X CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON. 



(e) To purchase such property, real or personal, and construct such build- 

 ing or buildings as may be necessary to carry on the work of the corporation. 



(f) In general, to do and perform all things necessary to promote the 

 objects of the institution, with full power, however, to the trustees herein- 

 after appointed and their successors from time to time to modify the condi- 

 tions and regulations under which the work shall be carried on, so as to 

 secure the application of the funds in the manner best adapted to the con- 

 ditions of the time, provided that the objects of the corporation shall at all 

 times be among the foregoing or kindred thereto. 



Sec. 3. That the direction and management of the affairs of the corpora- 

 tion and the control and disposal of its property and funds shall be vested 

 in a board of trustees, twenty-two in number, to be composed of the follow- 

 ing individuals: Alexander Agassiz, John S. Billings, John L. Cadwalader, 

 Cleveland H. Dodge, William N. Frew, Lyman J. Gage, Daniel C. Gilman, 

 John Hay, Henry L. Higginson, William Wirt Howe, Charles L. Hutchinson, 

 Samuel P. Langley, William Lindsay, Seth Low, Wayne MacVeagh, Darius 

 O. Mills, S. Weir Mitchell, William W. Morrow, Ethan A. Hitchcock, Elihu 

 Root, John C. Spooner, Andrew D. White, Charles D. Walcott, Carrol! D. 

 Wright, who shall constitute the first board of trustees. The board of trus- 

 tees shall have power from time to time to increase its membership to not 

 more than twenty-seven members. Vacancies occasioned by death, resigna- 

 tion, or otherwise shall be filled by the remaining trustees in such manner as 

 the by-laws shall prescribe ; and the persons so elected shall thereupon become 

 trustees and also members of the said corporation. The principal place of 

 business of the said corporation shall be the city of Washington, in the 

 District of Columbia- 



Sec. 4. That such board of trustees shall be entitled to take, hold and 

 administer the securities, funds, and property so transferred by said Andrew 

 Carnegie to the trustees of the Carnegie Institution and such other funds 

 or property as may at any time be given, devised, or bequeathed to them, 

 or to such corporation, for the purposes of the trust ; and with full power 

 from time to time to adopt a common seal, to appoint such officers, members 

 of the board of trustees or otherwise, and such employees as may be deemed 

 necessary in carrying on the business of the corporation, at such salaries or 

 with such remuneration as they may deem proper ; and with full power to 

 adopt by-laws from time to time and such rules or regulations as may be 

 necessary to secure the safe and convenient transaction of the business of 

 the corporation ; and with full power and discretion to deal with and expend 

 the income of the corporation in such manner as in their judgment will best 

 promote the objects herein set forth and in general to have and use all powers 

 and authority necessary to promote such objects and carry out the purposes 

 of the donor. The said trustees shall have further power from time to time 



