Constitution and List of Members

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American Society of Civil Engineers, 1896
 

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Page 39 - Annual Meeting, which shall be held at the offices of the Society on the third Wednesday in January, and at which the annual reports for the year ending December 31st previous shall be presented, and the ballot for officers canvassed; and a Business Meeting during the Annual Convention, which shall be held at a time and place to be determined by the Board of Direction.
Page 80 - ... and of the Board of Direction; prepare the business therefor, and .duly record the proceedings thereof. He shall see that all moneys due the Society are carefully collected, and without loss transferred to the custody of the Treasurer. He shall carefully scrutinize all expenditures and use 'his best endeavor to secure economy in the administration of the Society. He shall personally certify the accuracy of all bills or vouchers on which money .is to be paid, and shall...
Page 43 - Institution as far as shall be in my power, and will attend the Meetings thereof as often as I conveniently can : provided that, whenever I shall signify in writing to the Secretary that I am desirous of withdrawing...
Page 80 - He shall perform all other duties which may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Direction.
Page 13 - In the consideration of papers offered for presentation, those papers containing matter readily found elsewhere, those specially advocating personal interests, those carelessly prepared or controverting established facts, and those purely speculative or foreign to the purposes of the Society, shall be rejected.
Page 6 - Associate Member, shall be eligible for such membership, though he may not be practicing his profession at the time of making his application.
Page 65 - The annual contributions shall become due for the ensuing year on the first day of January, and shall be payable in advance. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify each member of the amount due for the ensuing year at the time of giving notice of the Annual Meeting.
Page 19 - I shall (after the payment of any arrears which may be due by me at that period) be free from this obligation. Witness my hand, this day of FORM F.
Page 11 - Vice-Presidents and Directors shall not be eligible for re-election to the same office until at least one full term shall have elapsed after the end of their respective terms.

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