Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883, Vol. 1 Government - The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a Council, consisting of the President of the Society, two Vice Presidents, the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, and ten members elected out of the general body of the members. The Council shall retire annually, but the members of it shall be eligible for re - election. Any intermediate vacancy, by death or retirement, may be filled up by the Council. Four members of the Council to constitute a quorum. The Council shall meet at least four times yearly. A meeting may at any time be convened by the Honorary Secretary, by direction of the President, or on the requisition of four members of the Council. Two Auditors shall be appointed by the members at the ordinary meeting next preceding the final meeting of the Session. Duties of 0fieer:. - The duty of the President shall be to preside at the meetings Of the Society, and to maintain order. His decision in all questions of precedence amongst speakers, and on all disputes which may arise during the meeting, to be absolute. In the absence of the President or Vice - Presidents, it shall be competent for the members present to elect a Chairman. The Treasurer shall take charge of all moneys belonging to the Society, pay all accounts passed by the Council, and submit his accounts and books, duly audited, to the annual meeting. The duties Of the Honorary Secretary shall be to attend all meetings Of the Council and Society, to enter in detail, as far as practicable, the proceedings at each meeting, to conduct the correspondence, preserve all letters received, and convene all meetings by circular, if requisite. He shall also prepare and present to the Council a report of the year's work, and, after confirmation by the Council, shall read the same to the members at the annual meeting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.