PAST OFFICERS.

A List of the Officers of the Young Men's Association, chosen at the different Elections, from December, 1847, to May, 1861:

Elected December 20th and 27th, 1847.-President, J. H. VanDyke; Vice-Presidents, M. Mason and Joseph Curtis; Recording Secretary, J. L. McVickar; Corresponding Secretary, Rev. A. L. Chapin; Treasurer, S. Marshall; Trustees from the Honorary Members, B. McVickar, I. A. Lapham, E. Cramer, A. Finch, jr., and F. Randall; Junior Trustees, Hans Crocker and James Christie.

Elected January 19th, 1848.-The same officers, except that Edward Hopkins took the place of A. Finch, jr., and H. W. Tenney was elected Recording Secretary.

Elected January 18th, 1849. - President, S. O. Putnam; Vice-President, J. K. Bartlett; Treasurer, Sam. Marshall; Secretary, C. F. Ilsley; Trustees, B. McVickar, Edward Hopkins, I. A. Lapham, H. W. Tenney, Hans Crocker, F. Randall and A. F. Clarke.

Elected December 5th, 1849.--President, S. O. Putnam; VicePresident, Geo. LeFevre; Secretary, Chas. F. Ilsley; Treasurer, S. Marshall; Trustees, Edward Hopkins, B. Me Vickar, I. A. Lapham, H. W. Tenney, J. K. Bartlett, J. H. Tweedy and Robert Menzies.

Elected December 4th, 1850.-President, John P. McGregor; Vice-President, Robert C. Bradford; Treasurer, C. F. Ilsley; Secretary, Winfield Smith; Trustees, Robert Menzies, William J. Bell, A. McArthur, J. K. Bartlett, E. P. Allis, O. H. Waldo and Nelson McCracken.

Elected December 9th, 1851.-President. H. W. Tenney; Vice-President, M. J. Burke; Treasurer, W. J. Bell; Secretary, B. K. Miller; Trustees, Joshua Stark, J P. McGregor, H. J. Nazro, Winfield Smith, C. F. Ilsley, R. Menzies and J. K. Bartlett.

Elected October 5th, 1852.-President, R. Menzies; VicePresident, J. Stark; Treasurer, W. J. Bell; Secretary, J. R. Brigham; Trustees, W. H. Wright, A. Whittemore, B. B. Richards, A. Wilson, Wm. Hill, F. Baason and H. W. Tenney.

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Elected October 5th, 1853.-President, J. K. Bartlett; VicePresident, J. R. Brigham; Treasurer, W. J. Bell; Secretary, J. D. Dunn; Trustees, A. F. Clarke, I. A. Lapham, Winfield Smith, W. H. Wright, B. W. Griswold, H. W. Tenney and R. Menzies.

Elected October 4th, 1854.-President, J. R. Brigham; VicePresident, C. F. Ilsley; Treasurer, W. J. Bell; Secretary, I. N. Mason; Trustees, I. A. Lapham, Winfield Smith, N. S. Donaldson, George LeFevre, E. L. Buttrick, J. K. Bartlett and R. Menzies.

Elected May 2d, 1855.-President, J. R. Brigham; Vice-President, W. Smith; Treasurer, C. F. Ilsley; Secretary, I. N. Mason; Trustees, I. A. Lapham, C. J. Cary, George LeFevre, N. S. Donaldson, E. L. Buttrick, R. Menzies and J. K. Bartlett.

Elected May 7th, 1856.-President, J. R. Brigham; VicePresident, E. L. Buttrick; Treasurer, C. F. Ilsley; Secretary, C. A. Nazro; Trustees, I. A. Lapham, N. S. Donaldson, J. K. Bartlett, C. J. Cary, A. C. May, George, LeFevre and W. H. Metcalf.

Elected May 1st, 1857. — President, JR. Brigham; VicePresident, A. C. May; Treasurer, C. F. Ilsley; Secretary, C. A. Nazro; Trustees, I. A. Lapham, N. S. Donaldson, E. L. Buttrick, J. K. Bartlett, W. R. Freeman, W. H. Metcalf and C. J. Cary.

Elected May 5th, 1858. President, A. C. May; Vice-President, N. C. Gridley; Treasurer, J. L. Spink; Secretary, W. G. Fitch; Trustees, F. H. Terry, E. W. Dennis, S. Edson, C. Caverno, W. Price, J. Johnston and J. P. Ilsley.

Elected May 5th, 1859.- President, J. P. Ilsley; Vice-President, C. Caverno; Treasurer, J. L. Spink; Secretary, J. MacAlister; Trustees, W. Price, J. Seville, O. E. Britt, H. C. Smith, D. McDonald, W. H. Jacobs and J. B. D. Cogswell.

Elected May 7th, 1860.--President, C. Caverno; Vice-President, J. B. D. Cogswell; Secretary, J. MacAlister; Treasurer, J. L. Spink; Trustees, O. E. Britt, W. L. Dana, F. W. Pitkin, E. E. Bowns, W. G. Fitch, D. Courtenay and F. S. Ilsley.

ACT OF INCORPORATION

OF THE

Young Men's Association

OF THE

CITY OF MILWAUKEE.

The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Henry W. Tenney, Martin J. Burke, Benj. K. Miller, Wm. J. Bell, John P. McGregor, John K. Bartlett, Charles F. Ilsley, Joshua Stark, Winfield Smith, Henry J. Nazro, Robert Menzies, their associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Young Men's Association of the City of Milwaukee, and by that name to remain in perpetual succession for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a Library and Reading Room, instituting literary and scientific lectures, and providing other means of moral and intellectual improvement, with power for such purposes to take by purchase, devise or otherwise, and to hold, transfer and convey real and personal property to the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, and also, further to take, hold and convey, all such books, cabinets, library, furniture and apparatus, as may be necessary for attaining the objects, and carrying into effect the purposes of the said corporation.

SEC. 2. The control and disposal of the funds, property and estate, and the direction and management of all the concerns of the said corporation, under such directions and restrictions as may be imposed by the rules and regulations thereof, shall be vested in

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a Board of Directors, to consist of the President, Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and seven Trustees of said corporation, who shall be elected annually to their respective offices, by such members of the corporation not indebted thereto, as shall, by the rules and regulations thereof, be entitled to vote at such elections.

SEC. 3. The several officers of the said Association, 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 expiration of the terms for which they were elected and qualified; and all personal property, funds or securities now owned and held by the said association, or by said officers, or either, or any of them, or by any other person or persons in trust for the said association, or for the use or benefit of the same, including all debts due, or to become due to the same from the members thereof, for stated dues in arrears, fines, &c., or from any other person or persons, shall vest in and become the property of, and may be sued for and recovered in the name of the corporation hereby created, and the said corporation shall assume and be liable for all the debts and obligations of said Association, contracted or incurred, and for all contracts and agreements entered into previous to the passage of this act, by any of the officers thereof lawfully acting in behalf of the said Association.

SEC. 4. The present Constitution and laws of the said Association, as far as the same are consistent with the provisions of this act, and not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of this State, or of the United States, shall continue in force as the laws and regulations of the corporation hereby created, until the same shall be legally altered and amended, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors of the corporation hereby created, immediately after the passage of this act, to revise the existing Constitution and laws of the said Association, and prepare and perfect a complete code of rules and regulations for the government of the said corporation, and to present the same to the members of the said Association entitled to vote at a general meeting thereof, for their approval, and if the same be approved by a majority of all the members voting on the question of approval, they shall at once become the rules aud regulations of the said corporation, and the