Suman, John R. Swain, W. Mosley Sweet, Henry N. Sweetser, Albert R. Taft, Elihu B. Thompson, John A. Townshend, Henry H. Van der Laan, Dr. J. van Oort, Prof. Dr. E. D. Versluys, Prof. Dr. J. Vestal, A. G. Vevers, Dr. G. M. Vibert, Charles W. Vickery, Mrs. H. F. Vincent, Bishop Boyd Voigtlander, George Volkmann, Miss Mary-Gordon von Ditten, Miss Erika Wülfing von Geldern, Chas. E., M.D. Vonsen, M. Vorhies, Chas. T. Wadsworth, Samuel Wadsworth, Samuel F., M.D.V. Wagner, Samuel Tobias Waldo, Edward H. Walker, Harrington E. Walker, Hiram H. Walker, Joseph R. Walker, Miss Lydia M. Walker, Thaddeus Wall, Ashbel T. Henry Lee Wallace, Mrs. Andrew B. Valentine, Miss Myra Vandergrift, Samuel Henry Wallace, Mrs. E. G. Wallace, Florian D. Wallace, Herbert I. Walton, W. J. Wampler, F. C. Warner, Mrs. I. De Ver Webster, Frederick S. Webster, Dr. Ralph W. Weis, Samuel W. Weisman, M. Weiss, Albert P. Welch, Ashbel Welch, Chas. W. Welch, H. K. W. Weld, Elizabeth F. Weld, Rev. George F. Weller, Stuart Welles, Robert Welling, John P. Wells, Daniel D. Wells, Edward P., 2d Wenrich, Mrs. George G. West, Dr. Frederic Beall Wetherill, Richard B., M.D. Wheeler, Mrs. Samuel H. Whipple, B. F. Wheless, Wesley E. Wherry, Wm. B. Whitaker, F. B. Williams, Prof. Edw. H., Jr. Whitall, F. D. Williams, Ellison A. Whitall, Lawrence W. Williams, Francis H. Whitby, Eddy White, Alain C. White, Andrew S. White, Dr. Charles J. White, Dudley White, Dr. E. Grace White, James C., M.D. White, Dr. Joseph A. White, Philip T. White, Ralston White, Wm. B. White, Wm. Henry Whiting, Adrian P. Whiting, Dr. Henry A. Whiting, Mary B. Whiting, Mrs. Samuel R. Whitman, Hendricks H. Whitnall, Harold O. Williams, Ralph Williams, Richard E. Williams, Roger B. Williams, S. P., Jr. Williams, Wentworth Williamson, E. B. Williard, Lester R. Willits, Dr. J. Pearson Willock, J. Scott Willoughby, David P. Wilson, Charles Branch Wilson, H. E. Wilson, Dr. J. Howard Wilson, Rev. Robert, D.D. Wilson, Robert, Jr., M.D. VI. MUNICIPAL AND STATE RELATIONSHIP INCORPORATION, CHARTER AND CONTRACT AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. John David Wolfe, Robert Colgate, Benjamin H. Field, Robert L. Stuart, Adrian Iselin, Benjamin B. Sherman, William A. Haines, Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Potter, William T. Blodgett, Morris K. Jesup, D. Jackson Steward, J. Pierpont Morgan, A. G. P. Dodge, Chas. A. Dana, Joseph H. Choate and Henry Parish, and such persons as may hereafter become members of the Corporation hereby created, are hereby created a body corporate, by the name of "The American Museum of Natural History," to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a Museum and Library of Natural History; of encouraging and developing the study of Natural Science; of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and to that end of furnishing popular instruction.* SEC. 2. Said Corporation shall have power to make and adopt a Constitution and By-Laws, and to make rules and regulations for the admission, suspension and expulsion of its members, and their government, the number and election of its officers, and to define their duties, and for the safe keeping of its property, and, from time to time, to alter and modify such Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations. Until an election shall be held pursuant to such Constitution and By-Laws, the persons named in the first section of this Act shall be, and are hereby declared to be, the Trustees and Managers of said Corporation and its property. SEC. 3. Said Corporation may take and hold by gift, devise, bequest, purchase or lease, either absolutely or in trust, for any purpose comprised in the objects of the Corporation, any real or personal estate, necessary or proper for the purposes of its incorporation.† |