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 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 FOUNDED 1857. -IN CORPORA TED 18G5. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 
 TORREY BROTHERS, PRINTERS, EMPIRE STEAM PRINTING ESTABI LSIIMENT, 
 No. 13 Spruce Street. 
 
 1865. 
 
 
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 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 
 
 U.S. 
 Internal 
 Kevenue 
 Stamp 
 fivects., 
 cancelled. 
 
 OF THE 
 
 .AMERICA-IST 
 
 NUMISMATIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL 
 
 s o c i e t y. 
 
 This Certificate of Incorporation, made this sixteenth 
 day of May, 1865, Witnesseth, that we whose names are here- 
 unto subscribed, have associated, and by these presents do 
 associate ourselves, under and. in pursuance of the, require- 
 ments of the laws of 1848, of the State of New York, Chap- 
 ter 319, entitled " An Act for the Incorporation of Benevo- 
 lent, Charitable, Scientific, and Missionary Societies," and the 
 Acts amendatory thereof 
 
 I. 
 
 The corporate name by which this Association shall be 
 known in law is " The American Numismatic and Archseo- 
 logical Society." 
 
4 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. 
 
 II 
 
 The particular business and objects of this Association 
 shall be the collection and preservation of coins and medals, 
 the investigation of matters connected therewith, and the 
 popularization of the science of Numismatology; also the 
 collection, examination, and elucidation of the antiquities of 
 this and other countries. 
 
 III. 
 
 The number of managers of the business of the association 
 shall be eight. 
 
 IV. 
 
 The names of the persons who are to manage the business 
 of this Association during the first year of its existence are : 
 Frank H. Norton, President; George H. Perine, 1st 
 Vice-President; Isaac J. Greenwood, Jr., 2d Vice-Presi- 
 dent; James Oliver, Recording Secretary; R Augustus 
 Wood, Corresponding Secretary; John Hanna, Treasurer; 
 Frank Leathe, Librarian, and Edward Groh, Curator. 
 
 V. 
 
 The place of business or principal office of this Association 
 shall be located in the city of New York. 
 
 Frank H. Norton, 
 Isaac J. Greenwood, Jr., 
 John Hanna. 
 James Oliver, 
 ^yfcF. Augustus Wood, 
 Frank Leathe, 
 Edward Groh, 
 Daniel Parish, Jr., 
 Wm. Wood Seymour. 
 
 In the presence of Jos. K. Murray. 
 
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION". 
 
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 State of New York, \ 
 
 City and County of New York, j 
 
 On this sixteenth da}' of May, in the year 1865, before me 
 personally appeared Frank H. Norton, John Hanna, 
 James Oliver, F. Augustus Wood, Edward Groh, Wm. 
 Wood Seymour, and Daniel Parish, Jr., to me known to 
 be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing 
 certificate, and severally acknowledged to me that they exe- 
 cuted the same ; and on the 24th day of May, in the j'ear 
 1865, before me came personally Frank Leathe, and on 
 the 25th day of May, in the same year, before me came per- 
 sonally Isaac J. Greenwood, Jr., and the said Leathe and 
 the said Greenwood were to me known to be the persons 
 described in, and who executed the foregoing certificate, and 
 severally acknowledged to me that they executed the same. 
 
 John Whipple, Jr., 
 
 Notary Public, 
 
 N Y. City and County. 
 
 I hereby approve of and consent to the filing of the within 
 Certificate of Incorporation of the American Numismatic and 
 Archaeological Society, in the office of the Secretary of State 
 of New York, and in the office of the Clerk of the City and 
 County of New ^ ork. 
 
 June 7th, 1865. D. P. Ingraham, 
 
 Justice of the Supreme Court, 
 
 OftJie First Judicial District. 
 Endorsed and filed June 8th, 1865. 
 
 State of New York, ) 
 
 City and County of New York, \ ss " 
 
 I, William C. Conner, Clerk of the said City and 
 County, do certify that I have compared the preceding wilh 
 
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 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. 
 
 the original Certificate of Incorporation of the American 
 Numismatic and Archaeological Society, on file in my office, 
 and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of 
 the whole of such original. 
 
 U.S. 
 Internal 
 Eevenue 
 
 Stamp 
 five cts., 
 cancelled. 
 
 In witness whereof I have hereunto 
 subscribed my name, and affixed 
 my official seal, this 8th day of 
 June, 1865 
 
 Wm. C. Conner, Clerk 
 
 State of New York, 
 
 Office of the Secretary of State, 
 
 This is to certify that the Certificate of Incorporation of 
 
 the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, with 
 
 acknowledgement thereto annexed, was received and filed in 
 
 this office on the 8th day of June, 1865. 
 
 Witness my hand and 
 seal of office of the Secr- 
 etary of State, at the city of 
 Albany, this eighth day of 
 June, one thousand eight 
 hundred and sixty -five. 
 
 Chauncey M. Depew, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
OFFICERS ELECTED MARCH, 1865 
 
 FRANK H. NORTON (59 West 45th St.) . . President. 
 
 Dr. GEO. H. PERINE (6 E. 22d St.) . . 1st. Vice-President 
 
 I. J. GREENWOOD, Jr., (142 W. 14th St.) 2d 
 
 JAMES OLIVER (554 Broadway) . . Recording Secretary. 
 
 F. AUG. WOOD (47 West 31st St.) . 
 
 JOHN HANNA (15 William St.) 
 
 FRANK LEATHE (697 Broadway) 
 
 EDWARD GROH (30 Rose St.) . 
 
 Corresponding " 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 . Librarian. 
 
 Curator. 
 
CONSTITUTION. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 This Association shall be known as the "American 
 Numismatic and Archaeological Society." 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 It shall be the province of this Society to investigate the 
 subjects of coins and medals, to collect specimens, to popu- 
 larize the science of numismatology, and to impart such 
 information to the public concerning these and kindred 
 topics as may be desired, and in its power to afford. 
 
 It shall also collect, examine, and elucidate the antiquities 
 of this and other countries, to the end that, in so far as lies 
 within its power, those landmarks of preceding ages shall be 
 carried down to the end of time, with thei? fall meaning 
 eliminated, and their full usefulness as sources of history 
 preserved to them. 
 
 And, whenever it shall be so resolved, the Society shall 
 lay before the public, for its interest or instruction, such facts 
 as may have been obtained in the pursuance of these objects, 
 and in such manner as may be devised. 
 
10 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 AETICLE III. 
 
 Membership of this Society shall he of three classes — 
 Resident, Corresponding, and Honorary. 
 
 Propositions for resident membership shall be made in 
 writing by resident members of the Society, in good stand- 
 ing, and shall in all cases be accompanied by the initiation 
 fee, and dues for six months. Such propositions shall be 
 acted upon at the meeting next succeeding that at which 
 they are' made. Elections shall be by ballot, three black 
 balls excluding from membership. No person so excluded 
 can be again proposed until six months after the date of his 
 nomination, and no one twice black-balled can ever become 
 a member of the Society. 
 
 Resident members alone shall be entitled to vote or to 
 hold office, and any person residing within twenty-five miles 
 of New York city shall be eligible to resident membership. 
 
 Corresponding members may be elected viva voce at any 
 regular meeting of the Societ}^, on nomination by a resident 
 member in good standing. They shall not be required to 
 pay initiation fee or dues, but will be charged a fee for Certi- 
 ficate of Membership, not to exceed at any time the sum of 
 Five Dollars. 
 
 They will also be expected to correspond with the Cor- 
 responding Secretary of the Society, at intervals not exceed- 
 ing three months, on topics relating to the objects for which 
 the Society is established. 
 
 Honorary members may be proposed at any regular meet- 
 ing, and elected at the meeting following. Every such elec- 
 tion must be unanimous. There shall not be at one time 
 more than fifty honorary members of this Society, of which 
 number the Director of the Mint shall at all times be counted 
 ex officio as one. 
 
 All members shall be entitled to admission to the rooms 
 of the Society, and, on application to the Curator, to inspec- 
 tion of its property. Any member may introduce a friend 
 at any except special meetings. 
 
CONSTITUTION. 11 
 
 AETICLE IY. 
 
 The officers of this Society shall comprise a President, 
 two Vice-Presidents, Eecording Secretary, Corresponding 
 Secretary, Treasurer, Curator, and Librarian. They shall be 
 elected annually, by ballot, at the last meeting in March. 
 
 AETICLE V. 
 
 This Society shall possess a Seal and Certificate of Mem- 
 bership. 
 
 AETICLE VI. 
 
 All donations in money, and all money received from life 
 members, must be invested by the Treasurer, under the di- 
 rection of the Society, and every donation of money, to the 
 amount of more than Fifty Dollars, shall be funded in the 
 name of the donor. The money thus in zested will consti- 
 tute a permanent fund, of which only the interest can be 
 expended. 
 
 AETICLE VII. 
 
 No resident member of this Society shall be considered in 
 good standing whose dues shall have been in arrears for 
 more than six months, and the name of any member whose 
 account with the Society shall have remained unsettled 
 longer than a year shall be stricken from the rolls, and he 
 shall be considered to have forfeited his membership. 
 
 AETICLE VIII. 
 
 By-laws for the further regulation of this Society shall 
 be enacted from time to time, as they may appear to be 
 required. 
 
 AETICLE IX. 
 
 All questions involving the expenditure of money must, 
 on being returned with the approval of the Finance Com- 
 
12 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 rnittee, receive a two third vote of all the members present 
 or the same shall be lost. Such questions, however, may be 
 carried over the negative report of the Committee by the 
 same vote. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 This Constitution shall not be altered or amended except 
 by consent of three-fourths of the resident members of the 
 Society, on the request of one-third of all the resident mem- 
 bers, submitted one month previous to any vote being taken 
 thereupon. 
 
BY-LAWS. 
 
 CHAPTEE I. 
 
 OF OFFICERS. 
 
 1st. The President shall preside at all meetings of the 
 Society, shall decide all points of order, subject to appeal, 
 and shall have a casting vote. He shall appoint all Com- 
 mittees authorized by the Society, unless otherwise specially 
 ordered. 
 
 In the absence of the President, his position shall be sup- 
 plied by one of the Yice-Presidents, or in their absence by a 
 chairman appointed pro tempore, on whom shall devolve all 
 the duties of the office. 
 
 At the annual meeting, on the second Thursday in April, 
 the retiring President shall address the Society, embodying 
 in his remarks a summary of the reports of the other officers, 
 and such other matters as he shall deem worthy the con- 
 sideration of the Society. 
 
 In deciding all questions not otherwise specially provided 
 for in the Constitution and By-Laws, the President shall be 
 governed by the rulings as laid down in Jefferson's Manual. 
 
 2d. The Kecording Secretary shall take and preserve 
 exact minutes of the proceedings of each meeting of the So- 
 ciety, which he shall, on approval and adoption, cause to be 
 
14 BY-LAWS. 
 
 copied into a book devoted to that purpose. He shall notify 
 all new members of their election, all resident members of the 
 time for meetings, and all Committees of their appointment. 
 He shall also keep the original Constitution and By-Laws of 
 the Society, with the List of Members appended, taking note 
 of all resignations and other changes which may occur, and 
 recording them in their proper place. 
 
 3d. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the 
 correspondence of the Society, keeping the originals of the 
 letters received and copies of his own replies in books 
 prepared for the purpose. He shall acknowledge all dona- 
 tions by letter, and shall report his transactions at each 
 meeting of the Society, and in an annual report at the 
 last meeting in March. 
 
 4th. The Treasurer shall receive and take charge of all 
 the funds of the Society, and shall make all collections and 
 payments of money. He shall also have charge of the Seal of 
 the Society, and of the Certificates of Membership, which he 
 shall have filled up, signed, sealed, and forwarded to mem- 
 bers. He shall make no payments of money belonging to 
 the Society, except on an order from the President, counter- 
 signed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and 
 shall retain written vouchers of all such payments made, 
 and submit the same to the Society at the last meeting in 
 March in each year, when he shall make an exact report of 
 the financial condition of the Society, and hand over all 
 monies, books, and documents in his possession to his suc- 
 cessor in office. 
 
 5th. The Curator shall receive all donations and pur- 
 chases of coins and antiquities, shall compile an accurate 
 Catalogue of the same, with names of donors, cost, and other 
 information concerning them; and shall keep the same in 
 order and safety. He shall at all times afford free access to 
 the Collection and the Catalogue to all members of the 
 Society, and shall make an annual report to the Society of 
 the condition of the same at the last meeting in March. He 
 
BY-LAWS. 15 
 
 shall also make occasional special reports, from time to time 
 as the interests of the Society may demand, on call of the 
 President. 
 
 6th. The Librarian" shall take charge of all books belong- 
 ing to the Society, affording the members free access to the 
 same and to the Catalogue of them, which he shall cause to 
 be compiled. He shall report the condition of the Library 
 to the Society at the last meeting in March. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 1st. The Standing 
 
 Committees of this Society shall com 
 
 prise as follows : 
 
 
 
 A Committee of three 
 
 on American Coins and Medals. 
 
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 American Archaeology. 
 
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 Finance. 
 
 They shall be appointed by the President at the next 
 meeting following his election. 
 
 2d. To these Committees, excepting that on Finance, shall 
 be referred all questions belonging to their several depart- 
 ments, and they shall, in all cases, report on such questions 
 at the earliest convenient moment, or furnish satisfactory 
 excuse to the Society for non-compliance with this rule. 
 
 Besides the above, the President may, from time to time, 
 appoint Special Committees to consider special questions, 
 and such Committees shall report at their earliest conve- 
 nience, and on their report being accepted shall be dismissed 
 from further consideration of the subject before them. 
 
16 BY-LAWS. 
 
 3d. To the Committee on Finance shall be submitted all 
 questions comprehending disbursement of money. They 
 shall audit all accounts against the Society, and also the ac- 
 count of the Treasurer as presented in his annual report, 
 and shall report at the first meetings in April, July, October, 
 and January, respectively, the existing financial condition of 
 the Society, its assets and liabilities. The Chairman of the 
 Finance Committee shall countersign all orders on the 
 Treasurer for money. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 ON INITIATION FEES, ANNUAL DUES, ETC. 
 
 1st. The Initiation Fee of persons elected resident mem- 
 bers of this Society shall be Five Dollars, and the Annual 
 Dues shall be Five Dollars, payable semi-annually at the 
 first meetings in April and October. Any one elected be- 
 tween those meetings shall pay Fifty Cents per month until 
 the semi-annual meeting next succeeding his election. 
 
 2d. Any member paying the sum of Thirty Dollars, at 
 any one time, into the Treasury of the Society, may become 
 a life member. 
 
 3d. Corresponding members shall be charged a fee for 
 Certificate of Membership of Five Dollars. 
 
 4th. Kesident members will be entitled to a Certificate of 
 Membership on paying Two Dollars, and honorary members 
 without cost 
 
 CHAPTER IT. 
 
 OF MEETINGS. 
 
 1st. There shall be regular meetings of the Society held 
 on the second and. fourth Thursdays in each month, at 
 which five shall constitute a quorum, and of which due 
 notice shall be served on each member by the Recording 
 Secretary. 
 
BY-LAWS. 17 
 
 2d. At the quarterly meetings on the second Thursday in 
 July, October, and January, the report of the Finance Com- 
 mittee shall take precedence over all miscellaneous business. 
 At the annual meeting, on the fourth Thursday in March, 
 the reports of the Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, and 
 Librarian shall take precedence of all miscellaneous business, 
 and all reports of officers and Committees shall be uniform in 
 style, and shall be bound with the President's address at the 
 end of each year, becoming the archives of the Society. 
 Also the regular payments of dues shall be made at the first 
 meetings in April and October respectively. 
 
 3d. Special meetings may be called by the President, or 
 at the request of any three other officers of the Society. 
 
 4th. At all regular meetings of the Society the hour of 
 meeting shall be half-past 7 o'clock. 
 
 5th. During the summer months the Society may adjourn 
 over to such time as shall be decided by a majority at a 
 regular meeting. 
 
 CHAPTER Y. 
 
 OF TRANSACTIONS. 
 
 1st. At the regular meetings on the second Thursdays of 
 February, April, June, October, and December, a paper shall 
 be read by a member of the Society on some topic of inter- 
 est to the Society, the reader to be designated by the Presi- 
 dent at the last preceding meeting. 
 
 2d. These papers shall be handed over to the Committee 
 on Transactions, by whom, at the end of the year, a selection 
 shall be made from time to time, and, with a selection from 
 the reports, and the proceedings of the Society, they shall, on 
 demand of the Society, be published as an annual volume of 
 transactions. 
 
18 BY-LAWS. 
 
 CHAP TEE VI. 
 
 OF BUSINESS. 
 
 1st. The order of business at regular meetings shall be as 
 follows : 
 
 1. List of members present recorded and read by the 
 Recording Secretary. s 
 
 2. Minutes of the last regular meeting read and approved. 
 
 3. Eeports of Standing Committees. 
 
 4. Keports of Special Committees. 
 
 5. Unfinished business. 
 
 6. Donations received and recorded. 
 
 7. Written communications read by Corresponding Secre- 
 tary. 
 
 8. Verbal communications. 
 
 9. New members elected. 
 
 10. Miscellaneous business — reading papers or addresses 
 to take precedence. 
 
 11. Adjournment. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 OF ALTEKATIONS OF THE BY-LAWS. 
 
 1st. These By-Laws shall not be altered or amended, 
 except by a two-thirds vote of all the members present at a 
 regular meeting, the proposed alteration having been sub- 
 mitted at a previous meeting in writing, and all the resident 
 members having been notified of the same by the Recording 
 Secretary. 
 
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