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Articles of Incorporation 



STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 



WiUJAM H. His-iiCHSBK, Secretary of Staie. 



To Aix TO Whom These Presekts Shall Come, Greeting: 



Whertas, a Certificate duly signed and acknowledged having been filed in the 

 office oi the Secretary of State, on the i6th day of September, a. d. 1893. for the 

 CMsanization of the COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO, under and in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of "An Act Concerning Corporations," approved 

 April 18, 1872, and in force July i, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy 

 oi which certificate is hereto attached. 



Now, therefore, I, William H. Hinrichsea, 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 the State. Done at the City of Springfield, this i6th day of September, 

 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. WILLLANl H. HINRICHSEN. 



Secretary of State: 

 Sir: 



We, the undoslgned ritiiirns of the United States, propose to form a corpora- 

 ticm 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 purposes of such organization we hereby state as follows, 

 to wit: 



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

 CHICAGO." 



2. The object for which it is formed is for the accumulatiooi and dissemina- 

 tion of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating Art, 

 ArchjBology, Science, and History. 



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

 Fifteen (15) Trcstess. 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: 



