ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 



THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS 



State of New York, "| 



City and County of New York. J 



We, the subscribers, Wm. H. Webb, Chas. H. Cramp, George E. Weed, H. Taylor 

 Gause, William T. Sampson, Horace See, Frank L. Fernald, Francis T. Bowles, 

 Washington L. Capps, Edwin D. Morgan, George W. Quintard, Harrington Put- 

 nam and Jacob W. Miller, being persons of full age and citizens of the United States, of 

 whom a majority — namely, William H. Webb, George E. Weed, Horace See, Edwin D. 

 Morgan, George W. Quintard, Harrington Putnam, Frank L. Fernald, and Jacob W. Miller 

 are citizens of and residents of and within this State, desiring to associate ourselves for 

 scientific purposes under, and pursuant to, an Act of the State of New York providing for 

 the incorporation of benevolent, charitable, scientific, and missionary societies, passed April 

 12, 1848, and the several acts amending or supplementing the same, do hereby, in accordance 

 with the requirements thereof, certify as follows: — 



First. The name of title by which the Society shall be known in law is The Society 

 OF Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. 



Second. The particular business and objects of such Society are the promotion of 

 practical and scientific knowledge in the arts of shipbuilding and marine engineering and the 

 allied professions, and in furtherance of this object, to hold meetings for social intercourse 

 among its members, and the reading and discussion of professional papers, and to circulate 

 by means of publication the knowledge thus obtained. 



Third. The number of directors, trustees, or managers to manage the Society shall be 

 seven, and shall consist of a President, a Secretary, and five Members of Council. 



Fourth. The names of the trustees, directors, or managers of the Society for the first 

 year of its existence are : — President, Clement A. Griscom ; Secretary, Washington L. Capps ; 

 Members of Council, Francis T. Bowles, H. Taylor Gause, Chas. H. Loring, Lewis Nixon, 

 Harrington Putnam. 



Fifth. The business of the Society is to be conducted, and its place of business and 

 principal office is to be located, in the City and County of New York. 



In Witness Whereof we have made, signed, and acknowledged this Certificate, this 

 28th day of April, 1893. 



WILLIAM H. WEBB. FRANCIS T. BOWLES. 



CHAS. H. CRAMP. W. L. CAPPS. 



H. T. GAUSE. E. D. MORGAN. 



GEORGE E. WEED. GEORGE W. QUINTARD. 



W. T. SAMPSON. HARRINGTON PUTNAM. 



HORACE SEE. J. W. MILLER. 

 F. L. FERNALD. 



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