The charter and bye-laws of the London Institution for the Advancement of Literature and the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

  • London Institution.
Date:
1823
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    and all others, who have already subscribed to the said Fund, and have been elected and accepted Proprietors of the same, and such other persons as shall from time to time hereafter be elected and accepted Proprietors thereof, and their respective successors, shall hereafter be, by virtue of these presents, one body politic, by the name of the “ London Institution for the Advancement of Literature and the Diffusion of useful Knowledge.' And we do will, constitute, and declare, them and their successors to be one body politic and corporate, for the purposes aforesaid, and by the name aforesaid, to have perpetual succession, and to have a common seal, with full power and authority to alter, vary, break, and renew the same, at their discretion; and by the same name, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and answer and be answered unto, in every court of us, our heirs and successors. And we do will, constitute, and grant, that the said Proprietors and their successors shall be for ever able and capable in the law, to purchase, receive, possess, and enjoy, to them and their successors, any goods and chattels whatsoever; and also be able and capable in the Law (notwithstanding the Statutes of Mortmain,) to take, purchase, possess, hold, and enjoy, to them and their successors, a hall, college, and any messuages, lands, tenements, and heredita- ments whatsoever. But Our will and pleasure is, that the Hall or College of the said Society shall be situated within the city of London or its liberties, and that the yearly value of the said hall, college, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, shall not exceed in