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Field  Columbian  Museum — Reports,  Vol.  i. 
Articles  of  Incorporation. 
STATE  OF  ILLINOIS. 
DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE. 
William  H.  Hinrichsen,  Secretary  of  State : 
To  all  to  Whom  These  Presents  Shall  Come,  Greeting  : 
Whereas,  a  Certificate  duly  signed  and  acknowledged  having  been  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  on  the  16th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1893, 
for  the  organization  of  the  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  OF  CHICAGO,  under  and 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  "An  Act  Concerning  Corporations,"  approved 
April  18,  1872,  and  in  force  July  1,  1872,  and  all  acts  amendatory  thereof,  a  copy 
of  which  certificate  is  hereto  attached, 
Now,  therefore,  I,  William  H.  Hinrichsen,  Secretary  of  State  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  by  virtue  of  the  powers  and  duties  vested  in  me  by  law,  do  hereby  certify 
that  the  said  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  OF  CHICAGO  is  a  legally  organized 
Corporation  under  the  laws  of  this  State. 
In  Testimony  Whereof  I  hereto  set  my  hand  and  cause  to  be  affixed  the 
great  Seal  of  State.  Done  at  the  City  of  Springfield,  this  16th  day  of  September, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-three,  and  of  the 
Independence  of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  eighteenth. 
We,  the  undersigned  citizens  of  the  United  States,  propose  to  form  a  corpora- 
tion under  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled,  "An 
Act  Concerning  Corporations,"  approved  April  18,  1872,  and  all  acts  amendatory 
thereof ;  and  that  for  the  purposes  of  such  organization  we  hereby  state  as  follows, 
to  wit : 
1.  The  name  of  such  corporation  is  the  "COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  OF 
CHICAGO." 
2.  The  object  for  which  it  is  formed  is  for  the  accumulation  and  dissemina- 
tion of  knowledge,  and  the  preservation  and  exhibition  of  objects  illustrating  Art, 
Archeology,  Science  and  History. 
3.  The  management  of  the  aforesaid  museum  shall  be  vested  in  a  Board  of 
Fifteen  (15)  Trustees,  five  of  whom  are  to  be  elected  every  year. 
4.  The  following  named  persons  are  hereby  selected  as  the  Trustees  for  the 
first  year  of  its  corporate  existence  : 
[seal] 
W.  H.  HINRICHSEN, 
Secretary  of  State. 
