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and Corporation were present and voted at said election, and that 

 at such election each of said Directors received the votes of a ma- 

 jority of the members of the Corporation present; as more fully 

 appears from the certificate of the two Tellers of Election here- 

 unto annexed and hereby referred to and made part hereof. 



In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals 

 this fourth day of June, A. D. 1892. 



W. H. Beatty, 



Ralph C. Harrison, 



George C. Perkins, 



G. B. Bayley, 



John C. Branner, 



James O. Griffin, 



WiLLARD D. Johnson, 



JosiAH Keep, 



Hermann Kower, 



Hubert P. Dyer, 



W. H. Henry, 



L. DE F. Bartlett, 



W. L. Jepson, Jr., 



Warren Olney. 



The certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Cali- 

 fornia was issued June 17, 1892. It will be noticed in reading 

 the above purposes of the club that they show two distinct 

 points of view, which seem to reflect the characters of the two 

 most active organizers. A club to "explore, enjoy and render 

 accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to pub- 

 lish authentic information concerning them" was evidently the 

 first idea conceived of by Professor Senger, while the purpose 

 of "enlisting the support and co-operation of the people and 

 the government in preserving the forests and other natural fea- 

 tures of the Sierra Nevada Mountains" shows the legal mind of 

 Mr. Olney. 



The club began its work in a modest way with a charter 

 membership of 182, but from the first it began developing along 

 all the lines laid down by its founders. The first publication, 

 issued in the summer of 1892, has already been referred to as 

 containing the articles of incorporation and by-laws. The first 

 Bulletin appeared January, 1893, and the second in June of 

 the same year. These first three publications were of smaller 

 size than the present Bulletin, being only about 5 by 8 inches. 

 Beginning January, 1894, the Bulletin was enlarged to its 



John Muir, 

 J. H. Senger, 

 William D. Armes, 

 Mark Brickell Kerr, 



DORVILLE LiBBY, 



Charles A. Bailey, 

 C. D. Robinson, 

 C. B. Bradley, 

 Fred S. Pheby, 

 Charles G. Harker, 

 R. M. Price, 

 Will Den man. 

 Warren Gregory. 



