The R.I.B.A. Kalendar [list of Members].

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Page 2 - Society ;" and for the purposes aforesaid, and by the name aforesaid, shall have perpetual succession and a Common Seal, with full power and authority to alter, vary break, and renew the same at their discretion, and by the same name, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be -answered unto...
Page 1 - Now KNOW YE, that We, being desirous of encouraging a design so laudable and salutary, of our especial Grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have willed, granted and declared, and Do, by these Presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, will, grant and declare, that the said...
Page 2 - And We do hereby grant our especial licence and authority unto all and every person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, (otherwise competent,) to grant, sell, alien, and convey in mortmain, unto and to the use of the said Society, and their successors, any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, not exceeding such annual value as aforesaid.
Page 3 - College shall not exceed in the whole the sum of one thousand pounds computing the same respectively at the rack rent which might have been had or gotten for the same respectively at the time of the purchase or acquisition thereof and to act...
Page 163 - Eine alte Kirche, welche den Sperlingen unzählige Nester gab, ward ausgebessert. Als sie nun in ihrem neuen Glänze dastand, kamen die Sperlinge wieder, ihre alten Wohnungen zu suchen. Allein sie fanden sie alle vermauert. Zu was, schrien sie, taugt denn nun das große Gebäude? Kommt, verlaßt den unbrauchbaren Steinhaufen!
Page 212 - Should the owner, at any time during the progress of the said building. .. .request any alteration, deviation, additions or omissions, from the said contract, he shall be at liberty to do so, and the same shall in no way affect or make void the contract, but will be added to or deducted from the amount of the contract, as the case may be, by a fair and reasonable valuation.
Page 121 - The objects for which the company is established are, " the conveyance of passengers and goods in ships or boats between such places as the company may from time to time determine, and the doing all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above object.
Page 215 - Contractors are to be entitled to receive payment at the rate of 80 per cent. upon such value until the difference between the percentage and the value of the works executed shall amount to per cent.
Page 216 - ... of a person to be appointed on the request of either party by the president for the time being of The Royal Institute of British Architects, and the award of such arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties.
Page 3 - ... possess, and enjoy to them and their successors, any goods and chattels whatsoever, and also be able and capable in the law (notwithstanding the statutes of mortmain) to take, purchase, possess, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors, a Hall...

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