it never could be fairly canvassed, if opposition should be made to the nominees in detail. Your Committee have provided also for the appointment of an Editor to take charge of all the publications of the Society, in order to secure uniformity of style and method in editorship. They have made this office distinct from that of the Librarian, in order that the duties of the two may be performed by separate persons, in case at any future time it should appear that these combined duties are too onerous for one person. Under the new Code, however, it is competent for one person to hold both offices, although the accountability for the two will be distinct and separate, as it should be, when the difference in their functions is considered. These constitute all the principal changes, except that by the new Code the Recording Secretary is made the Secretary of the Council as well as of the Society, and is provided with an assistant to do certain routine work newly assigned to him; and that a more stringent system is proposed in respect to the incurring of debts and to the payment of money from the treasury. The Act of Incorporation passed in 1845, and the subsequent Acts of 1868 and 1888 are presented, for convenience of reference, with the new Code of By-Laws which accompanies this Report. In conclusion, your Committee unanimously recommend. the adoption of the Code of By-Laws herewith reported, and for that purpose submit the Vote hereto annexed. Respectfully submitted. CHARLES L. FLINT. BOSTON, May 2, 1888. AUGUSTUS T. PERKINS. HENRY H. EDES. ། VOTE SUBMITTED BY THE COMMITTEE. Voted, That the following be adopted as the By-Laws of the NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, and that the Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules for the Government of the Board of Directors now in force, and all other votes and rules inconsistent with these By-Laws, be, and the same are hereby, fully and absolutely repealed: provided, however, that nothing in this Vote, or in the By-Laws hereby adopted, shall operate to discontinue the functions of any officer, committee, or subordinate agent of the Society heretofore appointed or chosen ; but all such persons shall remain in office according to the provisions of the Constitution and By-Laws hereby repealed until the Annual Meeting of the Society in 1889, as if this repeal had not been made. NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. ACT OF INCORPORATION. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE. An Act to incorporate the NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECT. 1. Charles Ewer, J. Wingate Thornton, Joseph Willard, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and occasionally publishing genealogical and historical matter relating to early NewEngland families and for the establishment and maintenance of a Cabinet; and for these purposes shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, requirements, and liabilities, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. SECT. 2. The said Corporation may hold and possess real and personal estate, to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Acts of 1845, Chapter 152. Approved March 18, 1845. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT. An Act to enable the NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY to hold an additional amount of property. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECT. 1. The New-England Historic Genealogical Society may take, by purchase, gift, grant, or otherwise, and hold, real and personal estate not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the amount authorized by the second section of chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. SECT. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. Acts of 1868, Chapter 100. Approved April 1, 1868. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT. An Act to enable the NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY to hold additional real and personal property. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECT. 1. The New-England Historic Genealogical Society may take by bequest, gift, grant, or otherwise, and hold, real and personal estate not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars in value, in addition to the amount authorized by section two of chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the Acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and by section one of chapter one hundred of the Acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixtyeight, and exclusive of the value of all books, papers, pictures, and statuary now owned, or which may be hereafter acquired, by said Society. SECT. 2.This Act shall take effect upon its passage. Acts of 1888, Chapter 227. Approved April 13, 1888. New-England Historic Genealogical Society. THE foregoing Report was unanimously accepted; and the Vote which accompanied it, together with the following By-Laws, was unanimously adopted by the Society, at the Stated Meeting in May, 1888. Attest: DAVID G. HASKINS, JR., BOSTON, November 5, 1888. |