Article Fourth: The names of such directors for the first year of the existence of this society are:
| Benjamin H. Field | Charles Haight |
| Henry Bergh | Adrian Iselin, Jr. |
| John Howard Wright | B. B. Sherman |
| Thomas C. Acton | Richard R. Haines |
| Ferdinand De Luca | James Stokes |
| Sinclair Tousey | William H. Webb |
| William M. Vermilye | Frederic DePeyster |
| Harmon Hendricks | |
In Witness Whereof we have hereunto severally subscribed our names this Twenty-fourth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and seventy-five.
| John D. Wright | Thos. C. Acton |
| Henry Bergh | Chas. Haight |
| Elbridge T. Gerry | Adrian Iselin, Jr. |
| Benj. H. Field | Benj. B. Sherman |
| Wm. L. Jenkins | Richd. R. Haines |
| John Howard Wright | James Stokes |
| Ferd. De Luca | W. H. Webb |
| Sinclair Tousey | Frederic DePeyster |
| W. M. Vermilye | Harmon Hendricks |
In the presence of
Ambrose Monell.
| State of New York | }ss |
| City and County of New York |
On this Twenty-fourth day of April, 1875, personally appeared before me John D. Wright, Henry Bergh, Elbridge T. Gerry, Benjamin H. Field, William L. Jenkins, John Howard Wright, Ferdinand De Luca, Sinclair Tousey, William M. Vermilye, Thomas C. Acton, Charles Haight, Adrian Iselin, Jr., Benjamin B. Sherman, Richard R. Haines, James Stokes, William H. Webb, Frederic DePeyster, and Harmon Hendricks, known to me to be the persons above named, and each severally acknowledged the foregoing to be his signature to the before mentioned Certificate and Articles of Incorporation.
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