INCORPORATION 



AN ACT 



TO INCORPORATE THE 



American Museum of Natural History 



Passed April 6, 1869 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate 

 and Assembly, do enact as follows: 



Section i. John David Wolfe, Robert Colgate, Benjamin 

 H. Field, Robert L. Stuart, Adrian Iselin, Benjamin B. Sher- 

 man, William A. Haines, Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Potter, 

 William T. Blodgett, Morris K. Jesup, D. Jackson Steward, 

 J. Pierpont Morgan, A. G. P. Dodge, Chas. A. Dana, Joseph 

 H. Choate and Henry Parish, and such persons as may here- 

 after become members of the Corporation hereby created, are 

 hereby created a body corporate, by the name of "The Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History," to be located in the City of 

 New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining 

 in said city a Museum and Library of Natural History; of 

 encouraging and developing the study of Natural Science; 

 of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and 

 to that end of furnishing popular instruction.* 



Sec. 2. Said Corporation shall have power to make and 

 adopt a Constitution and By-Laws, and to make rules and 

 regulations for the admission, suspension and expulsion of its 

 members, and their government, the number and election of 

 its officers, and to define their duties, and for the safe keeping 

 of its property, and, from time to time, to alter and modify 

 such Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations. Until 

 an election shall be held pursuant to such Constitution and 

 By-Laws, the persons named in the first section of this Act 

 shall be, and are hereby declared to be, the Trustees and Man- 

 agers of said Corporation and its property. 



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