Excerpt from Charter of Incorporation, Constitution and by-Laws of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts: To Which Is Annexed, a List of Members, and of the Officers for 1824 Section 5. And be it further enacted by the da thority aforesaid, That the duties and rights of the members of the said corporation, the powers and functions of the officers thereof herein-rbefore men tioned, and of such others as may hereafter be added, the mode of supplying vacancies in office, the times of meeting of the said corporation, and of the board of managers, the numbers which shall constitute a quorum at any such meetings, the mode of electing members, the terms of their admission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.