II. ACT OF INCORPORATION 



No. 3170. 



' MI.\\\ KAI.I II OF M.\>SAClir-i 



Be It Known. That wherea- Alpheus Hyatt, \Villiam Sanford 

 Stevens, \\'illiani T. Sed^uick. Kdward '",. < iardiner. Su-an Minns, 

 Charles Scd^wick MiiK-t. Samuel Well-, \\"illiani ( i. l-"arh)\v, Anna 1 '. 

 I'liillip- ami I'. II \"an Yleck h.. 'dated themselves with the 



intention iif forming a ('> ir\> ration under the nanu- of the Marine 

 Biological J.ahoratory. fur the pur- -tahl^liin^ and inaintain- 



inj; a lalioratnry <>r -tatinn f ( ,r -.;< ntifu- >tiidy and invoti^atioii. and 

 a M-lii'i'l for iii-trurtii'ii in hiolo^v and natural hi>tory, and have 

 >.. in], lied \\ith the pn.\- tUtCS 'f thi> ( '.unin.in\\ ealth 



in -ui-h i-a-e made and pr.>vi.'. rs fnnu the certifu-ate of 



the I're-idint. I r. a-urer. and Trn-t. , . ,.f ^ai-1 Ci>rpnratii>n. duly 

 a|i|ir. .vi-d I iy the Ci.nimi->ii.ner i.f ('.-rpi- ration-, and recorded in 



tlll^ nil: 



Now, .'/; I. HENR\ 1'. 1' - retarj oi tin- c,,ininnn- 



!th of MaSSachuSi I v that -aid A. ll\att. \\ . S. 



<n-. \\ . \\iek. 1 G ' lardiner. S. Minn^. ( '. S. Miimt, S. 



Wells, W.G Farlow, \ l> Phillips, and B. H. Van VIcck, their a 



eiate and -u. and e-taMi^hed a-, and 



are hereh\ made, an existing ', .rpn ration, tinder the nanir .if the 

 M \KI\I. I'.ioi in. n \i LABORATORYj \\ith the jmuers, ri-ht-. and privi- 

 legCS, and Mihjeet to the liinilatioii>. dntie-. and restriction-, which \<: 

 l.iu ajipertain thereto. 



I/'/'//;.-\.N- my official M-natnre hereunto >nh-crilied. and t! of 



tile ( 'omnionwealth of MaSSacl 'lereiinto artixed. thi> twentieth 



d.t\ of March, in the \ear of nr I .ord < IN K Tiior>.\\ii. I-.U.H i llr\- 

 \\n I n.ii i ^ -ElGB r. 



IlKXRY I 1 ,. I'll 10 I . 

 N. t -;v/ ( jry <'/" the Ci)ii>i>i\'ni/tli. 

 [SEAL.] 



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