10 The Chicago Academy of Sciences. 



This action completed the consolidation of the 

 museum fund and The Chicago Academy of Sciences, 

 and all the property and effects of the two organiza- 

 tions became vested in this board of trustees. 



No words can better show the bright outlook of 

 the Academy at this time than the following" quotation 

 from the records: "The committee, to whom was 

 referred the subject of the disposition of the funds of 

 this Association, would respectfully recommend that 

 subscription notes and money to the amount of $50,000 

 be set apart and securely invested, as paid in, as a 

 permanent fund, the income from it to be used for the 

 payment of the current expenses of the Association. 

 The remainder of the subscriptions will not be sufficient 

 to meet the estimated expenditures for the next three 

 years; but the committee think that additional sub- 

 scriptions may be safely relied upon within that time 

 to meet those expenditures." 



Rooms were secured in the Metropolitan block, 

 and the cases and other property of the Academy were 

 removed to them from their old quarters. New cases 

 were also constructed to contain the additional collec- 

 tion received from the Smithsonian Institution. 



In order that the interests of the Academy might 

 be placed upon a firmer foundation, and its property 

 vested in the board of trustees, it was deemed neces- 

 sary to obtain a new charter. Application was made 

 to the state legislature, early in the year 1865, with 

 the result that the following enactment was adopted : 



Whereas, An Association has heretofore been 

 formed in the city of Chicago, called "The Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences," the object of which is the 

 increase and diffusion of scientific knowledge by a 

 museum, a library, by the reading and publication of 

 original papers and by such other suitable methods 

 as shall from time to time be adopted; 



Now, therefore, in order to encourage and promote 

 the above declared objects of the said Association: 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State 

 of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That 



