70 FlKI.D COLUMItlAS Ml'sRlM — KCPORTS. Vol.. II. 



Articles of Incorporation. 



Sr.ATK Ol- ILLINOIS. 



l>r, lA K 1 *1 r N 1 I >r > i A i r . 



William H. Hinkicii.sp.n, Setrttary of Stat < 



To AM. TO Whom TMF.«iK PkF.SKNTS SlIAI.l. \_<>MF, ".HF.K.TINJ. : 



U'ArrrtJs, a Certificate duly siffncd an«l acknowledjjr ' '• • -ijt been filed 

 in the orticc «)f the Srcr«tary nf Statr, on the l6th day of .Se % A. D. l8ot. 



(or the organiiation of the COLIMBIAN MlSF.r.M n¥ CHICA<;0, under ai. 

 in accordance with the provisions of ".An Act Concerning Corponiti«>n»,"' approved 

 April |8, 1H72. and in force July 1, 1K72, and all acts amendatory thereof, a copv 

 of which certificate is hereto attached. 



iVcnt', Therefore, I, William \\. Hinrtchscn. Secretary of State of the State 

 Illinois, by virtue of the |H>wcr8 and duties vested in me by law, •' " 



(bat the said COH MltlAN MISKIXT .m . ?!ICAG0 is a U....... ;^.*;...- 



Corporation under the laws of this Stat 



In TeUimomy Whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed t) 

 great .Seal of State. Done at the City of Springfield, this i6th dav of Sr- r, 



lo the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-thrrr .• >• 



Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth. 



W. H. HINRICHSKN, 

 ( S e A t. ) Secretary of State. 



TO HON. WILLIAM H HINRICHSEN. 



Sl< H r T V k •. i>K Statj 



Sm : 



We. the undersigned citiiens of the United States, propose to form a corp^r 

 tion . *  r ,^| Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled, ** An 



Act L ;. „ - , . approvcti April |H. 1872, and all acts amendatorv 



thereof ; and that for the purpose of such orsanitation we hereby state a« follow 

 to-wit : 



I. The nunc <>t sutn c<'rjH>rati<>n i* tnc v.v'LUMBiAN MUSEUM Oi 

 CHICAGO- 



The object for which it is formed it for (he accumulation and dissemm ' 

 tion of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of object* illustrating A' 

 Archeology, Sci*-- - — ' " "-ry. 



3. The ma r aforesaid museum shall be vested in a board of 

 Fifteen {15) Trvstbes, five of whom are to be elected every year. 



4. The following rum'- ns are hereby selected as the Trustees for the 

 first year of its corporate ex.?.- ..^- . 



