ACT OF INCORPORATION 



We, the undersigned, being persons of full age and citi- 

 zens of tlie United States, and a majority being citizens of 

 the District of Columbia, pursuant to and in conformity 

 with sections 545 to 552, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes 

 of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, 

 as amended by an act of Congress entitled "An act to 

 amend the Revised Statutes of the United States relating 

 to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," ap- 

 proved April 23, 1884, hereby associate ourselves together 

 as a society or body corporate, and certify' in writing : 



1 . That the name of the society is The Washington 

 Biologists' Fiioi^d Ci,ub. 



2. That the term for which it is organized is ninety-nine 

 years. 



3. That its particular business and objects are the pro- 

 motion of research upon the fauna and ilora of the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia and vicinit}'-, and the general advance- 

 ment of biological science, with power : 



a. To hold meetings. 



b. To acquire, hold, and convey real estate and other 

 property. 



c. To make and maintain collections of biological speci- 

 mens. 



d. To conduct field excursions. 



e. To establish and maintain a club-house. 



f. And, in general, to transact any business pertinent 

 to a biologists' field club. 



4. That the affairs, funds, and property of the corpora- 

 tion shall be in general charge of a Board of Managers, the 

 number of whose members for the first year shall be nine, 

 all of whom shall be chosen from among the members of 

 of the club. 



Witness our hands and seals this i ith day of May, 1901 . 



Ch ARISES Louis Poi,i,ard. [i,. s.] 

 Wii^FRED H. Osgood. [i.. s.] 

 W. P. Hay. [i,. s.] 



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