The following is the original Declaration of Trust created by the Urantia Foundation in 1950 for protecting the
Urantia Book, its printing, and dissemination.
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ARTICLE I: Creation of Foundation
ARTICLE II: Objects
ARTICLE III: Duties of Trustees
ARTICLE IV: Trust Estate
ARTICLE V: Powers Over Substantive Estate
ARTICLE VI: General Fiscal Powers
ARTICLE VII: Trustees and Government of Urantia Foundation
ARTICLE VIII: Future Additions to Trust
ARTICLE IX: Miscellaneous
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WHEREAS, there has been written a manuscript of a book
entitled "THE URANTIA BOOK," and there have been produced from this manuscript approximately two
thousand two hundred (2,200) nickel-plated stereotype plates of patent base thickness for the printing and
reproduction of such book; and
WHEREAS, certain persons, hereinafter referred to as the "Contributors," being desirous that a foundation be
created for the objects herein expressed to be known as "URANTIA FOUNDATION," have contributed certain
funds to that end, and said funds have been expended for the production of said plates for the printing and
reproduction of THE URANTIA BOOK; and
WHEREAS, the Contributors, being desirous that their identity remain unknown in order that the creation of
such foundation shall have no limitations by reason of its association with their names, coincident with the
execution of this Declaration of Trust and with full knowledge and in consideration thereof, have caused their
nominees to deliver and turn over to the undersigned the said plates for the printing and reproduction of THE
URANTIA BOOK, to be held in trust to make possible the accomplishment and fulfillment of such desires and
to carry out and perpetuate the objects herein expressed; and
WHEREAS, it is also contemplated that from time to time hereafter money and property of various kinds and
descriptions will be given, granted, conveyed, assigned, transferred, devised, or bequeathed to such
foundation for the uses and purposes and upon the trusts and conditions herein expressed: Now Therefore,
ARTICLE I: CREATION OF FOUNDATION
1.1. CREATION: We, the undersigned, for and in behalf of the Contributors and those whose inspirations have
this conceived, by this Declaration of Trust, hereby create, found, and establish this Foundation to be known as
"URANTIA FOUNDATION."
1.2. ACCEPTANCE AND DECLARATION: We, the undersigned, for ourselves and our successors in trust as
hereinafter defined, do hereby acknowledge that there have been transferred and delivered to us approximately
two thousand two hundred (2,200) nickel-plated stereotype plates of patent base thickness prepared from the
manuscript of THE URANTIA BOOK for the printing and reproduction thereof, which plates are presently stored
in the plate vaults of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company at Crawfordsville, Indiana; and we, for ourselves and our
successors in trust, do hereby declare that said plates for the printing and reproduction of THE URANTIA
BOOK and all moneys and properties of every kind and description which may from time to time hereafter be
given, granted, conveyed, assigned, transferred, bequeathed, or devised to, or otherwise acquired by, URANTIA
FOUNDATION or the Trustees thereof, and accepted and received by the Foundation or the Trustees thereof,
shall be held in trust for the uses and purposes and upon the trusts hereinafter provided.
ARTICLE II: OBJECTS
2.1. PRINCIPAL OBJECT: The object for which this Foundation is created is the promotion, improvement, and
expansion among the peoples of the world of the comprehension and understanding of Cosmology and the
relation of the planet on which we live to the Universe, of the genesis and destiny of Man and his relation to
God, and of the true teachings of Jesus Christ; and for the inculcation and encouragement of the realization
and appreciation of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man--in order to increase and enhance the
comfort, happiness, and well being of Man, as an individual and as a member of society, through the fostering
of a religion, a philosophy, and a cosmology which are commensurate with Man's intellectual and cultural
development.
2.2. CONCORDANT OBJECTS: The concordant objects for which the Foundation is created are to perpetually
preserve inviolate the text of THE URANTIA BOOK and to disseminate the principles, teachings, and doctrines
of THE URANTIA BOOK.
ARTICLE III: DUTIES OF TRUSTEES
3.1. PRESERVATION OF TEXT OF THE URANTIA BOOK: It shall be the primary duty of the Trustees to
perpetually preserve inviolate the text of THE URANTIA BOOK, and the Trustees shall use and employ such
means, methods, and facilities and apply and expend as much of the Trust Estate as in the judgment of the
Trustees shall be necessary, proper, or appropriate, for the preserving and the safekeeping of copies of the
original text of THE URANTIA BOOK, duly authenticated by the Trustees, from loss, damage, or destruction and
from alteration, modification, revision, or change in any manner or in any particular.
3.2. EFFECTING PRINCIPAL OBJECT: It shall be the duty of the Trustees to use and employ such means and
methods as they shall from time to time devise and develop and to apply and expend the Trust Estate to
promote and effectuate the general purposes as set forth in paragraph 2.1.
3.3. PRESERVATION AND CONTROL OF REPRODUCTION OF THE URANTIA BOOK: It shall be the duty of the
Trustees to retain absolute and unconditional control of all plates and other media for the printing and
reproduction of THE URANTIA BOOK and any translation thereof, to make or cause to be made such additional
plates and other media as shall from time to time be required to print and reproduce THE URANTIA BOOK and
any translations thereof, to retain the absolute and unconditional control of the possession, custody, use, and
disposition of all such plates and other media for the printing and reproduction of THE URANTIA BOOK and
translation thereof, and to apply and use the Trust Estate therefor.
3.4. DISSEMINATION OF TEACHINGS OF THE URANTIA BOOK: It shall be the duty of the Trustees to
disseminate the teachings and doctrines of THE URANTIA BOOK and to devise, to develop, and to effectuate
means and methods for such dissemination, and to apply and use the Trust Estate for the accomplishment of
that end.
ARTICLE IV: TRUST ESTATE
4.1. TRUST ESTATE DEFINED: The Trust Estate as used herein shall mean and include, and shall be divided
into, the Substantive Estate and the Subservient Estate as defined in this Article.
4.2 SUBSTANTIVE ESTATE DEFINED: The Substantive Estate as used herein shall mean and shall be
comprised of and include the following: (a) The plates or other medical for the printing and reproduction of THE
URANTIA BOOK and any and all translations thereof, including not only the plates transferred to the Trustees
concurrently with the execution of this Declaration of Trust but also such plates and other media for the printing
and reproduction of THE URANTIA BOOK as may from time to time be made; and (b) Such authenticated
copies of the original text of THE URANTIA BOOK, but not less than three (3) such copies, and such
authenticated copies of all translations thereof and such authenticated copies of each and every edition and
publication of THE URANTIA BOOK from time to time produced, as the Trustees in their sole discretion and
judgment shall from time to time determine necessary for effectuating the purposes of the Foundation,
including all replacements of such copies as from time to time shall be made.
4.3. SUBSERVIENT ESTATE DEFINED: The Subservient Estate as used herein shall mean and shall be
comprised of and include all other money and property of every kind and description which may from time to
time be given, granted, conveyed, assigned, transferred, devised, or bequeathed, to URANTIA FOUNDATION or
the Trustees of URANTIA FOUNDATION, and accepted and received by the Foundation or the Trustees thereof,
and all property of every kind and description purchased or otherwise acquired by the Trustees, and all
increments in and all investments and reinvestments, replacements and substitutions of, and all earnings,
income, profits, and receipts from any and all such money and property.
ARTICLE V: POWERS OVER SUBSTANTIVE ESTATE
5.1. GENERAL: The Trustees shall have all powers over the Substantive Estate as shall he necessary to carry
out the objects of the Foundation, but the Trustees shall not have any power at any time to sell or in any
manner encumber or dispose of the Substantive Estate or any part or portion thereof except as provided for in
this Article V.
5.2. PRESERVATION AND DESTRUCTION OF SUBSTANTIVE ESTATE: The Trustees shall have the power to
destroy all or any part of the Substantive Estate except three (3) copies of the original text of THE URANTIA
BOOK and the replacements thereof, but no part of the Substantive Estate shall be destroyed unless either (a)
the Trustees shall unanimously agree that the continued preservation of such portion of the Substantive Estate
is no longer required for accomplishing the purposes for which the Foundation is created or (b) the Trustees
are prevented from preserving such portion of the Substantive Estate by reason of circumstances beyond their
control.
5.3. TRANSFER OF SUBSTANTIVE ESTATE: The Trustees shall have the power to transfer all or any part of the
Substantive Estate, except three (3) copies of the original text of THE URANTIA BOOK and the replacements
thereof, to any organization, trust, corporation, institution, or entity of any kind which shall have been created by
the Trustees and subject to their control, but only upon the condition that the portion of the Substantive Estate
so transferred shall be returned to the Trustees when the purposes for which it was transferred have been
fulfilled.
ARTICLE VI: GENERAL FISCAL POWERS
6.1. GENERAL POWERS: Subject to the provisions of Article V, the Trustees shall have the power to own, hold,
manage, control, operate, care for, protect, and preserve the Trust Estate, and to collect and receive the income
and profits therefrom, and the increments thereof, and to make contracts with respect to the Trust Estate or any
portion thereof, and to bind the Trust Estate therefor, and to apply and use all or any part of the Trust Estate to
effectuate the objects of the Foundation, all in accordance with the sole discretion and judgment of the
Trustees.
6.2. PRINCIPAL AND INCOME: The Trustees shall have the power to determine, from time to time, whether or
not there shall be any division of the Subservient Estate between "principal" and "income" and to determine
what is "principal" and what is "income"; and in any instance in which it may be material, necessary, or
desirable, the Trustees shall have the power, in their sole discretion and judgment, to determine how all
receipts and disbursements shall be credited, charged, apportioned, accrued, or otherwise divided, prorated,
or accounted for as between principal and income or as between separate funds or accounts; and the
decision of the Trustees in all such cases shall be final.
6.3. REAL ESTATE: The Trustees shall have power, either (a) for the purpose of carrying out of the objects of
the Foundation or (b) for investment or reinvestment of the Subservient Estate: To purchase or otherwise
acquire improved and unimproved real estate, or any interest or division of interest therein, wherever situated,
both within the continental United States of America and outside thereof; to lease any real estate at any time for
any period of time and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees, in their sole discretion and judgment,
shall consider proper or appropriate; to erect improvements of any kind on real estate owned by or leased to
the Foundation, to make alterations and additions thereto, and to keep such improvements upon such real
estate, or any part thereof, insured and in good repair to such extent as the Trustees may deem advisable; to
grant easements or charges of any kind upon or against such real estate; to make contracts or arrangements
for party walls or in relation thereto; to let or otherwise put out at rental any such parcels of real estate upon
such terms and conditions and for such rental as the Trustees, in their sole discretion and judgment, shall
deem appropriate and proper; and to release, convey, or assign any right, title, or interest in or to such real
estate or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, freed and released of and from the trusts herein
imposed, upon such terms and conditions and for such considerations, or for no consideration, as the
Trustees, in their sole discretion and judgment, shall consider proper or appropriate.
6.4. TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY: The Trustees shall have the power either (a) for the purposes of
carrying out the objects of the foundation or (b) for investment or reinvestment of the Subservient Estate: To
purchase or otherwise acquire tangible personal property of all kinds and descriptions wheresoever located
both within the continental United States of America or outside thereof; to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose
of, from time to time, freed and released of and from the trusts herein imposed, any or all of such tangible
personal property for such prices and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees, in their sole discretion
and judgment, shall consider necessary or appropriate; to apply, use, and consume such tangible personal
property as the Trustees, in their sole discretion and judgment, shall deem necessary and appropriate for
carrying out the objects of this Foundation.
6.5. SECURITY INVESTMENTS: The Trustees shall have the power, and are authorized, to invest and reinvest
any portion or all of the Subservient Estate in bonds, stocks, mortgages, or other securities as the Trustees, in
their sole judgment and discretion, shall deem proper and appropriate; and in making such investments, the
Trustees shall not be restricted to investments prescribed by the statutes or laws of the United States of
America, of any state or territory of the United States of America, of any foreign country or sovereign, which may
be in force from time to time with respect to the investment of trust funds or diversification of investment of trust
funds; but the Trustees shall have the right to invest in such stocks, bonds, debentures, and other investments,
listed or unlisted, as the Trustees may deem suitable for investment, notwithstanding any such statutes or
laws regarding investment and the diversification of investments by Trustees; and the Trustees shall have the
right to invest and reinvest in securities, investments, or other property when the right to acquire the same by
purchase, subscription, conversion, or otherwise arises out of, or by virtue of, or as an incident to, any
securities, investments, or other property at any time held by the Trustees.
6.6. VOTING POWERS--SECURITIES OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION: The Trustees shall have full power and
authority to vote any shares of capital stock or other securities of any corporation, business trust, or other
business association, and all such shares of stock owned by the Trustees may be voted by any one or more of
the Trustees present at any meeting when votes are taken, provided they have proxies from a majority of the
Trustees; they shall have full power and authority to vote, either in favor of or against any reorganization,
consolidation, merger, or dissolution of any corporation, business trust, or business association, shares of
stock or other securities of which are held in the Subservient Estate, and to enter into agreements with
reference to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, or dissolution of any such corporation, business trust,
or other business association; also, to consent to the sale of the property of, or the readjustment of the
finances of, any such corporation, business trust, or other business association; and to do and to perform any
act with reference to such securities or shares of capital stock, necessary, proper, or convenient in connection
with any such proposed reorganization, consolidation, readjustment, or sale; and in case any of the securities
or shares of capital stock so forming part of the Subservient Estate at any time shall contain a right, option, or
privilege to the holders thereof to convert the same into other securities or shares of capital stock, or in case
the right, option, or privilege shall be given to the holders of such securities or shares of capital stock to
subscribe for additional securities or shares of capital stock, the Trustees are authorized and empowered, in
their discretion, to exercise such options, rights, and privileges, from time to time, and to make payment
therefor and to hold such securities or shares of capital stock so acquired as investments of the Subservient
Estate.
6.7. POWER TO BORROW: The Trustees shall have the power to borrow money for the purpose (a) of carrying
out the objects of the Foundation, (b) of improving, altering, or maintaining any real estate, or parcel thereof,
owned or leased by the Trustees, (c) of protecting or preserving the Trust Estate or any part or portion thereof,
(d) of investment, or (e) for such other purposes as the Trustees, in their sole discretion and judgment, shall
consider proper and appropriate for carrying out any of the powers granted to the Trustees under the terms of
this Declaration of Trust; and in borrowing such money, the Trustees shall have the power to fix the terms of
any such loans and to mortgage, pledge, or hypothecate the Subservient Estate, or any part or portion thereof,
as security for the payment of the principal and interest of all or any of such loans.
6.8. POWER TO LOAN: The Trustees shall have power to loan money to any institution, organization,
corporation, fund, or group of persons created or organized for purposes in accord and harmonious with, or
supplemental to, the objects of the Foundation; and in making such loans, the Trustees shall fix the terms of
such loans and may require, or may not require, security for the payment of the principal and interest of such
loans. All such loans shall be used and applied solely for the purpose of carrying out the objects for which the
Foundation is created.
6.9. NOMINEES: The Trustees shall have and hereby are given full power and authority to appoint individual or
corporate nominees for the sole purpose of holding title to any securities belonging to the Subservient Estate,
so that the transfer of said securities and the execution of proxies, contracts, and similar documents relating to
the exercise of powers and rights under the terms of such securities may be facilitated. If any such nominee or
nominees be appointed, they shall deal with such securities only upon the instructions of the Trustees and
shall be vested with no independent power or authority over, or pertaining to, any such securities or over, or
pertaining to, any rights incident to the ownership of such securities.
6.10. SUBSIDIARY AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS: The Trustees shall have the power to form and
organize, or cause to be formed and organized, under the laws of the United States of America or under the
laws of any state or territory of the United States of America or under the laws of any foreign country or
sovereign, such corporations or associations, for profit or not for profit, as the Trustees, in their sole discretion,
shall consider appropriate, expedient, or useful for carrying out, or for assisting in carrying out, the objects of
the Foundation and for any matters or things incident thereto, and for holding, managing, operating, using,
investing, or placing to profit any part or portion of the Subservient Estate; and such corporations shall have
such powers, names, and organizations as to the Trustees shall seem appropriate. The Trustees may transfer
and deliver to such corporations or associations, or one or more of them, title to, and the possession, custody,
management, and operation of, any portion or all of the property of the Subservient Estate; and any and all such
corporations or associations shall thereupon become the complete legal owners thereof with full and
complete power to invest and reinvest, to sell, transfer, assign, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, to let or
otherwise put to profit, to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber or charge the property so transferred to
such corporation or association, free and clear of this trust and of all equities therein, the same as if said
property had not been part of the Trust Estate. The net income or net profits, if any, which may result from the
activities of any such corporation so organized by the Trustees shall be paid over to, or held by any and all such
corporations or associations subject to the direction of, the Trustees for accomplishment of the objects herein
expressed. The Trustees shall at all times retain control of such corporations and associations either by
confining membership therein to their own number or by holding or otherwise controlling all shares therein,
except the qualifying shares. In no case shall any purchaser, pledgee, mortgagee, or holder of any other
encumbrances given or created or suffered to be created by any such corporation be obliged to see to the
application of moneys paid to him and any receipt or discharge given by any such corporation, or its duly
authorized officer or officers, shall be a full and complete receipt or discharge to the person receiving the
same. Subject to the provisions of Article V, the Trustees may entrust to any such corporation or association, or
any one or more of them, plates or other media for the printing and reproduction of THE URANTIA BOOK and
the printing, publishing, and sale of THE URANTIA BOOK.
6.11. ANCILLARY TRUSTEE: The Trustees, whenever and so often and for such periods of time as they may
deem it necessary or advantageous so to do, shall have power, with full power of revocation, to appoint one or
more persons or trust companies, or a combination of one or more persons and one or more trust companies,
as ancillary trustee or trustees (hereinafter referred to collectively as "ancillary trustee") as to all or any part of
the Trust Estate, and to transfer and deliver to such ancillary trustee the Trust Estate or any part or portion
thereof for the administration, management, or safekeeping thereof; but such appointment shall be for a
defined period of time, and such ancillary trustee as to all or any part of the Trust Estate, as the case may be,
shall have all the rights, powers, duties, and discretions conferred upon the Trustees hereunder, to be
exercised, however, in accordance with any limitation herein contained or which may be imposed in the
instrument of appointment. If the Trustees shall reserve power of direction over the activities, or any portion
thereof, of such ancillary trustee, the ancillary trustee shall not be responsible in any way if such directions are
followed. Upon the expiration of the period for which such ancillary trustee is appointed or upon the revocation
of such appointment, the ancillary trustee shall return to the Trustees hereunder all the Trust Estate in the
hands of such ancillary trustee at the time of said termination or revocation: and a receipt or release from the
Trustees hereunder to such ancillary trustee shall discharge such ancillary trustee from all responsibility in
connection with their acts as such ancillary trustee in the administration, preservation, management, or
safekeeping of the Trust Estate transferred to such ancillary trustee. An ancillary trustee appointed as in this
paragraph provided shall not be under any obligation to require any accounting from the Trustees hereunder
and shall not be responsible in any way for any acts of the Trustees, whether before or after the appointment of
the ancillary trustee. The instrument of appointment of such ancillary trustee and any revocation thereof shall
be filed for record as provided in paragraph 9.1.
6.12. ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES: The Trustees shall have and are hereby given full power and authority to
appoint any one or more persons or trust companies, or any combination of one or more persons and one or
more trust companies, as additional trustee or trustees for the purpose of holding title to any real estate
comprising part of the Subservient Estate. If such additional trustee or trustees shall be necessary, then the
Trustees hereunder may confer upon and vest in any such additional trustee or trustees so appointed such
powers and authority as the Trustees hereunder may deem advisable or necessary; provided, however, that
the net income derived from any such real estate or other property, and the net proceeds arising from any sale
thereof, shall be paid over by any such additional trustee or trustees then acting with reference to such real
estate, to the Trustees, and shall be held and applied by the Trustees pursuant to the terms hereof. The
instrument of appointment of such additional trustee or trustees shall be filed for record as provided in
paragraph 9.1.
6.13. OPERATION OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Trustees shall have power to initiate, organize, and
acquire and to maintain, continue, and operate, at the risk of the Subservient Estate and not at the risk of the
Trustees, individually, any business enterprise which they may initiate, organize, or acquire, or which may be
given, devised, or bequeathed to the Foundation, or to the Trustees thereof, or to sell, exchange, or otherwise
dispose of the whole or any part of such business enterprise, on such terms and for such consideration as the
Trustees shall deem desirable, proper, or appropriate. The Trustees may initiate, organize, continue, and
operate any such business enterprise under such name and style and in such place or places as the
Trustees, in their sole discretion and judgment, shall deem proper or appropriate. All the net income and net
profits, if any, from any such business enterprise shall be paid over to, or held by such business enterprise
subject to the direction of, the Trustees for the accomplishment of the objects herein expressed.
6.14. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS: The Trustees shall have power to adjust, compromise, settle, or forgive any
claims for or against the Foundation, the Trust Estate, or the Trustees, upon such terms and conditions as the
Trustees, in their sole discretion and judgment, shall consider proper and appropriate.
6.15. LITIGATION: The Trustees shall have the power in their names, as Trustees, or in the name of URANTIA
FOUNDATION, to sue in any court of law or equity to protect or enforce any rights or interests of the Trustees in
or related to or in any way connected with any of the Trust Estate or any part thereof or interest therein, the
same as if they were the private and individual owners thereof, and to protect and enforce their rights to any gift,
devise, bequest, or legacy, and to defend any suit against them as Trustees or against the Foundation or
against any of the Trust Estate.
6.16. CUMULATIVE POWER AND AUTHORITY: The Trustees shall have full power to bind the Trust Estate
without making themselves personally liable, and to do and perform any and all other acts which they may
deem proper or appropriate for carrying out the objects for which the Foundation is created; and in general,
subject to the limitation that the Trust Estate and the income therefrom and increments thereof shall be
devoted to the objects for which the Foundation is created, the Trustees shall have every power and authority
over the Trust Estate that they would have if, as individuals, they were jointly the absolute and unqualified
owners thereof, and the enumeration of specific or special powers shall not be construed to limit or restrict the
general powers and authority herein conferred by, or reasonably inferred from, the other provisions of this
Declaration of Trust. None of the powers herein granted shall be exhausted by the exercise thereof but shall be
continuing powers and may be exercised from time to time and as often as the Trustees, in their sole
discretion and judgment, shall deem necessary, proper, or appropriate.
6.17. RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES: No purchaser, contractee, lessee, mortgagee, pledgee, or holder of any
contract, obligation, or encumbrance shall be obligated to see to the application of the purchase moneys,
rents, moneys borrowed or advanced upon or against the Trust Estate, or other moneys paid to the Trustees,
or be obligated to see that the terms of this Declaration of Trust have been complied with, or be obligated to
inquire into the necessity or expediency of any acts of the Trustees.
6.18. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES: The Trustees are authorized and empowered to pay all necessary and proper
taxes, costs, charges, fees, and expenses in connection with the trust and the administration thereof, including
the payment of fees to attorneys and agents employed by the Trustees from time to time and the payment of
fees to ancillary trustees and additional trustees appointed pursuant to the powers herein granted and
conferred.
ARTICLE VII: TRUSTEES AND GOVERNMENT OF URANTIA FOUNDATION
7.1. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: The Foundation and the Trust Estate shall be managed by a Board of Trustees to
be comprised of the Trustees and their successors in trust.
7.2. TRUSTEES: Trustees as used herein means the undersigned and their successors in trust who shall be
known and described as the ''TRUSTEES OF URANTIA FOUNDATION." The Trustees shall serve without
compensation.
7.3. APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES: Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the number of the
Trustees by death, resignation, permanent disability, or removal, the remaining Trustees, by a majority vote,
shall elect a successor to fill such vacancy, and thereupon shall execute a certificate under the hands and
seals of a majority of said remaining Trustees certifying to the due election of such successor; and said
certificate shall be filed for record as provided in paragraph 9.1.
7.4. TRUSTEE EMERITUS: In the event of the permanent disability of any Trustee, which shall be evidenced by
the certificate of a competent physician, or in the event of the resignation of any Trustee, which may be done by
delivering to any one of the other Trustees a writing stating his resignation, a vacancy shall be deemed to exist
in the number of the Trustees. Any person who shall have been a Trustee hereunder and who shall become
permanently disabled or who shall have resigned may, if he be willing, be made a TRUSTEE EMERITUS OF
URANTIA FOUNDATION by a majority vote of the remaining Trustees, certified to under the hands and seals of
said remaining Trustees, and tiled for record as provided in paragraph 9.1. A Trustee Emeritus shall have no
rights, duties, or powers hereunder, but the name shall be given such person only as an _expression of
appreciation of his past services as trustee.
7.5. REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE: Any Trustee may be removed for any reason by a unanimous vote of the
remaining Trustees, and upon the casting of such a unanimous vote of the remaining Trustees, they shall
thereupon execute a certificate under the hands and seals of said remaining Trustees certifying to the casting
of such vote and to the removal of such Trustee, and the same shall be filed for record as provided in
paragraph 9.1. Upon the execution and recordation of such certificate, a vacancy in the number of Trustees
shall be deemed to exist.
7.6. BY-LAWS: The Trustees shall adopt by-laws, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Declaration of
Trust, for the government of the Foundation and of the acts and procedures of the Trustees, which by-laws
shall provide, among other things, (a) for officers consisting of a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a
Secretary, and a Treasurer, the latter two of which need not be Trustees, (b) for the definition of the powers and
duties of such officers, (c) for the election of such officers and for filling vacancies in such offices, (d) for the
regular meetings of the Trustees, (e) for the adoption of a seal, and (f) for the amendment and change of such
by-laws, from time to time, by the unanimous action of all the Trustees.
7.7. ACTION BY MAJORITY: Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration of Trust, the Trustees shall have
the powers to act by a majority of their number as from time to time constituted, and the Trustees shall keep
and preserve full minutes and other records of all their meetings, proceedings, and acts, and any Trustee
dissenting from the majority of the Trustees shall have the right to have his dissent noted in such minutes or
other record.
ARTICLE VIII: FUTURE ADDITIONS TO TRUST
8.1. ACCEPTANCE OF ADDITIONS REQUIRED: No money or property may be added to the Trust Estate, and
become subject to the trusts herein imposed, by a gift, grant, devise, or bequest unless the money or property
so given, granted, devised, and bequeathed shall have been accepted and received by the Trustees.
8.2. GIFTS WITHOUT LIMITATION: The Trustees shall have the power in their sole discretion to accept and
receive and to reject, gifts, grants, bequests, or devises of money or property to be devoted to aiding or
accomplishing the fulfillment of the objects herein expressed. Any money or property conveyed, assigned,
transferred, delivered, devised, or bequeathed to URANTIA FOUNDATION or to the TRUSTEES OF URANTIA
FOUNDATION, without in either case making reference to this Declaration of Trust or to the objects of the
Foundation, shall be construed as additions to the Subservient Estate and subject to the trusts herein
imposed when accepted by the Trustees.
8.3. LIMITED GIFTS: The Trustees, in their discretion, may accept and receive gifts, devises, and bequests to
URANTIA FOUNDATION or to the Trustees, to be used and applied for a limited or restricted purpose, if, in the
sole discretion and judgment of the Trustees, such limited and restricted purposes are in accord and
harmonious with the objects of the Foundation as herein expressed. Each such gift, devise, or bequest, and
any additions thereto, if accepted by the Trustees, shall be kept and maintained as a separate property or fund
and applied for the limited or restricted purposes for which it was made, but the Trustees shall have and
exercise with respect thereto the same powers as are herein granted with respect to the Subservient Estate.
ARTICLE IX: MISCELLANEOUS
9.1. RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS: All instruments which are required to be filed for record under the terms
and provisions of this Declaration of Trust shall be filed for record in the Recorder's Office of Cook County,
Illinois, and such other places as may be required by law because or by reason of the nature of the instrument.
In the event that for any reason any such instruments cannot be filed for record in said Recorder's Office of
Cook County, Illinois, or in any other public office subsequently designated pursuant hereto, the Trustees shall,
by instrument in writing, designate another public office where instruments in the nature of those herein
required to be filed of record may be filed, and shall file such instrument of designation with such public office;
and thereafter all instruments required to be filed for record shall be filed in such public office. Any instrument,
when filed for record pursuant to this paragraph, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated.
9.2. COURT AUTHORITY NOT REQUIRED: All powers and authority herein granted to and conferred upon the
Trustees may be exercised in the manner herein provided without application to any court for leave or
confirmation.
9.3. This Declaration of Trust shall be filed for record as provided in paragraph 9.1.