Chapter XX: Appendix: A

CHARTER
OF
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION

(Adopted November 1, 1902)

The subscribers hereto, all of whom are citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, have associated themselves together for the purpose herein below set forth and being desirous of becoming incorporated agreeably to the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled, “An Act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations,” approved the twenty-ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and the supplements thereto, do hereby declare, set forth and certify that the following are the purposes, objects, articles and conditions of their said Association for and upon which they desire to be incorporated.

ARTICLE 1.—The name of the corporation shall be The Philadelphia Orchestra Association.

ARTICLE 2.—Its object is to encourage the performance of first-class orchestral music in the City of Philadelphia and for that purpose to establish and maintain The Philadelphia Orchestra.

ARTICLE 3.—The place in which the business of the said corporation is to be transacted is the City of Philadelphia.

ARTICLE 4.—The said corporation is to exist perpetually.

ARTICLE 5.—The said corporation shall have no capital stock.

ARTICLE 6.—The number of Directors of the said corporation shall be twenty-four, and the names and residences of those who are chosen for the first year are as follows:

Name Residence

GEORGE BURNHAM, JR. Philadelphia, Pa.
A. J. CASSATT Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN H. CONVERSE Philadelphia, Pa.
ECKLEY B. COXE, JR. Philadelphia, Pa.
WILLIAM L. ELKINS Elkins, Pa.
MISS MARY K. GIBSON Philadelphia, Pa.
CLEMENT A. GRISCOM Philadelphia, Pa.
MRS. ALFRED C. HARRISON Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN H. INGHAM Philadelphia, Pa.
OLIVER B. JUDSON Philadelphia, Pa.
EDWARD I. KEFFER Philadelphia, Pa.
C. HARTMAN KUHN Philadelphia, Pa.
EDWARD G. MCCOLLIN Philadelphia, Pa.
THOMAS MCKEAN Philadelphia, Pa.
CLEMENT B. NEWBOLD Philadelphia, Pa.
JAMES W. PAUL, JR. Philadelphia, Pa.
MRS. FRANK H. ROSENGARTEN Philadelphia, Pa.
RICHARD ROSSMÄSSLER Philadelphia, Pa.
EDGAR SCOTT Philadelphia, Pa.
SIMON A. STERN Philadelphia, Pa.
MISS ANNE THOMSON Merion, Pa.
ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER Philadelphia, Pa.
HENRY WHELEN, JR. Philadelphia, Pa.
P. A. B. WIDENER Ashbourne, Pa.

_Witness_ the hands and seals of the subscribers this first day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two (1902):

A. VAN RENSSELAER (L.S.)
A. J. CASSATT (L.S.)
GEO. F. BAER (L.S.)
HENRY WHELEN, JR. (L.S.)
JOHN H. CONVERSE (L.S.)
C. HARTMAN KUHN (L.S.)
GEO. BURNHAM, JR. (L.S.)
EDWD. G. MCCOLLIN (L.S.)
CLEMENT B. NEWBOLD (L.S.)
JAS. W. PAUL, JR. (L.S.)
JOHN H. INGHAM (L.S.)
E. I. KEFFER (L.S.)

State of Pennsylvania
City and County of Philadelphia

Before me, the Recorder of Deeds for the County of
Philadelphia, on this twenty-first day of November A.
D. 1902, personally appeared Henry Whelen, Jr., John H.
Ingham and Edward I. Keffer, three of the subscribers
to the foregoing certificate of incorporation and duly
acknowledged the same to be their act and deed, and
desired that the same might be recorded as such,

_Witness_ my hand and official seal the day and
year aforesaid.
JOS. K. FLESCHER, Deputy Recorder of Deeds (L.S.)

DECREE
In the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, of the County of
Philadelphia of December Term 1902, N. 845.

And now this fifth day of January, A. D. 1903, the
within Charter and Certificate of Incorporation having
been presented to me, a Law Judge of said County,
accompanied by due proof of publication of the notice
of this application as required by the Act of Assembly
and rule of this Court in such case made and provided,
I certify that I have examined and perused the said
writing, and have found the same to be in proper form
and within the purposes named in the first class
specified in Section Second of the Act of General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled
“An Act to provide for the Incorporation and Regulation
of Certain Corporations,” approved April 29th, 1874,
and the supplements thereto, and the same appearing
to be lawful and not injurious to the community, I do
hereby on motion of Edward G. McCollin and John G.
Johnson, Esquires, on behalf of the petitioners, order
and direct that the said Charter of The Philadelphia
Orchestra Association, aforesaid be and is the same
hereby approved, and that upon the recording of the
same and of this order, the subscribers thereto and
their associates shall be a corporation by the name
of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association, for the
purposes and upon the terms therein stated.
ROBERT N. WILLSON, Judge.

Filed in the office of the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas No. 4 as of December Term 1902 No. 845, on the Fourth day of December A. D. 1902.

C. B. ROBERTS, Deputy Prothonotary.

Recorded in the office for recording Deeds etc. in and for the County of Philadelphia in Charter Book No. 28, page 53 etc.

_Witness_ my hand and seal of office this seventh day of January A. D. 1903.

WM. S. VARE, Recorder of Deeds (L.S.).

APPENDIX B

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ELECTED AT
THE ORPHEUS CLUB ROOMS, MAY, 1900
HENRY WHELEN, JR.
JOHN C. SIMS
EDWARD G. MCCOLLIN
OSCAR A. KNIPE
EDWARD I. KEFFER
OLIVER BOYCE JUDSON
JOHN H. INGHAM, Secretary.