“2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall have power to make such constitution, by-laws and regulations, as they shall judge proper, for the appointment of officers, for the admission of new members, for the government of the officers and members thereof, for collecting annual contributions from the members towards the funds thereof, for regulating the times and places of meeting of the said Society, for suspending or expelling such members as shall neglect or refuse to comply with the by-laws or regulations, and for the managing and directing the property, affairs and concerns of said Society: Provided, That such constitution, by-laws and regulations be not inconsistent with the Laws or Constitution of this State, or of the United States: Provided further, that the said corporation shall not engage in any banking business, nor dispose of any of its funds for any other purpose than the relief of such members of the said Society, natives of Ireland, and children and grandchildren of natives of Ireland, or of a member of said Society, as may become indigent and poor.

“3. And be it further enacted, That the present officers of said Society shall hold their respective offices until others shall be chosen in their places.

“4. And be it further enacted, That this Act be, and hereby is declared to be, a public act, and that the same shall be construed in all courts and places, benignly and favourably for every beneficial purpose therein intended, and that no misnomer of the said corporation in any deed, gift, grant, devise or other instrument of contract or conveyance, shall vitiate or defeat the same: Provided, The Corporation shall be sufficiently described to ascertain the intention of the parties.

“5. And be it further enacted, That the Legislature may at any time hereafter amend, alter, modify or repeal this act.”

[Laws of New York, 1827; chapter 42.]

Owing to the loss of the Society’s books in 1835, the list of its early members is necessarily incomplete, but a partial list of the earliest members is:

Member In
McCormick, Daniel1784
Gaine, Hugh1784
Waddell, Robert R.1784
Constable, William1784
Macomb, Alexander1784
Roach, Thomas1784
Pollock, George1784
Hill, William1784
Shaw, John1784
Pollock, Carlisle1784
Bibby, Thomas1784
Flemming, Sampson1784
Templeton, Oliver1784
Bradford, M.1787
Gibson, Dr.1787
Smith, H.1787
Colles, Christopher1788
Thomson, Charles1788
Maunsell, Gen. John1789
Clinton, DeWitt1790
Edgar, William1790
McVickar, John1790
Price, Michael1790
Saidler, Henry1790
Charleton, John1790
Constable, James1790
Stewart, Alexander1793
Wade, William1793
Barnewell, George1793
Glover, John1793
Lynch, Dominick1793
Kelly, John1795
Wallace, William1804
Caldwell, John1804
Heeney, Cornelius1804
Parks, John1804
Hogan, M.1805
Searight, J.1805
Boyle, M.1805
Carbis, J.1805
Reid, D.1805
Blake, Valentine1805
Rutledge, William1805
Craig, W.1805
Sullivan, J.1805
Bailie, William1805
Bryar, William1805
Suffern, Thomas1805
Shaw, W.1805
McCarty, Charles1805
Dickey, R.1805
Cranston, Alex.1805
Roth, M.1805
Craig, S.1805
McComb, J. W.1805
McConnell, James1805
Murray, J.1805
Phelan, John1805
Morris, Andrew1805
Macomb, John N.1805
Phister, Alexander1805
McEvers, Gulian1805
Watson, James1805
Kemp, Dr.1805
Jephson, William H.1805
Chambers, James1805
O’Connor, Capt.1805
Keith, John1805
Prince, Christ’er1806
McVicker, Nathan1812
Bailey, William1812
Carberry, Thomas1812
Chambers, John1812
Craig, John1812
Sterling, Wm.1812
Macneven, Wm. Jas.1815
Emmet, Thos. Addis1815
McCarthy, Dennis1815
Christian, Charles1815
Woodward, John1815
Montgomery, J.1817
Magee, James1817
Blood, Harris1821
Andrews, David1821
Nicholson, John1821
Charters, John1821
Kernochan, Jos. P.1825
Laverty, Henry1825
Moorehead, John1825
Kyle, Wm.1825
Gray, Andrew1825
Muldon, Michael1825
Charters, S. M.1825
Alexander, Joseph1825
Lynch, General1825
Montgomery, J. B.1828
Cleary, Thomas1828
FitzGerald, R. A.1828
Buchanan, Jas., Jr.1828
Ingham, Charles1828
Wilson, John1828
James, Wm.1828
Wright, John W.1828
Hogan, Dr. Robert1828
Cuming, Dr.1828
Cassidy, Christ’r1828
Trenor, Dr.1830
Harvey, Jacob1830
Bradish, Wheaton1831
Persse, Dudley1831
Sampson, William1831
Dolan, John T.1832
Eccleston, Edward1832
Osborne, Samuel1832
Boyd, Capt. Wm.1832
Corbitt, George S.1833
Fleming, John1833
Bush, Dr. George1833
Donaldson, Robert1833
White, Robert1833
White, Campbell P.1833
Rice, Dr. G. C.1833
Burke, Dr.1833
McBride, James1833
Lambert, Charles1833
Doyle, John1833
Tait, John, Jr.1833
Emmet, Robert1833
Brown, James C.1835
Arnold, Dr. Wm.1835
Dillon, Robert J.1835
O’Neill, Capt. Felix1835
Moorhead, John1835
Usher, Luke1835
Chambers, J.1835
Warren, J.1835
Montgomery, J. B., Jr.1835
Redmond, Wm.1835
Brown, Stewart1835
Miller, James1835
Foote, John1835
Charters, Samuel1835
Cummin, Thomas A.1835
Wright, Dr.1835
Charters, Alex.1835
Millar, Jesse1835
Maxwell, Matthew1835
Power, Rev. John1835
McAllister, Samuel1835
Harden, Geo.1835
Kane, Wm.1835
Alley, Saul1835
Adams, John1835
Brown, James1835
Gillelan, E. H.1835
Gibson, John1835
Ingoldsby, Felix1835
Niblo, W.1835
Nicholson, John1835
Nichols, Samuel1835
Dore, John1835
Buchanan, James C.1835
Graham, Bernard1835
Matthews, James1835
McGloin, Edward1835
Buchanan, Robert L.1835
Bushe, George1835
Bryar, James1835
Burke, Michael1835
Burke, Myles1835
Cullen, Edward F.1835
Cruise, Patrick R.1835
Connolly, E.1835
Cluff, John1835
Denniston, James1835
Dunn, Bernard1835
Daily, Patrick1835
Doyle, Dennis H.1835
Fox, John1835
Graham, David, Jr.,1835
Gray, Andrew1835
Grattan, E.1835
Hill, John1835
Haggerty, John1835
Haggerty, Ogden1835
Jackson, Daniel1835
Jackson, George1835
Jackson, Thomas1835
Kyle, Jeremiah1835
Kyle, Joseph1835
Kelly, Robert1835
Morrison, John1835
Murray, Ham.1835
McLaughlin, Peter1835
Murphy, Thomas1835
Mullen, John1835
McKibben, Dr.1835
McGrath, Daniel1835
Niblo, John1835
O’Brien, William1835
O’Brien, Francis1835
Park, David1835
Patterson, Robert S.1835
Powell, James W.1835
Quinn, John1835
Rutherford, Robert1835
Stinson, Edey1835
Shaw, James1835
Shaw, William1835
Thompson, Alex.1835
Thompson, Alex. Jr.,1835
Usher, Robert1835
Wilson, Joseph1835
Ennis, Thomas1835
Kelly, William1835

COMPLETE ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP MARCH 17, 1835.

Arnold, Dr. William

Alley, Saul