Annual Register ...: Constitution of the General Society

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1896

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Página 24 - Witness my hand and seal, this day of in the year of our Lord and in the year of the independence of the United States of America.
Página 23 - The insignia of the Society shall be worn by the members on all occasions when they assemble as such for any stated purpose or celebration, and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony ; it shall be carried conspicuously on the left breast, but members who are or have been officers of the Society may wear the insignia suspended from the ribbon around the neck.
Página 139 - ... gules between four escutcheons each regally crowned proper; the first and fourth escutcheons France and England quarterly; second escutcheon, Scotland ; third, Ireland. II. New York : Argent, a beaver bendways proper, on a bordure tenny, a belt of wampum of the first. III. Massachusetts : Azure, on a mount between two pine trees vert, an Indian, affronte or, belted with leaves of the second, holding in his dexter hand an arrow paleways, point downwards, and in his sinister hand a bow paleways,...
Página 11 - Wars has been instituted to perpetuate the memory of those events, and of the men who, in military, naval, and civil positions of high trust and responsibility, by their acts or counsel, assisted in the establishment, defense, and preservation of the American Colonies, and were in truth founders of this nation.
Página 19 - Registrar-General a duplicate of the application of each member. The RegistrarGeneral shall receive and file all duplicate applications upon which membership has been granted, with a list of all diplomas signed by him, and all documents which the Society may acquire. It shall also be his duty to submit to the General Council any application for membership which, in his opinion, does not fulfil the requirements of Article II.
Página 23 - Wars, 1607-1775," the figure of a colonial soldier in gold relievo. The reverse of the crown of each insignia shall bear an engraved number corresponding to that of the registered number of the members to whom such insignia has been issued.
Página 20 - CHANCELLOR. The Chancellor shall be a lawyer duly admitted to the bar, and it shall be his duty to give legal opinion on matters affecting the Society when called upon by the proper officers. SECTION XI.
Página 182 - ONE feast, of holy days the crest, I, though no Churchman, love to keep, All-Saints, — the unknown good that rest In God's still memory folded deep ; The bravely dumb that did their deed, And scorned to blot it with a name, Men of the plain heroic breed, That loved Heaven's silence more than fame.
Página xxix - This gentleman, I say, told me, that he had not had his clothes off his back, either by night or day, from the first commencement of the siege. He added, moreover, that in all the histories he had ever read, he never met with an instance of so bold and presumptuous an attempt...
Página 18 - He shall have charge of the seal, certificates of incorporation, by-laws, historical and other documents and records of the Society other than those required...

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