Oct., 1903. Annual Report ok the Director. 



Articles of Incorporation. 



STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 



WILLIAM H. HINRICHSEN, Secretary of State: 



To all to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: 



Wliereas. a Certificate duly signed and acknowledged having been filed in 

 the office of the Secretary of State, on the ioth dav of September, A. D. 1893, 

 for the organization of "the COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO, under 

 and in accordance with the provisions of "An Act Concerning Corporations, 

 approved April iS, 1872, and in force July i, 1S72, and all acts amendatory 

 thereof, a copy of which certificate is hereto attached. 



Now, Therefore, I, William H. Hinrichsen, Secretary of State of the State 

 of Illinois, by virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by law, do hereby 

 certify that the said COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO is a legally 

 organized Corporation under the laws of this State. 



In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed the 

 great Seal of State. Done at the City of Springfield, this 16th day of Septem- 

 ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, 

 and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth. 



W. H. HINRICHSEN, 

 [Seal.] Secretary of State. 



TO HON. WILLIAM H. HINRICHSEN, 



Secretary of State: 

 Sir: 



We, the undersigned citizens of the United States, propose to form a 

 corporation under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, 

 entitled, "An Act Concerning Corporations," approved April 18, 1872, and all 

 acts amendatory thereof; and that for the purpose of such organization we 

 hereby state as follows, to-wit: 



1. The name of such corporation is the "COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF 

 CHICAGO." 



2. The object for which it is formed is for the accumulation and dissemi- 

 nation of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illus- 

 trating Art, Archaeology, Science, and History. 



3. The management of the aforesaid Museum shall be vested in a board 

 of Fifteen (15) Trustees, five of whom are to be elected every year. 



4. The following named persons are hereby selected as the Trustees for 

 the first year of its corporate existence: 



Ed. E. Aver, Charles B. Farwell, George E. Adams, George R. Davis, 

 Charles L. Hutchinson, Daniel H. Burnham, John A. Roche, M. C. Bullock, 

 Emil G. Hirsch, Janus W. Ellsworth, Allison V. Armour, O. F. Aldis, Edwin 

 Walker, John <\ Black, and Frank W. Gunsaulus. 



