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been successfully passed, and the incorporation of the Association was 

 decided upon and accomplished, in 1885, throug^h the following- instrument : 



To All Whom it May Concern: — 



The undersig-ned, citizens of the United States, and of the State of 

 New York, and residents of the County of Richmond, desiring- to as- 

 sociate themselves for scientific purposes, and to form a body corporate 

 under the provisions of Chapter 319 of the laws of 1848, entitled "Act 

 for the Incorporation of Benevolent, Charitable, Scientific and Mission- 

 ary Societies," and the several acts amendatory thereof, do hereby 

 make, sign, and acknowledg-e the following- certificate of incorporation: 



(i.) The name and legal title of this society shall be "The Natural 

 Science Association of Staten Island." 



{2.) The particular business and object of this Association shall be 

 to collect and preserve objects of natural science and antiquity, with 

 special reference to local matters, and to diffuse correct knowledge in 

 regard tp same, by means of publications, meetings and public lectures. 



(3.) The management of the business and affairs of this Association 

 shall be intrusted to a board of five trustees, which, for the first year of 

 its incorporation, shall consist of the following persons:^Alfred Ludlow 

 Carroll, M. D., Ernest A. Congdon, Arthur Hollick, Ph. B., William 

 T. Davis and Samuel Henshaw. 



(4.) The principal office of this Association shall be located in the 

 village of New Brighton, in the State of New York, and the County of 

 Richmond aforesaid. 



In witness whereof we have hereunto annexed our hands and seals on 

 this the 19th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand 

 eight hundred and eighty-five. 



ALFRED LUDLOW CARROLL. 

 ERNEST A. CONGDON. 

 ARTHUR HOLLICK. 

 WILLIAM T. DAVIS. 

 SAMUEL HENSHAW. 



STATE OF NEW YORK, 



County of Richmond. 



On this, the 19th day of January, 1885, appeared before me Alfred 

 Ludlow Carroll, M. D., Ernest A. Congdon, Arthur Hollick, Ph. B., 

 William T. Davis and Samuel Henshaw, to me personally known to be 

 the same persons described in and who signed and executed the fore- 

 going certificate, and they severally acknowledged the execution thereof. 



ROBERT HUMPHREY, 



Notary Public, Richmond Co., N. Y. 



I, the undersigned. Justice of the Supreme Court, of the Second 

 Judicial District, hereby approve the within certificate, and consent to 

 the filing of the same. 



C. E. PRATT, J. S. C. 



