Annual Register of Officers and Members of the Society of Colonial Wars: Constitution of the General Society, Volume 2

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Page 22 - Know ye, this is to certify, that on the day of , in the year of our Lord , and in the year of...
Page 21 - 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 member to whom such insignia has been issued. The insignia 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 worn conspicuously on the left breast; but members who are or have been Gentlemen...
Page 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 the founders of this nation.
Page 13 - Governor's Assistant, or Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England, or member of the Council, body of Assistants, or legislative body in any of the New England Colonies. One collateral representative of an ancestor such as above specified, shall be eligible to membership...
Page 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.
Page 27 - ... in which they were originally admitted. A member of any State Society may be admitted to membership by action of the Council of another State Society, within the bounds of which he is resident, upon satisfactory proof of his membership in good standing in the Society from which he comes, and subject to the rules and regulations of the Society he enters. An initiation fee shall not be twice required. ARTICLE XXII. ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS. No alterations of, or amendments to, this Constitution...
Page 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...
Page 16 - Eighth. New Business. Ninth. Reports from State Societies. Tenth. Election of Officers. Eleventh. Benediction by the Chaplain-General. The minutes of each Assembly shall be read before its final adjournment. ARTICLE VI. STATE SOCIETIES. Each State Society shall annually transmit to the Secretary-General a circular letter stating the number of its members, general matters of interest, and any suggestions which may be deemed of advantage to the Society. Each State Society shall, in the month of January...
Page 11 - WHEREAS, It is desirable that there should be adequate celebrations commemorative of the events of Colonial History, happening from the settlement of Jamestown, Va., May 13, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775; THEREFORE, The Society of Colonial 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...
Page 12 - MEMBERSHIP Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character and reputation, shall be eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York...

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