The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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284 the Society, and oftener to' the Board of Trustees as they may see fit, or as the latter may order. 7. COMMITTEE ON GENEALOGY. , It shall be the duty of the Committee on Gene- alogy to report to the Trustees upon the genealogy of candidates that may be submitted to them, and to collect and preserve, in accordance with the Con- stitution of this Society, information and documents relating to the genealogy of the members of this Society and of the Dutch settlers of New York and of the American colonies, and said committee may expend the funds of this Society for that purpose, but not to exceed a total amount of twenty-five dollars in any one quarter of a year, unless especially authorized by the Trustees. Said committee shall consist of three members. 8. COMMITTEE, ON' HISTORY AND TRADITION. ,It shall be the duty of the Committee on History and Tradition to collect and preserve, in accord- ance with the Constitution of this Society, informa- tion, documents, books, and monuments relating to the history and tradition of the ancestry of the members of this Society, and of the Dutch settlers of New York and of the American colonies, and to print and publish the same, and papers and essays relating to the same, copyrighting original publi- cations for the benefit of this Society, and said committee may expend the funds of this Society for that purpose, but not to -exceed a total amount of twenty-five dollars in any one quarter of a year, unlessuespecially authorized by the Trustees. Said committee shall consist of three members. I

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I .A 283 4- ANNUAL MEETING, The annual meeting of the Society shall be held OH the day SPCCiHed in the Constitution Qat such place and hour as the President shall appointj, and at least ten days' notice of the same shallfbe sent to each member by the Secretary. The Trustees shall, at least sixty days before any annual meef- ing, elect a committee who shall nominate a ticket to be voted for at the annual election, and a list of the nominations shall be sent to each member of the Society at least ten 'days before the annual meet1ng.1 5. COMMITTEES AND APPOINTMENT. All standing committees and sub-committees shall be appointed by the President or other chair- man of the meeting, unless specially named in the resolution creating the committee, and the gentle- man Hrst named shall be Chairman of each com- mittee. The standing committees shall be on Finance, on Genealogy, and on History and Tradition. . 6. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. The Committee on Finance shall consist of three members, and shall, atleast Once in each year, and oftener if they choose, audit the accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer of this Society and report upon the same at the annual meeting of 1 At the annual meeting of the Society held M9-Y 27, 1890, the folfow- ing resolution was adopted! l . , U on the appointment bY the Trustees of 9- Nflmmatmg Commlttfie' P . , -. 1 the Secretary of the Society shall notify the Vice-.Presidents of each loca ty of the a ointment of the Committee, and request that suggestions e made frorfeach locality of the member who is desired for nomination as Vice-President for such locality.

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28 9- SPECIAL APPRoPR1AT1oN OF FUNDS. i A. All initiation fees received for this Society, together with ten per cent. of the amounts annually 1'CCCiVCC1 fOr dues of this Society, shall be, and they he1'?bY HFC, appropriated for a special fund, which, with such gifts and additions as may be made thereto, is hereby set apart as the building fund, to be applied to the erection of a suitable, and if pos- sible a self-supporting building, as the future home of this Society, but such fund, or parts thereof may, from time to time, be otherwise appropriated by the Board of Trustees, , B. Ten per cent. of the amount annually re- ceived for dues of this Society shall be, and they hereby are, appropriated to a special fund, which, with such gifts and additions as may be made thereto, is hereby set apart as a fund to be ap- plied to the publication, in accordance with the Con- stitution of this Society, of a memorial history of the Dutch in America, such history to be copy- righted for the benefit of this Society, and to be prepared and published under the direction of the Committee on History and Tradition, but such fund, or parts thereof, may, from time to time, be otherwise appropriated by the Board of Trustees. io. CENTERS ENTITLED TO A VICE-PRESIDENT. Any County in which there may be ten resident members of the Society shall be entitled to a Vice- President in the SocietY- There may be also a the United States Army and Vice-President fOr one for the United States NaVY- 5 I