MINUTES OF MEETING OF INCORPORATORS OF THE 

 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON. 



The meeting of the Incorporators of the Carnegie Institution was 

 held at the office of the vSecretary of State, Washington, D. C, 

 January 4, 1902, at 10 o'clock a. m. 



Present : Hon. John Hay, Secretary of State, Justice Edward D, 

 White, Dr. Daniel C. Oilman, Dr. John S. Billings, Hon. Carroll D. 

 Wright, and Dr. Charles D. Walcott. 



Mr. Hay was chosen Chairman of the meeting, and Mr. Walcott 

 Secretary. 



A draft of the proposed Articles of Incorporation was submitted, 

 discussed, and on motion of Mr. White, amended by adding, in the 

 Fourth Article, the words " and .shall not thereafter exceed thirty, 

 except b}^ a three-fourths vote of said Board." 



The incorporators then signed and acknowledged the Articles of 

 Incorporation.* 



The Articles of Incorporation were then taken to the office of the 

 Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia by Mr. Marcus Baker, 

 and filed at 1 1 o'clock a. m. On receipt of notice of the filing of the 

 Articles of Incorporation, Mr. White moved that the incorporators 

 proceed to ballot for tru.srees. This was done, and the following 

 persons were unanimously elected : 



Ex Officio. 



The President of the United States. 



The President of the Senate. 



The Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The President of the National Academy of Sciences. 



Grover, Cleveland, New Jersey. 



John S. Billings, New York. 



William N. Frew, Pennsylvania. 



Eyman J. GagE; Illinois. 



Daniel C. Oilman Maryland. 



John Hay District of Columbia. 



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