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 OF THE 
 
 ApoptTeD JuLY 4TH, 1896. 
 
 ARTICLE I 
 
 OFFICERS, COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS. 
 
 SEcTION 1. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer pod Assistant 
 ecretary who shall constitute a Standing Committee. 
 SECTION 2. The officers shall be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting on the Fourth of July of each year to serve 
 for one year or until their succcessors are chosen. 
 ‘Section 3. The President or, in his absence, the Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings of the Society and of 
 Blanding Committee. The Secretary shall keep and have charge of all the records of the Society and of the Standing 
 mittee. He shall call all meetings of the Society and Standing Committee by written notice within a reasonable time 
 the meetings of the same. The Assistant Secretary shall assist in all these duties. The Treasurer shall have charge of 
 the. funds and property of the Society with power, on the approval of a majority of the Standing Committee, to invest and 
 Yeinvest the same and to disburse the income thereof. He shall give bond to the President for the faithfnl discharge of his 
 . which bond must be approved by the Standing Committee. 
 Sxction 4. The Standing Committee shall have charge of the welfare and general concerns of the Society as well as 
 her matters committed to them by the Society. They shall hold meetings at such times as they shall determine. They 
 1 consider all applications for admission to the Society and. yeécommend such applicants as they deem to be entitled and 
 hy. They shall keep a record of their proceedings which, shall be open to. inspection by any member of the Society and 
 all be read to the Society at its next following meeting. The assent of a majority of the members of the Standing Com- 
 ittee shall be necessary for any of its acts. Special meetings of the Committee may be called at any time by direction of 
 President and shall be called upon the request in writing of two members thereof. 
 : SECTION 5. The annual meeting of the Society shall be on the Fourth of July in each year and there shall also be a 
 i of the Society on the anniversary of the birth of Washington—the Twenty-second of February, in each year. 
 Be voce may be called, at any time, by direction of the President, and such meetings shall be called upon the request 
 
 ARTICLE It. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 4 - SecrIon 1, All appitcations for admission shall be in writing to the Standing Committee and all such as are fayor ably 
 onsiliered by that Committe shall be reported to the Society at its stated meetings, for election to membership. 
 SECTION. 2. No person shall be eligible to membership who shall be under twenty-one years of age. Every applicant, 
 ible, must have the OPUS, ae stated in the Institution of the Society, or, underthe Rule of 1854 sane by the 
 
General Society. Among descendants of original members or others who shall be eligible, this Society reserves the a 
 
 right to choose such one as séems to it best fitted to promote the ends of the Society, but it will ordinarily be euldae: by 
 
 following principles : ) Naratt wy j 
 I. The succession shall descend in the eldest male line so Jong as it continues uffroken. ee 
 IL. Ifthe eldest male line fails, pee next male line shall be taken. “4 
 
 original mentee before a failurd of males, stall Srdin arily be taken. 
 IV. The claims of descendants through female lines shall be determined by the same rules of ‘primogenit) 
 
 the case of claims through the male line, so far as applicable. ia 
 nV. quees waiver by any Bo shall be regarded sanake as the renunciation ofa od not as ‘the transfer of a right 
 
 reasons pata acter to the Soci dy. < 
 VII. When, for any reason, the Society deviates from the strict rules in-electing a member, its >t be 
 as changing permanently the order of succession but, upon the death of such member, the old order hag be restored. | 
 VIII. As the Society, for the support of the principles to which it is pledged, may justly require its members 
 kept full, it may, upon satisfactory evidence that an eligible person has had knowledge of his claim and neglected 
 within a reasonable time, treat it as a waiver of the claim. If a vacancy has existed for many years, the Society ; ma y a 
 any descendant of the original member at its discretion. ey 
 Secrion 8.. The amount to be contributed to the permanent fund of the Society, before an epnleeue shall 
 member thereof, shall be deter mined in each case by the Standing Committee, but in no case shall it be less than one 
 and fifty dollars. ty oat por 
 ‘Srorron 4. The admission of honorary members, for life only, shall be confined to those who shall b 
 descendants or representatives of those who were distinguished by high military or civil virtues and services in the 
 tionary War. An honorary member has no title to any portion of the funds of the Society and no one shall be ad tied 
 honorary membership except upon the recommendation of the Standing Committee. — f 
 Suction 5. Members of this Society shall subscribe to the following declaration : tie oe 
 
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 NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 
 
 and, having Pal the honor to be admitted to membership in the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, I do he 
 solemnly promise and engage that [ will be guided and governed by the rules of said Society which may, have: ) 
 hereafter be established, agreeable to the Institution as signed by the Founders of the Society. a4 
 In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and pledge my sacred honor. 
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 SECTION 6. These By-Laws may be altered or amended at any meeting of the Society, notice having been give 
 substance of the alteration or amendment proposed, by the Secretary, in ealling the PCa e fas Cal 
 
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 JULY Ath, 1896. 
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 Organized at Hillsborough, North Carolina, October, 1783. 
 Reorganized at Raleigh, North Carolina, April 4th, 1896. a 
 Officers. 
 PresIDENtT—WILSON GRAY LAMB. — . 
 Vicn-Presmrunt—J AMES IREDELL McREE. 
 SECRETARY—CHARLES LUKENS DAVIS. 
 AgsISTANT SEcrETARY—GRAHAM DAVES. 
 _ TreasurER—JOHN COLLINS DAVES. 
 (These officers constitute the Standing Committee.) 
 ffereditarn Members. 
 i ese 4 2S eee eS Dh reek: i, one he we te Washington, N. C. 
 menrNevev nite BLOUNT .-..... 2. ---___.- Ee OREM, Ae eee oe NS yn noe. Mocksville, N. C. 
 } (>: . eS eee xf See ae Seles. ee Baltimore, Md. 
 f MOH BAUD DEXON, M. D.____--..-_------- Pee ee Se P AE ee eee i+. 2a Henderson, Ky. 
 1 BS 2 eS ee ee ee ee a5 22 Scott, Lonoke County, Ark. 
 BeRGEON NELSON MACPHERSON FEREBEE, U. 8. Navy-._-----.-..._-_--__-..___ ue Norfolk, Va. 
 7 ‘PORTERFIFLD PUAIDGERYN <A elie! See pie a Brentwood, Tenn. 
 e meee Y SVG T 2 hs. 2)... Bee oe Se ee A. ee Atlanta, Ga. 
 i (CS ON AS 268 I Rs | ee ee =e LDA ee ‘Willisan ston, N.C. 
 : PRED ELL McoRED 21... 5 -_.2._- ee ee Spa eT ee as ..-Richmond, Va. 
 Oe Sanne ne: St. Louis, Mo. 
 EORGE ALLEN MEBANE, M. D.______. Ba gei Ab tobe gs 5 ee Asheville, N. C. 
 ‘ ROFESSOR WILLIAM POACV VERSO HEL Bron lt diy: B.a22 44 o ee es Se 2 Boulder, Col. ; 
 4 ONE S320 re oe ee See ee See Lamourie, Rapides Parish, La. 
 me LIAM TDR EON OUST Dee) Ee see” ene ee ay Raleigh, N. ©. 
 ; ABBROUGH!- 7... Bs See se SE ..235.. Raleigh, N.C. 
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 ae fjonorarn ftlembers.* 
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 GRAHAM ‘Ds: WES, A. B...... eS See ee ee ee cic ee, a Se », Newbern, N.C. 
 President Roanoke Colony Memorial Association. 
 0 Mason OHARLES CS UA OA Os apne eevee merece sche, Se eee ae ge ..-Asheville, N. C. 
 4 Captain Tenth United States Infantry. 3 
 SSE Assistant Sunazon SAMUEL WESTRAY BATTLE, M. D.____._..-..--.2_.-.- Asheville, N. C. 
 : United States Navy (Retired). 
 * Des cendants or representatives of original members of the Society of the Cincinnati. 
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