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 Johns Hopkins University 
 
 CHARTER, 
 
 EXTRACTS OF WILL, 
 
 OFFICERS AND BY-LAWS. 
 
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 Johns Hopkins University. 
 
 CHARTER, 
 
 EXTRACTS OF WILL, 
 
 OFFICERS AND BY-LAWS. 
 
 BALTIMORE: 
 Printed by John Muephy & Co. 
 
 182 Baltimore Street. 
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 By oversight throughout, the Corporate name is given as " The 
 Johns Hopkins' University " — should be " The Johns Hopkins 
 University." 
 
OFFICERS. 
 
 President : 
 GALLOWAY CHESTON. 
 
 Treasuher : 
 
 FRANCIS WHITE. 
 
 Secretary : 
 
 WILLIAM HOPKINS. 
 
 Board op Trustees: 
 
 GALLOWAY CHESTON, 
 FRANCIS T. KING, 
 LEWIS N. HOPKINS, 
 THOMAS M. SMITH, 
 WILLIAM HOPKINS, 
 JOHN W. GARRETT, 
 Judge GEO. W. DOBBIN, 
 Judge GEO. WM. BROWN, 
 Dr. JAMES C. THOMAS, 
 CHARLES J. M. GWINN, 
 REVERDY JOHNSON, Jr , 
 FRANCIS WHITE. 
 
COMMITTEES. 
 
 Executive Committee: 
 REVERDY JOHNSON, Je., 
 Judge GEO. W. DOBBIN, 
 Judge GEO. WM. BROWN, 
 CHARLES J. M. GWINN, 
 Dr. JAMES C. THOMAS, 
 GALLOWAY CHESTON, ex officio. 
 
 Finance Committee : 
 
 JOHN W. GARRETT, 
 FRANCIS T. KING, 
 GALLOWAY CHESTON, ex officio. 
 
 Building Committee: 
 Judge GEORGE W. DOBBIN, 
 FRANCIS T. KING, 
 THOMAS M. SMITH, 
 LEWIS N. HOPKINS, 
 GALLOWAY CHESTON, ex officio. 
 
 Committee in Charge op the Clifton Grounds 
 
 REVERDY JOHNSON, Jr., 
 FRANCIS WHITE, 
 GALLOWAY CHESTON, ex officio. 
 
Extracts from Will. 
 
 g "I give, devise and bequeath unto 'The Johns 
 Hopkins'^ University,' a corporation formed at my 
 instance under the laws of Maryland, by certificate 
 duly recorded among the Records of Baltimore 
 County, my country place known as 'Clifton,' con- 
 taining about three hundred and thirty acres, and 
 all the shares of the capital stock of the Baltimore 
 and Ohio Railroad Company, whereof I shall die 
 possessed, (except the stock known as preferred 
 stock of said Company, upon which a dividend of 
 six per centum and no more is payable by said 
 Company,) and I recommend the said ' The Johns 
 Hopkins' University' not to dispose of the said 
 capital stock, or of the stock accruing thereon by 
 way of increment or dividend, but to keep the said 
 stock and said increment, or dividend stock, if any, 
 as an investment ; and I direct that the buildings, 
 necessary for the purposes of the said ' The Johns 
 Hopkins' University,' shall be constructed out of 
 the money dividends as they accrue on said stock ; 
 and that the said University and the trustees 
 should maintain the said University, afterwards, 
 out of its receipts from scholars, and out of the 
 annual revenue derived from the devise and be- 
 
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 (|ucst hereby made, without encroaching upon the 
 principal fund. And I further enjoin upon the 
 said University, and the trustees thereof, the duty 
 of voting and representing the said stock with 
 diligence, zeal, and perfect fidelity to the trust 
 I have reposed in them, especially desiring that 
 each and every trustee thereof will abstain from 
 all action which may tend to subordinate the 
 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to any 
 political influence or management, and will, at all 
 times, use his or their influence or power with the 
 purpose of promoting its usefulness, and the value 
 of the stock of that company, which I have hereby 
 bequeathed. And I further request the trustees 
 of the said University to establish, from time to 
 time, such number of free scholarships in the said 
 University as may be judicious, and to distribute 
 the said scholarships amongst such candidates 
 from the States of Maryland, Virginia and JN'orth 
 Carolina, as may be most deserving of choice, 
 because of their character and intellectual prom- 
 ise ; and to educate the young men, so chosen, 
 free of charge." 
 
 From First Codicil. 
 
 "And whereas, by my said last will and testa- 
 ment, I did give, devise and bequeath all the rest, 
 residue and remainder of the estate of which I 
 
might be seized or possessed at my death, and 
 whieh was not otherwise disposed of by my said 
 last will and testament, or by any codicil or codi- 
 cils made thereto, or by gift or otherwise in my 
 lifetime, unto such persons of my kindred as would 
 be entitled to such rest, residue and remainder of 
 my estate, if such rest, residue and remainder had 
 constituted my whole estate, and I had departed 
 this life intestate ; 
 
 "And whereas, upon due consideration, believ- 
 ing that my said kindred have been otherwise 
 sufficiently provided for by my said last will and 
 testament, and by this codicil, I have determined 
 to dispose otherwise of the said rest, residue and 
 remainder of my real and personal estate ; 
 
 " Now I do hereby revoke the said devise and 
 bequest so made of all the rest, residue and re- 
 mainder of my estate; and I do hereby give, 
 devise and bequeath all the said rest, residue and 
 remainder of the estate, real and personal, of which 
 I shall be seized or possessed at my death, of what- 
 soever nature and description the same may be, 
 to ' The Johns Hopkins' University ' and to ' The 
 Johns Hopkins' Hospital,' as tenants in common, 
 and not as joint tenants, to be equally divided 
 between them, share and share alike; the share 
 of each corporation in the said rest, residue and 
 
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 remainder of my real and personal estate to be 
 held, used and applied by such corporation in, for 
 and to its corporate purposes, in accordance with 
 the provisions of its existing certificate or charter 
 of incorporation, or with the provisions of such 
 Act or Acts of Assembly amending its certificate 
 or charter of incorporation as the trustees thereof 
 may procure to be passed and accepted." 
 
Certificate of Incorporation. 
 
 Know all men by these presents, that we, 
 Thomas M. Smith, William Hopkins, Lewis N. 
 Hopkins, John W. Garrett, Alan P. Smith, John 
 Fonerden, G-eorge W. Dobbin, George M. Gill, An- 
 drew Sterett Ridgely, Thomas Donaldson, James 
 A. L. McClure and Charles J. M. Gwinn, being- 
 citizens of the United States of America, and of 
 the State of Maryland, and being desirous to 
 form a corporation for the purpose of organizing 
 an "University," for the promotion of education 
 in the State of Maryland, do hereby declare and 
 certify that we do, by this instrument of writing, 
 and by virtue of and under the provisions of an 
 Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed 
 at the January session thereof in the year eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-seven, and being the Act of 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, chapter three 
 hundred and seventy-nine, form a corporation, 
 under the name of " The Johns Hopkins' Univer- 
 sity," for the promotion of education in the State 
 of Maryland, which shall be governed and con- 
 trolled by twelve Trustees, who shall manage the 
 concerns thereof, and which said twelve trustees 
 shall be Francis T. King, Lewis JN". Hopkins, 
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 Thomas M. Smith. William Hopkins, John Fon- 
 erden,* John W. Garrett, Francis White, Charles 
 J. M. Gwinn, Galloway Cheston, George W. 
 Dobbin, Reverdy Johnson, junior, and George 
 William Brown, and which said University shall 
 be located in Baltimore County, in the State of 
 Maryland. 
 
 Witness our hands and seals, set hereto on this 
 twenty-fourth day of August, in the year eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-seven. 
 
 Thomas M. Smith, [seal.] 
 
 William Hopkins, [seal.] 
 
 Lewis JNT. Hopkins, [seal.] 
 
 John W. Garrett, [seal.] 
 
 Alan P. Smith, [seal.] 
 
 John Fonerden, [seal.] 
 
 George W. Dobbin, [seal] 
 
 George M. Gill, [seal.] 
 Andrew Sterett Ridgely, [seal.] 
 
 Th. Donaldson, [seal.] 
 
 James A. L. McClure, [seal.] 
 
 Charles J. M. Gwinn, [seal.] 
 Witness : Allen E. Forrester. 
 
 *0n the death of John Fonerden, Dr. James Carey Thomas was 
 elected to fill the vacancy. 
 
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 State of Maryland, Baltimore City, to wit: 
 
 I hereby certify that on this twenty -fourth day 
 of August, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty- 
 seven, before me, a Justice of the Peace, of the 
 State of Maryland, in and for the city of Baltimore 
 aforesaid, and being an officer competent to take 
 the acknowledgment of deeds, personally appeared 
 Thomas M. Smith, William Hopkins, Lewis JN". 
 Hopkins, John W. Garrett, Alan P. Smith, John 
 Fonerden, Greorge W. Dobbin, George M. Gill, 
 iVndrew Sterett Ridgely, Thomas Donaldson, James 
 A. L. McClure, and Charles J. M. Gwinn, and did 
 severally acknowledge the foregoing certificate, or 
 instrument of Avriting, to be their respective act 
 and deed. 
 
 Allen E. Forrester. 
 
By-Laws. 
 
 I. 
 
 The Officers of the Board shall consist of a 
 President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall 
 be annually chosen from the members of the Board 
 by ballot, at the first stated meeting of the Board 
 after the first day of January. 
 
 II. 
 
 The duties of the President shall be to preside 
 at all meetings of the Board, — to call special meet- 
 ings at such times as he may think the business of 
 the Institution shall require him so to do, or at 
 such times as he may be requested by two members 
 of the Board so to do ; and at all meetings to pre- 
 sent the business in the order hereinafter specified. 
 He shall also exercise a general superintendence 
 over all the afi'airs of the Institution, and bring 
 such matters to the attention of the Board as he 
 may think require it. 
 
 III. 
 
 The duty of the Secretary shall be to keep fair 
 minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Trus- 
 tees, to conduct and preserve the correspondence 
 
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 of the Board, and to give all notices of meetings 
 of the Board, and notices of appointments on 
 committees, when the members appointed are not 
 present at the meeting at which the appointment 
 is made. 
 
 IV. 
 
 The duties of the Treasurer shall be to cause to 
 be collected, and keep safely, and disburse as may 
 be required under regulations, hereafter to be 
 adopted, the funds of the Institution. To keep, 
 or cause to be kept, full books of account, and 
 vouchers of all his transactions, and report the 
 same to the Board as required. He shall give 
 bond with approved security for the faithful per- 
 formance of his duty, in such penalty as the 
 Board may require. 
 
 V. 
 
 There shall also be the following Standing Com- 
 mittees, viz : 
 
 An Executive Committee of five members of the 
 Board. 
 
 A Finance Committee, of two members of the 
 Board. 
 
 A Building Committee, of four members of the 
 Board. 
 
 Of each of these Committees the President shall 
 be ex officio member. 
 
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 VI. 
 
 The Executive Committee shall have committed 
 to it matters of general interest to the Institution, 
 not specially appropriate to the Finance Committee 
 or the Building Committee. 
 
 The Finance Committee shall have committed to 
 it all matters of financial interest, which the Board 
 may think will require their consideration and 
 action. 
 
 The Building Committee shall have committed 
 to it the consideration of all plans of buildings 
 and other improvements necessary for the Institu- 
 tion, and their execution when adopted by the 
 Board. 
 
 VII. 
 
 The Board shall hold stated monthly meetings 
 on the first Monday in every month, except when 
 such meeting shall be dispensed with by a vote ; 
 and other special meetings, when the President 
 shall think such necessary to be convened, or which 
 he may call at the request of two members of the 
 Board; and at all meetings of the Board seven 
 members shall constitute a quorum. The order of 
 business at all meetings shall be as follows : 
 
 1. The Reading of the Minutes of the last meet- 
 
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 2. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
 3. Reports of Special Committees. 
 
 4. Report of the Treasurer. 
 
 5. Other Business. 
 
 YIII. 
 These By-Laws may be altered or suspended at 
 a stated meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the 
 members of the whole Board. 
 
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