Royal Microscopical Society - List of Fellows

Date:
18 May1892
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/47/5
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Royal Microscopical Society - List of Fellows. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHARTER. > that there shall be a General Meeting or General Meetings of the Fellows of the said Society to be held from time to time as hereinafter mentioned, and that there shall be a Council to direct and manage the concerns of the said body politic and corporate, and that the General Meetings and the Council shall have the entire direction and management of the same in the manner and subject to the regulations hereinafter mentioned. And we do hereby also will, grant, and declare that there shall be a President, Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and Secretaries of the said body politic and corporate, and that the Council shall consist of the President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretaries, and not more than twelve nor less than eight other Fellows of the said Society. And we do hereby further will and declare that the said James Glaisher shall be the first President of the said body politic and corporate, and the other persons now being the Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretaries, and Members of the Council shall be first Members of the Council, and shall continue such until the election of officers shall be made in pursuance of these presents. And we do hereby further will and declare that it shall be lawful for the Fellows of the said body politic and corporate hereby established to hold a General Meeting once in the year or oftener, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned; namely, that the President, Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, the Secretaries, and other Members of the Council, shall be chosen at such General Meeting, and that the General Meetings shall from time to time make and establish such bye-laws, and vary and alter or revoke the same as they shall deem to be useful and necessary for the regulation of the said body politic and corporate, for the admission of Fellows and of Honorary and Foreign Members, and for the fixing the number of the Vice-Presidents and Officers, and for the management of the proceedings, and the estates, goods, and business of the said body politic and corporate, so that such bye-laws 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 the affairs of the said body politic and corporate that may be necessary and proper : And we do further will and declare that the General Meetings shall take place at such time as may be fixed by the said Council, and that the present regulations of the said Society, so far as they are not inconsistent with these presents, shall continue in force until the same shall be altered by a General Meeting. And we further will, grant, and declare that the Council shall have the sole management of the income and funds of the said body politic and corporate, and the appointment of librarian, curator, and such other officers, attendants, and servants as the Council ghall