Jan., 191 2. Annual Report of the Director. 



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 Secretar}^ of State, on the i6th 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 i, 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 the State. Done at the City of Springfield, this i6th day of vSeptember, 

 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. 



W. H. HINRICHSEN, 

 [Seal.] Secretary of State. 



TO HON. WILLIAM H. HINRICHSEN, 



Secretary of State: 



Sir: 



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 dissemi- 

 nation of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating 

 Art, Archaeology, 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: 



