4 WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



District of Columbia, to wit: 



I, John D. McChesney, a Notary Public in and for the District afore- 

 said, do hereby certify that J. R. Eastman, F. W. Clarke, G. K. Gil- 

 bert, Arnold Hague, L. O. Howard, C. Hart Merriam, J. W. Powell, 

 Geo. M. Sternberg, H. N. Stokes, Chas. D. Walcott, Lester F. Ward, 

 W J McGee, Frank Baker and Bernard R. Green, parties to a certain 

 Certificate of Incorporation, bearing date on the iSth day of February, 

 1898, and hereto annexed, personally appeared before me in the Dis- 

 trict aforesaid, the said J. R. Eastman, F. W. Clarke, G. K. Gilbert, 

 Arnold Hague, L. O. Howard, C. Hart Merriam, J. W. Powell, Geo. 

 M. Sternberg, H. N. Stokes, Chas. D. Walcott, Lester F. Ward, W 

 J McGee, Frank Baker and Bernard Green being personally known to 

 me as the persons who severally made and signed the said certificate 

 and acknowledged the same to be their certificate, act and deed. 



Given under my hand and notarial seal, this i8th day of February, 



1898. 



Jno. D. McChesney, 



[seal.] Notary Public. 



Endorsed as follows: 



9:20 A. M. Received for record Febmary 21, 1898. Recorded in 

 liber 8, fol. 207 et seg.., Acts of Incorporation for Dist. of Col. 



H. P. Cheatham, 



Recorder. 



