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Perry, Charles M. Porter, W. L. Rolands*, George S. Scofield, William 

 A. Shortt, Alanson B. Skinner, Sanderson Smith, S. McK. Smith, 

 Benjamin J. Stanton, Mead E. Stonet, Edward M. Stothers, Edwin 

 Stumpp, William A. Suydam, Arthur G. Thompson, Lawrence A. 

 Toepp, Louis L. Tribus, Charles R. Tucker, George W. Tuttle, E. E. 

 Valentini, J. E. Vidal, Norman S. Walker, Jr., William C. Walser, 

 William Y. Wemple, Edward J. Wheeler, George M. Whitehouse, 

 William G. Willcox, and such other persons as may hereafter be asso- 

 ciated with them and their successors, are hereby created a body cor- 

 porate under the name of the Staten Island association of arts and 

 sciences, to be located in the borough of Richmond, city of New York. 



§ 2. The purpose of the said corporation shall be to promote intel- 

 lectual activity and intercourse and to encourage an interest in the 

 sciences, arts and history; to collect and preserve objects of scientific 

 and historic interest, especially such as relate to Staten Island; to 

 establish and maintain a public museum and reference library; to pro- 

 vide facilities for recording and publishing scientific and historical in- 

 formation; to preserve from needless destruction such plants and 

 animals as are harmless and to protect objects and places of natural 

 beauty, of scientific and of historic interest. 



§3. The said corporation shall have power to make and adopt a 

 constitution and by-laws; makes+ rules and regulations for the transaction 

 of its business; the admission, suspension and expulsion of members of 

 said corporation and for the number, election, terms and duties of its 

 officers; and make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for 

 the safekeeping and proper use of its property; and may from time to 

 time alter or modify its constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations, 

 and shall be subject to the provisions of the general corporation law. 



§ 4. Howard R. Bayne, Arthur Hollick, J. Blake Hillyer, Charles 

 A. Ingalls, William T. Davis, George S. Scofield, Walter C. Kerr, 

 William A. Johnston, Lester W. Clark, senior, Louis P. Gratacap, 

 Charles W. Leng, William H. Mitchill and George H. Humphrey§, to- 

 gether with the president of the borough of Richmond and the district 

 superintendent of schools in said boroughs] |, ex-ofificio, shall be and here- 

 by are declared to be the trustees of said corporation until their succes- 

 sors shall be elected pursuant to such constitution and by-laws as the 

 corporation may adopt. Five trustees shall constitute a quorum for 

 the transaction of business. 



* For "W. L. Rolands" read "Willis L. Rowlands. 



f For "Mead E. Stone" read Medad E, Stone. 



t For "makes" read make. 



§ For "Georg-e H. Humphrey" read Georf,'-e S. Humphrey. 



II For "boroug-hs" read boroug-h. 



