without any other proof whatever.

January 5, 1836.

WM. SAWYER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ELIJAH VANCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, Columbus, O., Jan. 12, 1836. I certify that the foregoing Act is a correct copy from the original roll remaining on file in this office.

B. HINKSON, Secretary of State.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati," passed Jan. 5, 1836.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, that said Association shall have power to form a Constitution and adopt such By-Laws for the government of said Corporation, the arrangement and regulation of its fiscal concerns, the admission of its members, and appointment of its officers as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or the United States. Any uture Legislature may modify or repeal this act.

SEC. 2. That the second section of the act, to which this is an amendment, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati," passed January 5, 1836, be and the same is hereby repealed.

April 3, 1837.

WILLIAM MEDILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ELIJAH VANCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, Columbus, O., April 15, 1837.

I certify the above act to be a correct copy taken from the original roll on file in this department.

CARTER B. HARLAN,

Secretary of State.