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Page 16 - Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the President of the Board of Trade.
Page 17 - Undertaking to be divided among the Undertakers in any Year shall not exceed the prescribed Rate, or where no Rate is prescribed they shall not exceed the Rate of Ten Pounds in the Hundred by the Year on the paid-up Capital in the Undertaking, which in such Case shall be deemed the prescribed Rate, unless a larger Dividend be at any Time necessary to make up the Deficiency of any previous Dividend which shall have fallen short of the said yearly Rate.
Page 21 - Smeaton, the greatest and most amiable of the old engineers, has beautifully said that " the abilities of the individual were a debt due to the common stock of public happiness or accommodation," a maxim worthy of acceptance by all of us.
Page 71 - Treasurer, and Secretary for the ensuing year. The list shall also contain the names of twelve Members whom the Committee nominate as fitted to become Members of the Committee, and three Members to serve as a Finance Committee. A copy of such list to be forwarded to each Member of the Association before the Annual General Meeting, and each Member shall be at liberty to make a selection from the list, or to substitute the name or names of any other Member or Members for each respective office ; but...
Page 72 - Any proposition for adding to or altering the regulations shall be laid before the Committee, who may bring it before the Association, if they think fit, and who shall be bound to do so on the requisition, in writing, of any five Members of the Association.
Page 68 - President shall take the chair at all meetings at which he is present. He shall conduct and keep order, state and put questions, and, if necessary, ascertain the sense of the meeting upon matters before them. He may sum up, at the termination of discussions, the opinions given, and declare what appears to be the object or intention of the speaker, to which he may add his own opinion ; and he shall carry into effect the regulations of the Association. 10. — The...
Page 72 - Guineas. All such compositions shall be invested in the names of three Trustees, and the interest alone shall be appropriated to the current expenditure of the Association, except by special direction of the Committee.
Page 70 - I. Every applicant for membership shall signify the same, in writing, to the Secretary, enclosing the requisite fee, and shall sign the Constitution and By-Laws: OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. II. The Officers shall consist of a President, three VicePresidents and five others, who shall constitute the Executive Committee, and a Secretary and Treasurer.
Page 72 - The Council shall bring before the members at every Annual General Meeting the names of such persons as may have allowed their subscriptions to fall into arrear for two consecutive years, exclusive of the current year, whereupon the defaulters shall be struck off the list, and cease to have any advantage, right, or privilege in the Institute, unless sufficient cause be shown to the contrary.
Page 68 - The Office-bearers shall assume office immediately after the meeting at which they have been elected. They shall hold meetings, and make arrangements for carrying out the objects of the Institute.