XXXVI ACTS ANI3 RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 



in the District of Columbia; Justin Winsor, of Cambridge, in the State 

 of Massachusetts; "William F. Poole, of Chicago, in the State of Illi- 

 nois ; Herbert B. Adams, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland ; Clar- 

 ence W. Bowen, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, their associates 

 and successors, are hereby created in the District of Columbia a bo'ly 

 corporate and politic, by the name of the American Historical Associa- 

 tion, for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preserva- 

 tion of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the interest 

 of American history and of history in America. Said association is 

 authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia 

 so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount not ex- 

 ceeding five hundred thousand dollars, to adopt a constitution, and to 

 make by-laws not inconsistent with law. Said association shall have 

 its principal office at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and may 

 hold its annual meetings in such places as the said incorporators shall 

 determine. Said association shall report annually to the Secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings and the condi- 

 tion of historical study in America. Said Secretary shall communicate 

 to Congress the whole of such reports, or such portion thereof as he 

 shall see fit. The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized 

 to permit said association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, 

 pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution 

 or in the National Museum, at their discretion, upon such conditions and 

 under such rules as they shall prescribe. 

 (Approved, January 4, 1889, Statutes xxv, p. G40.) 



