THE AGA88IZ ASSOCIATION. 23 



The NAME by which the corporation shall be known is 



AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



The PURPOSE for which the corporation is constituted is 

 the promotion of scientific education; the advancement of 

 science; the collection in museums of natural and scientific 

 specimens; the employment of observers and teachers in the 

 different departments of science, and the general diffusion of 

 knowledge. 



The PLACE within which the corporation is established 

 or located is the City of Pittsfield, and County of Berkshire, 

 within said Commonwealth. 



The amount of its capital stock is none. 

 The par value of its shares is none. 

 The number of its shares is none. 



In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, this 

 fifteenth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-two^ 



HARLAN H. BALLARD, 

 W. R. PLUNKETT, 

 EDWARD T. SLOCUM, 

 GEO. H. TUCKER, 

 J. F. A. ADAMS, 

 HENRY W. BISHOP, 

 ZEN AS CRANE, 

 JAMES M. BARKER, 

 H. E. DEATS, 

 ALPHEUS HYATT. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. The seal of this corporation shall be a Swiss cross, 

 bearing- the letters "A. A." and the date "1875," and sur- 

 rounded by the leg-end, "Ag-assiz Association, Incorpo- 

 rated 1892." 



2. The annual meeting-, after the present year, shall 

 be held on the first Wednesday in April, in Pittsfield, 

 Berkshire Count v, Massachusetts. 



