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

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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

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