Series II - Certificates of Incorporation, Constitution, and other Organizational Records, 1854-1936 (bulk 1854-1899)
Arrangement
Series II contains official documents related to the incorporation, trustees, inventory, and constitution of the Children's Aid Society. It is arranged into 3 small subseries, each arranged chronologically:
II.1 - Founding Documents
II.2 - Annual Certificates
II.3 - Constitution
Subseries II.1 - Founding Documents
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains the first public notice of the CAS, the Certificate of Incorporation from 1854-1855, a transcription of the same from 1871, and certified copies from 1932 of that document and of the 1907 Extension of Purposes.
First Public Announcement of CAS, 1853 March
Certificate of Incorporation - Certified, 1854 May 31, 1855 January 10
Certificate of Incorporation - Transcription, 1871
Certified Copies of 1855 Certificate of Incorporation and 1907 Extension of Purposes, 1932
Subseries II.2 - Annual Certificates
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains Annual Certificates of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Officers and Trustees and Notarized 1873-1899 (missing '74, 75, '76,'78, '79, '84).
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, 1873
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1877, 1880, 1881
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1882, 1883, 1885
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1886, 1887, 1888
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1889, 1890, 1891
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1892, 1893
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1894, 1895
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1896, 1897
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1898, 1899
Subseries II.3 - Constitution
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains a handwritten draft of constitutional amendments (incomplete), circa 1874, and copies of the Constitution and By-Laws from five years (1883, 1886, 1908, 1927, 1936).