Excerpt from Carnegie Institution of Washington: Year Book No; 5, 1906 The Carnegie Institution was originally organized under the law governing the organization of corporations in the District Of Columbia. Owing to cer tain limitations in the law, the Trustees deemed it desirable to Obtain articles of incorporation from the Congress. Accordingly, articles of incorporation were prepared, submitted to the Congress, amended by the Congress, and enacted into statute by the Congress and the Signature of the President. Organization under the new articles Of incorporation was effected on May 18, 1904. Resolutions were passed electing the same Executive Committee and Officers as those Of the Carnegie Institution organized in 1902 and con tinning all instructions and authorizations given to the Executive Committee by the old organization. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.