ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

The undersigned, citizens of Ohio, having associated themselves together, and desiring to form a corporation, not for profit, under the laws of said State of Ohio, do hereby subscribe and acknowledge the following articles of incorporation:

1. The name of this Society shall be THE OHIO STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

2. Said corporation shall be located and its principal business transacted in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin, and State of Ohio.

3. Said Society is formed for the purpose of promoting a knowledge of Archæology and History, especially in Ohio, by establishing and maintaining a library of books, charts, manuscripts, maps, etc., properly pertaining thereto; a museum of prehistoric relics and natural or other curiosities or specimens of art or nature promotive of the objects of the association - said library and museum to be open to the public on reasonable terms-and by courses of lectures, and publication of books, papers and documents, touching the subjects so specified, with power to receive and hold gifts and devices of real and personal estate for the benefit of such Society, and generally to exercise all the powers legally and properly pertaining thereto.

4. Said Society has no capital stock.

The articles of incorporation were signed by the following

CHARTER MEMBERS.

Allen G. Thurman, Columbus.
John W. Andrews, Columbus.
Hylas Sabine, Richwood.
Charles J. Wetmore, Columbus.
Wm. P. Cutler, Marietta.
John J. Jauney, Columbus.
John B. Peaslee, Cincinnati.

Douglas Putnam, Marietta.
Samuel S. Rickly, Columbus.
E. B. Finley, Bucyrus.
Wm. E. Moore, Columbus.
A. W. Jones, Youngstown.
Israel W. Andrews, Marietta.
N. S. Townshend, Columbus.

Now deceased.

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D. H. Gard, Columbus.
Charles W. Bryant,* Granville.
E. M. P. Brister, Newark.
W. A. Schultz, Lancaster.
Roeliff Brinkerhoff, Mansfield.
H. T. Chittenden, Columbus.
Henry B. Curtis, Mt. Vernon.
Now deceased.

S. C. Derby, Columbus.
A. A. Graham, Columbus.
Beman Gates, Marietta.
Alexis Cope, Columbus.
T. Ewing Miller, Columbus.
James S. Robinson, Kenton.
H. A. Thompson, Westerville.

SYNOPSIS OF THE BY-LAWS.

The members are divided into four classes, i. e.: Active Members, Life Members, Corresponding Members and Honorary Members.

Active members pay annually a fee of five dollars, or its equivalent, in donations acceptable to the Society, and are exempt from all dues.

The government of the Society is vested in a board of twenty-one (21) trustees, divided into three classes of seven members each, each serving three years, one class being elected annually. The Society elects five of each class annually; the State, through the Governor, appoints two. Fifteen of the trustees are therefore elective, six appointive. The trustees have entire control of the Society, of its property, and all its interests, and appoint annually all standing committees, elect all officers, etc.

The present Board of Trustees is composed of the following persons:

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

Elective for three years, terms expire in 1894:

Elective, for two years, terms expire in 1893:

N. S. Townshend, Columbus.

E. C. Dawes, Cincinnati.

Geo. F. Wright, Oberlin.

Wm. E. Moore, Columbus.
I. H. Harris, Waynesville.

Appointive:

Israel Williams, Hamilton.

E. B. Lockwood, Batavia.

Elective, for one year, term expires in 1892:

The officers of the Society are elected annually by the Trustees. They are: President, F. C. Sessions; First Vice President, R. Brinkerhoff; Second Vice President, Wm. E. Moore; Secretary, A. A. Graham; Treasurer, S. S. Rickly.

All correspondence and communications regarding the Society and its work should be addressed to the secretary,

A. A. GRAHAM,

Columbus, Ohio.

By authority of the General Assembly the library of the

Society is made part of the State Library. A separate room is set appart in the State House for the Museum.

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LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, FROM DATE OF ORGANIZATION, MAY 15 1885, UNTIL