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Ethan Aliens Petition
For \ CHARTER FOE ! MORAL PHILOSOPHICAL
SOCIETY.


r, f;r HONORABLE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF VERMONT 10 GE COW ENED
At MANCHESrTR. IN oCTOBER lis.
The PETITION Of the 81 BsCRlBERs,
Mosr HUNEIY SHESETH;
That ina -nurh - II i Requisite. that the Science
~ Moral Philosophy should be- studied and cutiva-
tel hy Il Number uf Ingenious Men; and shat the
Discoveries that have already been, and NAV here
after hr marie thrrcin Should h. Communicated 10
tis Iiih,,bitnHt, ef the TrrI!Hen's G'ohs. for the
purpose q. illuminating their Understandings and
making Of them happy. hp'h in Thu. present World
and IN that which 10 coinc Your PETITIONER.
h'rcfre pray, that for herefrdtloi. of sad Seiehts
GHd tl' t"muIuicd'ii qf me kHoW'cdys Gforestlif ::
THIS HONORABLE ASSEMBLY. tcoHld 10 grtci"usly
p'cts'd, 10 gaht gnI them and thar Asso'.'ttss q
Charter. for the PURPOSE - iHsfta:iry aud ineor
l,,6r'.Hsa Suriciy nf M"ral Philosophers 10 10
called. The Moral Philosophical Society And to
Oftiin.
l. That it shall Il, governed hy Il President. ami
a Wee President. lnd De- unhrr the direction OF
twelve Trustees WHO shall pt called the Honorable
Presidents ami Trustees "i stii SoririN,
=. Thai the Members of this Society shall be vest
ell with Power. To chuio Their own oNrers An
nuaE that -. Their Presidents AMI Trustees: 10
grthrr with Treasurer and n Secretary. aui such
other Officers as may hH urelfull
> That said Society shall meet once IN Y rar. or
oftrurr # cNrciIen NJ such time ani ''s as may
hc Thought most convenient. hy the Presidchis ami
a Majority OF the Trustees.
g. That iiie irrsIlru, with 'hr consent OF seven
~ the Trustees shall convene The Society upon any
Important Or'a.tuu and Adjourn, ur Irnrosuc ihr
sane whenever they shall think may Ice prep'r-
:. That no Person SHAH BE- admitted a lme'hnrt
into SAID Soricy hut those that hc wei RECON-
LlcHtgtl. Tor their NirtuouS lives AMI good b.-
hllvour: and Tor their SSill In tho Science atoFc-
-aal.
g lha, ihc President, aHd Trustees shall be I'M
powered To Remove OfcrrS IN The Society. for their
Misconduct. and To- ENP.ll members for Vicious
Practices.
:. That after the nr,t Diy OF January, IN the
wear one thousand. seven hundred and Ninety ::
every Person that shall enter into said Society a
Member, shall pay one t!uinca INTO the rIeasurey :;
which shall hr laid ont for the Good oi the society,"
A. H. Members may src nj.
:. mai one Of the Presidents and Seven of the
Trustees. with all the Members mat may hr present,
shall he Il Quorum FOR the Transaction Of Business
In the Society.
D. That when the President shall 10 absent, the
Nirt President shall act Chclf; and when both
shall he absent, then the rst Trustee that may be
pr, sent shall act Nc
10 That when the Society shall b. mct together,
The Presidents and Trustees may Read lectures.
communicate lujrgerc" and suner any "lhef
Person. or rers"GS 'nig qualified 10 - thr slric.
II. That the TE"aSur'r shall Keep q Record ni.
aud giy. Receipts for the money that he may Er-
C"ive; and he shall Dispose nf II according t. The
Direction Of The society. aud Render Account II
his proceedings therein, q" the same, whonever
shah h. REQUIRED.
l.. That the Literary Productions uf anv Inll-
ssusl that t'rv l"n g. ti'' ~'r,ctV shl b. pub
lished under his own Signature. If he shall see nj
Names Of all the VI, mhers, that may belong 10 the
Society with = Record ot The proceedings OF tho
sam9 aDd shall transmit u Copy thereof 10 any ot
the mciahrrs upon thrlr making Application: They
Inviu,s hun Reasonable Reward. Tor such copy. or
CnricS and he shall from time 10 time a the EZ-
-, nee Of the members ~ The SncietN, Publish To
The World. such Scientific Discoveries, they shall
.Iu,.. may prutnnte the General know ledge and
Felicity Of Mankind: And, as IN Duty bound, shall
ever Pray.