ARTICLE XII. It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee to audit all accounts against the Society; to execute the orders of the Board of Officers in relation to the funds of the Society, and the payment and disposition thereof; to give warrants on the Treasurer for all moneys appropriated by the Board of Officers; and to submit a report of the examination of a list of the investments of the Society, signed by a majority of the Committee, at the Annual Meeting, and to perform such other specific duties as shall be assigned them by the Board of Officers. ARTICLE XIII. FINANCE COMMITTEE- It shall be the duty of the Committee on Charity faithfully to distribute and expend, according to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Society, all moneys appropriated by the Board of Officers for charitable purposes, and received by the Committee for that CHARITY COMMITTEE ITS DUTIES. object, and to render an account of their proceedings annually, at the meeting of the Board of Officers next preceding the Annual Meeting of the Society. ARTICLE XIV. The widow, child or children of a deceased member, if in need of it, proof of which must be produced to the satisfaction of the Charity Committee, shall be entitled to five annuities from the funds of the Society, each equal to the full amount which such member shall have actually paid into the treasury ANNUITIES ON PROOF of the Society; provided, however, that no annuity shall be paid to a widow of a member after she shall have married again, nor to any child TO THE CHARITY COM- after said child shall have arrived at such an age as to be capable of earning his or her own subsistence. Payments may be made to either the widow or any child of a deceased member, and shall release the Society for the amount paid. ARTICLE XV. The By-Laws of the Society may be altered or amended at any meeting of the Society; provided, the proposed alteration shall have been submitted at a previous meeting at least one month in advance, and shall be BY-LAWS, AMEND- adopted by the vote of two-thirds of the members present at the passage thereof. ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE New England Society in the City of New York. Those whose names are in SMALL CAPITALS are, or have been, members of the Board of Officers. Bacon, Francis M., Jr.. Bacon, James Frederick. Banks, William M. Bard, Albert Sprague. Bard, Charles.. Barnard, E. Gates. Barnard, Everitt Larkin. Barrows, David Nye. Barrows, Elliot T.. Barry, John Francis.. Bartlet, H. Paine.. Bartlett, (M.D.), E. G... December 8, 1876 |