Charter, Supplemental Charters, By-laws, and List of Members of the Institution of Civil EngineersThe Institution, 1881 |
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33 Great George 9 Victoria Adelaide ALBERT ALEXANDER ALFRED ARTHUR ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Asst AUGUSTUS Barrow-in-Furness Bdgs Blackheath Bombay Borough Brighton Bristol Calcutta Cape Capt Cardiff Ceylon Chambers Chambs Chams Chmbs CIVIL ENGINEERS Clapham Corporate Members Date of Election Delahay Street Dept Derby Dublin Edinburgh EDMUND EDWARD EDWIN Eng.'s Office ERNEST FRANCIS FREDERICK George Street Glasgow Govt Grindlay Grove Harbour HARRY HERBERT Hill House HUGH Hull India INSTITUTION OF CIVIL Ironworks JAMES JOHN HENRY JOSEPH Kensington Kent King Lane Leeds Liverpool Lodge Madras Manchester Meeting Messrs Middlesbrough Newcastle-on-Tyne Park Parliament Street PERCY PHILIP politic and corporate Port Elizabeth Queen Anne's Gate Railway RICHARD Rio de Janeiro Road ROBERT Royal Indian Eng SAMUEL SMITH Square Surrey Surveyor Sydney Terrace THOMAS Town Hall Victoria St Victoria Street Villa WALTER Waterworks Westminster Westmr WILLIAM HENRY WILSON Zealand
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Page 15 - A society for the general advancement of Mechanical Science, and more particularly for promoting the acquisition of that species of knowledge which constitutes the profession of a Civil Engineer, being the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man...
Page 9 - ... in the construction of roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals, river navigation and docks, for internal intercourse and exchange, and in the construction of ports, harbours, moles, breakwaters and lighthouses, and in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purposes of commerce, and in the construction and adaptation of machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns.
Page 37 - 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 12 - ... as they shall think most useful and expedient, so that the same be not repugnant to these presents, or to the laws and statutes of ' this our Realm ; and shall and may also enter into any resolution, and make any regulation, respecting any of the affairs and concerns of the said body politic and corporate, that shall be thought necessary and proper.
Page 10 - Society," and for the purposes aforesaid, and by the name aforesaid, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with full power and authority to alter, vary, break, and renew the same at their discretion, and by the same name to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto...
Page 11 - But our will and pleasure is, that at all general meetings, and meetings of the council, the majority of the members present, and having a right to vote thereat respectively, shall decide upon the matters propounded at such meetings, the person presiding therein having, in case of an equality of numbers, a second or casting vote.
Page 12 - Royal will and pleasure, that no resolution, or bye-law, shall on any account or pretence whatsoever be made by the said body politic and corporate in opposition to the general scope, true intent, and meaning of this our Charter, or the laws or statutes of our Realm...
Page 29 - PM, when they shall have the right to peruse and inspect all Books, Papers, Plans, Maps, &c., belonging to the Institution, and to make copies and extracts therefrom (doing no injury to the same), with the exception of such documents as the Council shall order not to be inspected or copied; but none of the property of the Institution shall be taken away from the premises without the express permission of the Council. SECTION XVI.
Page 10 - We do hereby grant our especial licence and authority unto all and every person and persons, bodies politic and corporate (otherwise competent), to grant, sell, alien, and convey in mortmain, unto and to the use of the said Society, and their successors, any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, not exceeding such annual value as aforesaid.
Page 22 - All such compositions shall be invested in the names of three Trustees, and the interest alone shall be appropriated to the current expenditure of the Association, except by special direction of the Committee.