An act to incorporate the Chicago Lyceum.

Sec. [Section]1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, that the members of the Chicago Lyceum, and all persons who shall hereafter become associated with them, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic by the name of “The Chicago Lyceum,” and by that name shall have power to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in all courts having competent jurisdiction, and shall be vested with all ^the^ powers and privileges necessary to fulfil the objects of their incorporation.

2. The objects of said corporation shall be the promotion of moral and intellectual improvement by the instruction of its members in Literature, Science[,] and the Arts, and the general dissemination of knowledge, and for those purposes shall have power to establish and maintain a library, reading room, cabinet, chemical and philosophical apparatus, and such other means as may be necessary for the furtherance of its objects as aforesaid.

3. Said corporation shall have power to elect such officers, appoint such committees, and adopt such by-laws as may be necessary for its government, the management of its concerns, ^and^ the fulfilment of its objects; to make, have[,] and use a common seal, and the same to alter and renew at pleasure; to erect a building in the City of Chicago for the accomodation of said lyceum, where

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it may be for its interests to do it, and for that purpose to obtain by purchase or otherwise, and hold, so much land in said City as may be necessary for such building; to take, hold[,] and convey all such real and personal property as may be received by donation or bequest; and also further to take, hold[,] and convey all such books, papers, cabinets, apparatus[,] and furniture, as may be necessary for attaining the objects, and carrying into effect the purposes of the said coporation.

4. The several officers of the said lyceum, at the time of the passage of this act, shall continue to hold their respective offices, as officers of the corporation hereby created, until the next annual election, unless in case of a vacancy previously occurring by death, resignation, or otherwise; and all personal property, or funds or securities, now held by the said officers or either ^or any^ of them, or any other person or persons in trust for the said lyceum, shall, by virtue of this act, vest in and become the property of, and may be sued for and recovered it the name of the corporation hereby created.

5. Said corporation shall have power to raise funds by subscription, or in such manner as may be provided in its by-laws, now adopted or hereafter to be adopted, but all its estate, property[,] and funds, shall be devoted solely to the general purposes and objects, as prescribed in the second section of this act.

6. Said corporation may require of its treasurer sufficient bonds and satisfactory securities, for the faithful performance of his duties.