Revised By-Laws of the Sierra Club. 143 



REVISED BY-LAWS OF THE SIERRA CLUB. 



(adopted APRIL 29, 1905.) 



Incorporated June 4, 1892. 



Article I. — Name. 

 The name of this corporation shall be the Sierra Club. 



Article II. — Purposes. 

 The purposes for which this corporation is formed are as 

 follows, to wit: To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the 

 mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic 

 information concerning them ; to enlist the support and co-opera- 

 tion of the people and the Government in preserving the forests 

 and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains ; 

 to take, acquire, purchase, hold, sell and convey real and personal 

 property, and to mortgage or pledge the same for the purpose 

 of securing any indebtedness which the corporation may incur, 

 and to make and enter into any and all obligations, contracts, and 

 agreements concerning or relating to the business or affairs of 

 the corporation, or the management of its property. 



Article III. — Place of Business. 

 The place where the principal business of said corporation is 

 to be transacted is the City and County of San Francisco, State 

 of California. 



(The foregoing articles, forming a part of the Articles of Incorporation, 

 can be changed only by amending such articles as provided by law.) 



Article IV. — Directors and OMcers. 



Section i. The government of the Club shall be intrusted to 

 nine of its members, to be known as the Board of Directors, who 

 shall elect from their number a President, Vice-President, Sec- 

 retary, and Treasurer. 



Sec. 2. The Directors shall enter upon their term of office on 

 the first Saturday in May following their election, and shall 

 thereupon elect the officers specified, who shall be the officers 

 of the Club as well as of the Board, and such Directors and 

 Officers shall hold office for one year and until their successors 

 are elected and have qualified. 



