﻿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 
  

   American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  to 
  be 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  

   City 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  establishing 
  and 
  main- 
  

   taining 
  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 
  and 
  recreation. 
  

  

  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 
  

  

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