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Articles of Incorporation. 



STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



DErARmEHT Of STATS. 



William H. Hikricbsem. Seerttary of StaU. 



To All to Wnpu Thksk Pre^rxts Shall Comb, Grbbting: 



Whtnat, a Certificate duly signol and acknowl&lgod having been filed in the 

 oflke al the Secretary of Sucr. on th'^ ' ly of .September, a. d. 1893. for the 



orguuntioo <A the COLU.MBIAN .M I OP CHICAGO, under and in ac- 



oordance with the proriaoof ot "An Act Concerning Corporatioiu," approired 

 April 18. 1873. and in force July t. 187a, and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy 

 of which certificate is hereto attached. 



Sow, therefor*, I. William H. Hinrichseo, Secretary of Sute of the Sute of 

 Illinois, by virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by Law. do hereby certify 

 that the said COLUMBIAN MU.'^EUM OP CHICAGO U a legally organised 

 Corporatioa tmdcr the laws of this State. 



/• TtsHmiany Whereof, I hereto act ray hand and cause to be affixed the Great 

 Seal of Sute. Done at the City of Springfield, this 16th day of September, in the 

 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Ind^ 

 pendeoce of the United States the one hundred and dghteenth. 



W. H. HINRICHSEN. 

 (Seal.) Sscrstory of StaU. 



TO HON. WILLIAM H. HINRICHSEN. 



Sbcrbtart or Statr: 

 Sir: 



We. the undersigned dtisens of the United Sutes. propoee to form a corporatioo 

 oader an act of the General Aasembly of the State of Illinois, entitled " An Act Coo- 

 ceming Corporations." approved April 18. 187a. and all acta amendatory thereof; 

 and that for the purposes of such organisation we hereby state as follows, to- wit: 



I. The name of such corporation is the "COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OP 

 CHICAGO." 



a. The object for which it is forme 1 n for the acoimul/i*; >n an \ l.v^urrr.natjon 

 of knowledge, and the prceerrat'''^ r^ ' .-t' ^'ir^n of objects illuslratiog .Vn. Ardue- 

 olofy, Sdenoe and History. 



5. The management of the aforesaid m-. lall be vested in a Board of 



FtrnttM (15) TttTSTSSS. five of whom are ' ' -ery year. 



4. The following named penoM are ...... .J as the Trastees for the 



firat year of its corporate existence: 



Ed wan! E. Ayer. Charles B. Parwdl. George E. Adamx. George R. Davis. Charles 

 L. HutcfainaoQ, Damd H. Bumham. John A. Roche. M. C. Bullock. Emil G. Htracb. 



