Sivut kuvina
PDF
ePub

CONSTITUTION.

TITLE.

ARTICLE I. The Organization shall be known as the United States Naval Institute.

OBJECT.

ART. II. Its object shall be the advancement of professional and scientific knowledge in the Navy.

ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.

ABT. III. SEC. 1. The officers and permanent committees of the society shall include:

[blocks in formation]

Vice Presidents & Corresponding Secretaries of Branches.

SEC. 2. Special Committees may at any time be appointed by a majority vote of the society to consider questions not properly under the cognizance of the Standing Committees.

MEMBERSHIP.

ART. IV. SEC. 1. The Institute shall consist of members, life members, honorary members and associates.

SEC. 2. All officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and all civil officers attached to the Naval service shall be entitled to become members without ballot, on pay. ment of dues to the Treasurer, or to the Corresponding Secretary on the station. Other persons may become members, on election by ballot, under the rules governing the election of honorary and associate members (see Art. IV, Sec. 6), and on payment of dues; provided that, the number of members not officially connected with the Navy shall not at any time exceed (50) fifty.

SEC. 3. All those who are entitled to become members, may become life members, on payment of thirty dollars. As a reward for extraordinary services to the Institute, or as a mark of honor, the Institute may create life members without payment of dues: nominations for life members must be made by the Executive

Committee and a majority vote of members shall be required to elect the candidate. The Prize Essayist of each year shall be a life member without payment of dues.

SEC. 4. Honorary members shall be selected from distinguished Naval and Military officers and from eminent men of learning in civil life; provided that the number of such members shall in no case exceed thirty.

SEC. 5. Associates shall be chosen from persons connected with the Naval and Military profession and from persons in civil life who may be interested in the objects that it is the design of the Institute to advance.

SEC. 6. Honorary members and Associates shall be elected as follows: nominations shall be made in writing to the Executive Committee and such nominations, with the name of the member making them, shall be entered on the minutes of the committee. At the succeeding meeting of the Institute, the Committee shall report. If their report be favorable, a majority of the members present shall decide the election; but if unfavorable, a two thirds vote shall be required to elect the candidate. Two members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum for carrying out the requirements of this section.

SEC. 7. The annual assessment for a member shall be three dollars and for an associate one dollar, payable upon joining the Institute and on the first day of each succeeding January.

SEC. 8. Memberships shall be forfeited in cases when the recommendations of the Executive Committee, supported by a two thirds vote of the society, shall so determine, and members two years in arrears shall be dropped. Those who have been dropped from the list of members for being two years in arrears can only regain their membership by paying up their arrears.

NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS.

ART. V. SEC. 1. There shall be a meeting of the society on the second Thursday, in January of each year at which all officers shall be chosen, except as provided in Art. VIII. Sec's 6 & 7.

SEC. 2. Members not in attendance may vote by proxy at such elections as well as upon questions relating to the Constitution and By-Laws, but vote by proxy will only be allowed in the two cases herein specified. Life members have full rights with members to vote on any question. Honorary members and associates will not be allowed to vote on any question. SEC. 3.

A majority of votes recorded shall determine choice. SEC. 4. Members elected to the position of officers of the Society will assume their duties as soon as notified.

SEC. 5. Vacancies may be temporarily filled by the Executive Committee but regular nominations and elections shall follow as soon as practicable. SEC. 6. All voting for officers shall be by ballot in session of the Society.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

ART. VI. SEC. 1. The President, or, in his absence, the Vice President, or in the absence of both, a member of the Executive Committee will preside in Executive session.

[ocr errors]

SEC. 2. The transaction of all financial, executive or administrative business, in which latter shall be included censorship of papers offered for presentation to the Society, shall be in the hands of the Executive Committee. The Committee will determine for itself its routine of business and form of record.

SEC. 3. The Secretary shall keep a register of the members, a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws, in which he shall note all changes, a journal of the proceedings of the Society, a separate record of the proceedings of the Executive Com. mittee, and a file book in which the reports of Committees shall be entered. These books shall be at all times in readiness for inspection. Papers offered by members unable to be present, if accepted by the Executive Committee, shall be read by the Secretary. He shall give due notice of all meetings of the Society, and shall have control of the stenographer and copyists employed to prepare records of the proceedings.

SEC. 4. The Corresponding Secretary shall attend to all correspondence and keep a record thereof.

SEC. 5. The Treasurer, under the direction of the Executive Committee, shall be the disbursing officer. He shall keep a receipt and expenditure book and an account current with each member. He will submit his books for examination whenever asked for.

SEC. 6. The committee on Publication shall have charge of the printing and publication of all papers and proceedings of the Society.

MEETINGS.

ART. VII. SEC. 1. There shall be a meeting of the society on the second Thursday of each month for the discussion of professional and scientific subjects. SEC. 2. Special meetings may be called by the Secretary at the request of one or more of the general officers or of standing or special Committees.

SEC. 3. A stenographer shall be employed to keep the record of all proceed. ings of regular meetings.

SEC. 4. Annually, or as much oftener as the Executive Committee may decide, a record of papers read before the Society and the discussions growing out of them shall be published in pamphlet form. Papers on intricate technical subjects may be published as a part of the proceedings of the Society without being publicly read, if, in the opinion of the Executive Committee, the subject to which they relate be not of a character to be appreciated on merely casual investigation.

BRANCHES.

ART. VIII. SEC. 1. The Executive Committee is empowered to appoint Temporary Corresponding Secretaries for all Naval Stations, both ashore and afloat, where there is no organized Branch; also for Branches where a vacancy exists, owing to the resignation of the Corresponding Secretary before a meeting can be called to elect a successor.

SEC. 2. The officers shall be a Vice President, Corresponding Secretary and an Executive Committee, composed of the Vice President and Secretary ex-officio and one other member.

SEC. 3. The Vice-President of the Branch shall perform the same duty for the Branch as prescribed for the President of the Institute.

SEC, 4. The Corresponding Secretary of a Branch shall keep a register of the members, honorary members and associate members of the Institute residing within the limits of the Station, a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws in which he shall note all changes, and a journal of the proceedings of the Branch. He shall give due notice of all meetings of the Branch, and shall have control of the stenographer and copyist employed to prepare the records of the proceedings. He shall forward to the Corresponding Secretary of the Institute all papers read before his Branch, and shall keep him informed of all new members and their addresses, and of all business, not financial, relating to the Institute. He shall have charge of the library, and of all books and papers, and shall receive and distribute publications. He shall keep a receipt and expenditure book, shall collect dues from all the members on his Station and give receipts therefor. He shall be authorized to expend the funds in his possession for stationery, postage and printing. and for such other expenses as the Executive Committee of his Branch may authorize. He shall, at the end of every month, render to the Treasurer a detailed statement of moneys received, with the names of members from whom received, and shall, at the end of every month, forward to the Treasurer all funds remaining in his hands and vouchers for money expended, retaining sufficient money to defray the current expenses of the Branch.

SEC. 5. Those members of the Institute residing within the limits of a Station where a Branch is established shall be enrolled on the books of the Corresponding Secretary of that Branch during the time of their residence on the Station; they will pay him their dues, keep him informed of their addresses, and receive from him their copies of the publications.

SEC, 6. Monthly meetings of each Branch shall be held upon such dates as the Branch shall decide, and other meetings at the call of its Executive Committee. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee of the Branch to call an annual meeting for the election of officers of the Institute at a sufficient time prior to the regular meeting of the Institute at Annapolis, for the election of officers, to enable the Corresponding Secretary to forward the votes to the Corresponding Secretary of the Institute. Votes not received at the regular annual meeting of the Institute shall be invalid.

SEC. 7. The officers of a Branch shall be elected for one year at the first annual meeting of the Branch. All voting for officers shall be by ballot in executive session. In the event of the appointment of a Temporary Corresponding Secreta ry and his acceptance of the appointment, it shall be his duty to call a meeting of all members within the limits of his Station at least one month after his appointment, to organize the Branch, by the election of officers who shall hold office until the regular annual election.

SEC. 8. All papers offered must be submitted for examination to the Executive Committee of the Branch, and if by them accepted they may be read before the Branch and published in the Proceedings. But the Executive Committee of the Institute has a final censorship of all papers before they are published. Papers should be read by authors, or in their absence, by the Corresponding Secretary, unless the author designates a particular person whom he wishes to read the paper.

« EdellinenJatka »