FIRST:    I, the undersigned, DONNA L. WELCH, whose post office address is 198 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite S-2, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland 21701, being at least eighteen (18) years of age, do hereby form a non-stock Corporation under the laws of the State of Maryland by the execution and filing of these Articles of Incorporation.

SECOND:     The name of the Corporation is (which is hereinafter called the "Corporation"): Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Inc.

THIRD:     The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are as follows:

      (1) The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, education, and scientific purposes, including for such purposes the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law).

      (2) More specifically, the Corporation is formed for the purpose of advancing and disseminating the knowledge and information concerning the art and science of spectroscopy, and other allied sciences, the advancing of the professional standing and growth of the Society and its members, coordinating cooperative endeavors of its individual members and sections and promoting and maintaining a close bond among its members. The Corporation may, from time to time, conduct any and all activities as shall be found to be appropriate in connection with the foregoing and as are lawful for a charitable, educational, non-profit corporation.

      (3) The foregoing enumeration of the purposes, objects, powers and business of the Corporation is made in furtherance of the po

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