ber and that list, the list of Italian gardens, and this report 
will be furnished upon request to this committee. 
(While membership in the English Speaking Union is not obligatory, 
it is earnestly hoped that our members availing themselves of its privileges 
will apply for membership. The annual dues are $5.00.) 
Mrs. Stewart, Chairman of the Committee on Incorporation, 
presented the following report: 
Two years ago it was voted at the Annual Meeting that The Incorpora- 
Garden Club of America be incorporated. I have been asked tion 
to look into the matter and get a report of the necessary 
procedure to incorporate under the laws of the State of Delegare, 
that state having been chosen because, under their laws, we may 
have our Annual Meetings wherever we desire and not 
necessarily in the state of incorporation. 
The following is a report submitted by the Corporation 
Service Company of Wilmington, Delaware, omitting the un- 
necessary detail : 
"Mrs. John A. Stewart, Jr., Chairman, 
The Garden Club of America, 
598 Madison Avenue, 
New York City. 
Dear Madam : 
We are writing you to advise you concerning the proposed 
organization of The Garden Club op America as a corporation, 
under the laws of Delaware. 
We understand that the Garden Club, being an organization 
not for profit, would desire to be organized under laws permit- 
ting the organization of such companies having memberships 
instead of capital stock, and on this basis the following 
suggestions are made : 
In the first place, as to the name of the company, we can 
organize it under the name of ' ' The Garden Club op America, ' ' 
but for the purpose of doing business in New York, the company 
will have to add to its name in its charter the word "Incor- 
porated" or "Inc." or it will have to use one of those two words 
in New York State, because the New York State law requires 
the use of the words "Incorporated," "Inc." or "Corporation" 
for all companies doing business in New York, in order to show 
that the concern is a corporation. We would suggest incorporat- 
ing under the name "The Garden Club op America," but on 
all your stationery adding the word "Incorporated" or "Inc." 
We can provide in the by-laws that the annual meetings of 
the Club shall be held at various places as may be determined 
from time to time by your board of directors. We suppose that 
the directors' meetings will usually, if not always, be held in 
New York, but we could make a similar provision with regard 
to their meetings. 
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