Instructions of the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Sandwich Island Mission (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Commissioners, Foreign Missions Board Of

 
9781334946295: Instructions of the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Sandwich Island Mission (Classic Reprint)

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OaPO ATZOV. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. In the year of our Lord One Thousand JG tg Ai Hundred and Twtht: Jln A ct to Incorporate the American Board of Commi8$ioner8 for Foren JU tssioni. Whereas William Bartlett and others have heen associated under the name of the American Board of Commissioners (or Foreign Missions, for the purpose of propagating the ffospel in heathen lands, by supporting missionaries and dii fusing a knowledge of thte holy Scriptures, and have prayed to be incorporated in order more effectually to promote the laudable object of their association. Sec, 1. Be ft enacted bif the Senxxte and House of Rep reaenta Htvts in GenenU Court assen Ufkd, tnd by the authortty of the same, That William Bartlet, Esq. and Samuel Spring, D. D,, both of Newbury port, Joseph Lyman, D. D,,. of Hateld, Jedidiah Morse, D. D., of Gharlestown, Samuel Worcester, D. D., of Salem, the Hon. William Phillips, Esq., of Boston, and the Hon. John Hooker, Esq., of Springfield, and their associates, be and they hereby are incorporated and made a body politic by the name of the AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, appear, prosecute, and defend, to final judgment and execution ;and in their said corporate capacity, they, and their successors forever, may take, receive, have and hold in fee-simple or otherwise, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, by gift, grant, devise, or otherwise, not exceeding the yearly value of four thousand dollars; and may also take and hold by donation, bequest, or otherwise, personal estate to an amount, the yearly income ot which shall not exceed eight thousand dollars ;so that the estate aforesaid shall be faithfully appropriated to the purpose and object aforesaid, and not otherwise. And the said corporation shall have power to sell, convey, exchange, or lease all
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