Annual Report

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Page 41 - I look down upon the land which thou hast loved so well, And grant that in unbroken truth her children still may dwell ; Nor, while the grass grows on the hill and streams flow through the vale, May they forget their fathers...
Page 31 - Form of a Bequest I bequeath to my executors the sum of dollars, in trust, to pay over the same in months after my decease, to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the Congregational Home Missionary Society, formed in the City of New York...
Page 7 - This Constitution may be altered by a vote of two thirds of the members present at an annual meeting, with the consent of the highest judicatories of the three denominations.
Page 7 - ... giving written notice to that effect to the Secretary, and the payment of all annual dues to that date, but shall remain a member and liable to the payment of annual dues until such payments are made, except as hereinafter provided. Expulsion XVII. A member may be expelled from the Association by the vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting of the Association, upon the written recommendation of the Executive Committee. Rules of Order XVIII. All rules not provided for in...
Page 6 - Correspondence, and the Recording Secretary,) residing in the city of New York and its vicinity; five of whom shall be a quorum at any meeting regularly convened. The Committee shall have power to appoint its own meetings, form its own rules of business, and fill any vacancies in its own number which may occur during the year, and to convene special meetings of the Board or Society ; shall appoint missionaries...
Page 6 - ... Society shall, from time to time, by ballot, elect such a number of honorary Vice Presidents as they may judge expedient. ART. V. The Society shall annually appoint, by ballot, eleven Directors ; who, together with the President and Vice President of the Society, shall constitute a Board of Directors, five of whom shall constitute a quorum at any meeting regularly convened. It shall be the duty of this Board to increase the funds of the Society, by soliciting themselves, and by appointing and...
Page 23 - Those colonists who professed to be attached to Great Britain were treated with favour, while those who preferred a republic to a monarchy were obliged to conceal their opinions, or they were promptly treated as guilty of sedition. There never was a period in the history of the country when there was less freedom of speech than at this time.
Page 7 - Society, by a majority of two-thirds of the members present; provided, however, that no alteration shall be made in the Constitution, unless such alteration shall have been proposed at the preceding annual meeting.
Page 4 - The names of the Officers of the Society for the ensuing year will be found on next page.

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