JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS 



ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



To ail whom it may concern : 



The undersigned, John D. Macdonald of the City of Hamilton, 

 in the County of Wentworth, Doctor of Medicine, President ; Ben- 

 jamin Ernest Charlton of the City of Hamilton, Manufacturer, First 

 Vice-President; John Alexander Mullin of the City 'of Hamilton, 

 Doctor of Medicine, Second Vice President ; George Dickson, M. 

 A., of the City of Hamilton, Principal Collegiate Institute, Cor- 

 responding Secretary ; William Kennedy of the said City of Hamil- 

 ton, Bank Clerk, Recording Secretary ; Richard Bull of the said 

 City of Hamilton, Insurance Agent, Treasurer; William H. Ballard, 

 M. A., of the said City of Hamilton, Curator and Librarian and 

 Thomas Mcllwraith of the said City of Hamilton, Forwarder; 

 Anthony F. Forbes of the said City of Hamilton, Broker; A. T. 

 Freed of the said City of Hamilton, Editor; Henry B. Witton, of the 

 the said City of Hamilton, Canal Inspector; and Charles H. 

 Mockridge of the said City of Hamilton, Doctor of Divinity; 

 Members of the Council of the Association hereinafter referred to 



DO HEREBY DECLARE 



ist. That an Association known as "The Hamilton Associa- 

 tion " was duly established on or about and has been continuously in 

 existence since the second day of November, A. D. one thousand 

 eight hundred and fifty-seven, and that such Association doth still 

 exist. 



2nd. That the several persons whose names and descriptions 

 are hereinbefore set forth are the Trustees and Office-Bearers for the 

 time being of said Association, and they do hereby declare that it is 

 the desire of such association to become incorporated according to the 

 provisions of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, "Chapter one hundred 

 and sixty-seven," entitled " An Act respecting Benevolent, Provident 

 and other Societies. 



3rd. That the intended corporate name of the said Association, 

 is "The Hamilton Association." 



