Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Volume 28Royal Institution of Naval Architects., 1887 - Naval architecture List of members in each volume. |
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Page xvii - 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 xx - 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 147 - I want to do so principally from a shipbuilder's point of view ; but as you will easily see it is impossible to lay down any hard and fast rule for...
Page xx - Also they may remit any arrears which are due from such an individual ; or may accept a collection of books, or drawings, or models, or such other contribution as, in their opinion, under the circumstances of the case, may entitle the person to be enrolled as a Life Subscriber, or to enable him to resume his former rank in the Institution which may have been in abeyance from any particular cause.
Page xviii - Member, Associate, Honorary Member, or Student, having occasion to designate himself as belonging to the Institution, shall state the class to which he belongs, according to the following abbreviated forms, viz. M. Inst. CE, Assoc. M. Inst. CE, Assoc. Inst. CE, Hon. M. Inst. CE, Stud. Inst. CE...
Page 199 - shall mean the commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury ; " The Admiralty " shall mean the Lord High Admiral or the commissioners for executing his office : " The Board of Trade " shall mean the lords of the committee of privy council appointed for the consideration of matters relating to trade and foreign plantations...
Page 42 - This important body consists of the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and the President of the Board of Trade, who are represented by an Acting Conservator.
Page 194 - I think there is a good deal of difference of opinion as to whether...
Page xvi - 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 xx - Members and 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...