ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. 

 STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



DEPABTMENT OF STATE. 



WILLIAM H. HINBICHSEN, Secretary of State. 

 To ALL TO WHOM THESE PBESENTS SHALL COME, GBEETINGS : 



Whereas, a Certificate duly signed and acknowledged having 

 been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, on the 16th day ' 

 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 

 18, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872, 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 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. WILLIAM H. HINRICHSEN, 



SECBETABY OF STATE: 

 SIB: 



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 purposes 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 dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and 

 exhibition of objects illustrating Art, Archaeology, Science and 

 History. 



3. The management of the aforesaid museum shall be vested 

 in a Board of FIFTEEN (15) TBUSTEES, 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: 



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