Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
TO CARRY OUT
CARNEGIE PLAN
Articles Of Incorporation Filed at
Washington Last Week.
SECRETARY HAY AT HEAD OF LIST
The IncOrpOratOrs Are Five Men OF Ma
tiOnal ReputatiOn-"The Carnegie
Institution" Is Its Name.

Washington, January 4.-Secretary nay
and number of gentlemen interested Id
the Carnegie project of national unlver'
sity met at the State Department today
and formed an incorporation known as the
"Carnegie Institution"
1t is understood that Mr.. Carnegie has
removed the obstacles that existed to the
acceptance of his $40, 0,0OO,O 900 donation 10
the cause of education, and today s action
was the first step toward giving legal form
and substance to the proposition. Beside
Secretary Hay, the incorporators' all Oh
whom were present at today's meeting
are: Edwin D. White, justice Of the Su'
preme Court; d. g. Gilman, late president
of Johns Hopkins University; Charles u.
Walcott. superintendent of the Geological
Survey; John S. Billings, ex-surgeon gen
eral Of the navy, and Carroll d. Wnght'
Commissioner of Labor
Marcus Baker, of the Coast Survey, was
present, not as an incorporation, but
charged with the preparation OF the arti-
cles of incorporation.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
The articles of incorporation were filed
with the recorder of deeds in this city to-
day. =
The articles fix the name and title OF
the institution as "The Carnegie Instltu'
ton" and show that it is organized Tor
"perpetual term" Its objects are the
promotion of study and research, the
mower TO ACQUIRE, hold and convey real es
tate and other property, and to estaDlish
general and special funds; to assist lnVestl-
CATION in science, literature or art, 10 CO.
operate with governments, universities
colleges, technical schools, learned Socie-
ties and individuals; to appoint commit
tees of experts to direct special lines OF re-
search. publish and distribute documents,
conduct lectures and hold meetings, ac-
ouire and maintain library, and in gen.
eral to do and perform all things necessary
to promote TIE objects of said institution
The affairs, funds and property OF the
corporation will be in general charge OF
board of trustees to consist, during the
first wear, of twenty.seven, and thereafter
not to exceed thirty members, except by
a three. quarter vote of the board.
The preamble of the articles Of incor'
poration are set forth as follows;
eve, the undersigned, persons OF iuil
ACE and citizens of the United States, and
a majority of whom are citizens of the Dis
trict of Columbia, being desirous TO estaD-
lsh and maintain in the city of Washing
ton. in the spirit of Washington, an instl'
tuition for promoting original research IN
science, literature and art, do hereby asso'
ciate ourselves as a body corporate for SAID
purpose under an act 10 establish a code
of law for the District of Columbia, APP
proved March 8, 1901, sections 599 to 6O4,
inclusive"
In pursuance of that act, the provisions
and purposes already mentioned are certl'
fed in four articles.
The meeting today at which the lncor-
poration crystalzed, was the result OF
number of informal conferences that have
been held by the incorpOrators, who were
selected personally by MIR. Carnegie The
definite form in which the gift of AIR Car
negie will be made has not been announced,
although, according to those interested IN
the project, 1t will be in shape generally
satisfactory. 1t is understood that 1t Will
be in the form of gilt.edged securities, but
not of government issue, in view of the
greater income paid by the outside securl-
ties. The further development of the pro-
iect now awaits the outline from MIR. Car
negie as to his ideas and purposes.
The next step will be tile organization OF
a board of trustees. These, doubtless, will
include the present incorporators, and
other representative men from all parts OF
the country. This will be in line with the
policy in organizing the Board for tie
Carnegie Institution in Scotland.