CONSTITUTION OF
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY1
ARTICLE I
Name and Location
Section 1. This Society, which is
organized as a corporation not for
profit under the laws of the State of
Ohio, shall, pursuant to its Articles
of Incorporation, be known as The Ohio
State Archaeological and Histori-
cal Society, and shall have its offices
at Columbus, Ohio, where its principal
business shall be transacted.
ARTICLE II
Purposes
Section 1. The purposes of this Society,
as set forth in its Articles
of Incorporation, are:
"Promoting a knowledge of
archaeology and history, espe-
cially in Ohio, by establishing and
maintaining a library of books,
maps, charts, etc., properly pertaining
thereto, a museum of pre-
historic 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 publications
of books,
papers and documents touching the
subjects so specified, with
power to receive and hold gifts and
devises of real and personal
estate for the benefit of such society,
and generally to exercise
all the powers legally appertaining
thereto."
In addition to which and in furtherance
of these ends, the Society
has also been authorized and directed by
numerous Acts of the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio to perform
certain specific functions, such
as the custodianship of sites and
property of a historical or archaeological
nature; and its purposes comprehend all
such functions which have been
or may be vested in it by law or
resolution enacted or adopted by the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio.
ARTICLE III
Membership
Section 1. Any person, organization or
institution may be or become
a member of the Society subject to the
provisions of this Article.
Section 2. There shall be two general
classes of members of the
Society, namely, continuing members and
limited members.
1 As adopted April 6, 1945.
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