Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Volume 51Royal Institution of Naval Architects., 1909 - Naval architecture List of members in each volume. |
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Page xxv - It shall be the duty of the Secretary, under the direction of the Council, to conduct the correspondence of the Institution ; to attend all meetings of the Institution, and of the Council, and of Committees ; to take minutes of the proceedings of such meetings ; to read the minutes of the preceding...
Page xxxix - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Page xxix - Members, and they think fit to draw up and sign a proposal requiring such expulsion, the same being delivered to the Secretary, shall be by him laid before the Council for consideration. If the Council, after due inquiry, do not find reason to concur in the proposal, no entry thereof shall be made in any Minutes, nor shall any public discussion thereon be permitted; but if the Council do find good reason for the proposed expulsion, they shall direct the Secretary to address a letter, according to...
Page xxiv - All questions shall be decided in the Council by vote; but at the desire, expressed in writing, of any...
Page 48 - ... mother had been guilty of some imprudence at the Bath. . .let it bee what it will, in my esteem she is noe longer my wife, nor will I see her more, if I can help it2." No useful object can now be gained by raking up the ashes of this long-forgotten scandal and endeavouring to ascertain its foundation. We shall probably not be far wrong if we assume that the poor lady's peccadilloes, whatever they were, were greatly magnified by the local scandalmongers before they reached the ears of Robert and...
Page xxx - Associates for the purpose of deciding on the question of expulsion ; and if a majority of the persons present at such Special General Meeting, provided the number so present be not less than twenty, vote that such individual be expelled, the...
Page xxv - The Auditors shall have access at all reasonable times to the Accounts of the pecuniary transactions of the Institution ; and they shall...
Page xxix - Appendix to the person proposed to be expelled, advising him to withdraw from the Institution. If that advice be followed, no entry on the minutes, nor any public discussion on the subject, shall be permitted ; but if that advice be not followed, nor a satisfactory explanation given, the Council shall call a Special General Meeting of Members...
Page xxv - It shall be the duty of the Council to adopt every possible means of advancing the Institution, to provide for properly conducting its business in all cases of emergency, such as the death or resignation of Officers, and to arrange for the Publication of the Papers read at the Meetings, or of such documents as may be calculated to advance the objects of the Institution.
Page xxx - The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll was demanded.