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Page 79 - Committee as early as possible after the annual election, and his term of office shall terminate with the appointment of his successor. The Executive Committee shall have power, by a two-thirds vote of all its members, to remove the Secretary and appoint his successor at any time. The salary of the Secretary shall be decided by a majority vote of the Executive Committee.
Page 114 - SECT. 2. The published proceedings of the annual meeting of the Club shall contain the Constitution and By-laws of the Club, together with a list of the officers and members of the Club. ARTICLE VII.
Page 80 - ORDER OF BUSINESS. The order of business shall be as follows: 1. Roll call. 2. Reading minutes of previous meeting. 3. Remarks of the President.
Page 119 - The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort. The superior man thinks of the sanctions of law; the small man thinks of favours which he may receive.
Page 77 - ... conduct the general conventions, and to make all necessary purchases, expenditures and contracts required to conduct the current business of the Association, but shall have no power to make the Association liable for any debt to...
Page 77 - The executive committee shall exercise a general supervision over the interests and affairs of the Association, recommend the amount of the annual...
Page 62 - It was thus found that, practically, there can never be too much heating surface as regards economical evaporation, but there may be too little ; and that, on the contrary, there may be too much grate-area for economical evaporation, but there cannot be too little, so long as the required rate of combustion per square foot does not exceed the limits imposed by physical conditions.
Page 82 - The published proceedings of the annual meetings of the Club shall contain the Constitution and By-laws of the Club, together with a list of the officers and members of the Club. ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS. These By-laws or, any of them, may be suspended or amended at any regular meeting of the Club by a vote of twothirds of the members present and voting, said amendment having been proposed in writing and read at a previous regular meeting.
Page 118 - the race of life has become intense; the runners are treading upon each other's heels ; woe be to him who stops to tie his shoe-strings...
Page 126 - There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.