Excerpt from Third Annual Report of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association, Presented May 24, 1854: Including the by-Laws, Names of Officers, Life Members, &C Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: section 1. Francis 0. Watts, Stephen G. Deblois, Charles T. Russell, their asso ciates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the boston young men's christian association, in the city of Beston, for the purpose of 1m proving the spiritual and mental condition of young men, With all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in the forty fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. Section 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars. 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.