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N.Y. SOS Law § 472-E

This is the official text of N.Y. SOS Law § 472-E, part of New York’s SOS Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "SOS Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Institution continued; powers

Official statutory text

§ 472-e. Institution continued; powers. The body corporate known\nprior to August twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, by the\nname of the "Burnham Industrial Farm," the name of which was, on that\nday, changed to "Berkshire Industrial Farm," which corporation was\ncontinued by the former provisions of this section, taking effect\nFebruary seventeenth, nineteen hundred and nine, under the name and\nstyle of "Burnham Industrial Farm," and thereafter continued as the\n"Berkshire Industrial Farm" by section three of chapter six hundred\nnineteen of the laws of nineteen hundred forty until March first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-nine, when its name was changed to "Berkshire\nFarm for Boys" by chapter thirty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred\nfifty-nine and thereafter continued as the "Berkshire Farm for Boys," is\nhereby changed and shall be known as "Berkshire Farm Center and Services\nfor Youth", and by the latter name shall have power to take by gift,\nlease, purchase, devise or bequest real and personal property and hold\nthe same for the proper uses and purposes of said corporation.\n

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