OF THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. 21 



4th. That the purposes or objects of the said Association, are the 

 formation of a Library, Museum, and Art Gallery, the cultivation of 

 Literature, Science and Art, and the illustration of the Natural His- 

 tory and Physical Characteristics of the Country. 



Annexed is a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the said 

 Association. 



In testimony whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names 

 this twenty-ninth day of December one thousand eight hundred and 

 eighty-two. 



Signed in the presence of 



J. D. Macdonald, President. 

 B. E. Charlton, \st Vice-President. 

 John A. Mullen, 2nd Vice-President. 

 Geo. Di'ckson, Corresponding Secretary- 

 Wm. Kennedy, Secretary. 

 ■ Richard Bull, Treasurer. 

 W. H. Ballard, Librarian and Curator. 

 T. Mcllwraith, 

 H. B. Witton, 

 A. F. Forbes, 

 A. T. Freed, 

 Chas. H. Mockridge, 



PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, 



COUNTY OF WENTWORTH, 



[signed,] 



KING BARTON. 



Council* 



' to wit : 



I, the undersigned, Local Judge of the High Court of Justice, 

 of Ontario, and Judge of the County Court, in and for the said 

 County of Wentworth, certify that the within Declaration of the Ham- 

 ilton Association within named, together with the hereunto annexed 

 copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the same, have been pro- 

 duced to me, and the same appear to me to be in conformity with 

 section 5, and other provisions of Chapter 167 of the Revised Statutes 

 of Ontario, entitled, " An Act respecting Benevolent Provident, and 

 other Societies." Dated at my Chambers in the City of Hamilton, 

 this 20th day of January, A.D., 1883. 



(Signed) J. S. SINCLAIR, 



L. J. High Court and County Court. 



