Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York, Volum 231891 |
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Side x - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Side 562 - The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel. For in other confidences men commit the parts of life, their lands, their goods, their children, their credit, some particular affair ; but to such as they make their counsellors they commit the whole : by how much the more they are obliged to all faith and integrity. The wisest princes need...
Side cxi - Wood, Assistant to the Secretary of the Council, and JHJ Yule, Bursar. Mr. Angell in the chair. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with. At his suggestion the secretary was instructed to address a letter to each Division regarding the allotment of funds for its use for the current fiscal year, with the suggestion that each Division prepare a budget of estimated expenditures, based on its allotment, to cover general maintenance...
Side 504 - Congress by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Geological Society of America, the Sierra Club, and...
Side 664 - ... navigation, and the great industrial and material interests of the United States, a place where the means will be afforded of obtaining accurate information for public use of every part of the globe. The Society has been in existence since 1852.
Side vii - Society," for the purpose of collecting and diffusing geographical and statistical information. § 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the said Society shall possess the general powers and privileges, and be subject to the general liabilities, contained in the third title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes, so far as the same may be applicable, and may not have been modified or repealed; but the real and personal estate...
Side viii - ... affairs, shall have power to form a code of by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States, which code, when formed and adopted at a regular meeting, shall, until modified or rescinded, be equally binding as this act upon the said Society, its officers, and its members.
Side xv - The President, or (in his absence) one of the Vice-Presidents, or (in the absence of all of them) one of the members shall preside at all meetings of the Association. The President shall be ex officio a member of the Executive Committee.
Side 378 - The outlet of Itasca Lake, is perhaps ten to twelve feet broad, with an apparent depth of twelve to eighteen inches. The discharge of water appears to be copious, compared to its inlet. Springs may, however, produce accessions which are not visible, and this is probable both from the geological character of the country, and the transparency and coolness of the water.
Side 287 - States ; and any alien who becomes a public charge within one year after his arrival in the United States from causes existing prior to his landing therein shall be deemed to have come in violation of law and shall be returned as aforesaid.