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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY, 
 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
 
 OFFICERS, 
 
 BOARD OF MANAGEMENT, 
 
 AND COMMITTEES. 
 
 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 
 
 OF THE NATIONAL AND 
 
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCITIES, 
 
 February. 1005. 
 
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 THE STANDARD PRESS, ei9K8TftiET 
 
©fficer§» 
 
 President. 
 MR. JOHN PAUL EARNEJST, 
 Chauncey Building. 
 
 Vice-Presidenis. 
 
 COMMANDER JOHN H. MOORE, 
 
 I73S P Street, N. W. 
 
 MTR. HARRY CtAY McLEAN, 
 
 1373 Kenesaw Avenue. 
 
 MR. E. SOUTHARD PARKER, 
 
 1738 Connecticut Avenue. 
 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 MR. LEON E. E. FRENCH, 
 
 ColumbiSn Building. 
 
 Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 MR. WILEIAM H. PEARCE, 
 
 1737 S Street, N. W. 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 MR. HENRY P. R. HOET, 
 
 The Gladstone. 
 
 Registrar. 
 
 DR. EDWIN A. HIEE, 
 
 Patent Offke. 
 
 Assistant Registrar. 
 
 DR. ALBERT C. PEAEE, 
 
 National Museum. 
 
 Historian. 
 
 MR. NEWTON L. COLEAMER, 
 1006 F Street, K. W. 
 
 Librarian. 
 
 MR. ^EBINA MOSES, 
 
 .711 H Street, N. W. 
 
 Chaplain. 
 
 REV. THOMAS S. CHIEDS, D. D. 
 
 Chevy Chase, D. C. 
 
2Jiiarh of Mauaijrmrut. 
 
 Consisting of the Officers, ex-officio, and the following 
 Compatriots. 
 
 DR. E. M. GALLAUDET. 
 
 MR. THOMAS P. RANDOLPH, 
 
 MR. W. II. P>AYLY, 
 
 MR. FRANCIS E. GRICE, 
 
 C(n,ONEL FREDERICK C. CRYAN, 
 
 MR. SIDNEY I. BESSELIEVRE, 
 
 REAR ADMIRAL THEODORE F. TEWEI.E, 
 
 DR. CHARLES W. RICHARDSON. 
 
 HON. SETH SHEPARD. 
 
 MR. JOHN D. CARMODY, 
 
 MR. W. L. MARSH, 
 MR. W. A. DeCAINDRY, 
 MR. TOHN B. EARNER, 
 GEN. THOMAS U. VINCENT, 
 MR. PHILIP WALKER. 
 
 d^nmmittPCH. 
 
 Executive. 
 K^HN PAUL EARNEST, President. Chairman. 
 DR. i:D\\'ARD M. GALLAl'DET, 
 COM. TOHN IT. MOORE, 
 TOHN P.. EARNER, 
 E. SOUTHARD PARKER, 
 HON. SETH SHEPARD. 
 
 Ways and Means. 
 DR. TOHN W. BAYNE, Chairm.-in, 
 COL. TOHN B. BROVVNLO\\', 
 HON. TOHN GOODE, 
 WALTER HOUGH, 
 COL. GfLBERT C. KNIFFEN, 
 TOHN SPEED SMITH, 
 P.KAIX.VRD U. W.\RN1-:U. 
 
 BuiLiins. 
 FRED. D. OWICN. Chairman. 
 Ai^PLl'TON ['. CLARK. TR.. • 
 (^ICORC.E (). TOTTEN. fR. 
 
Library. 
 ZKBINA MOSKS, Chairman, 
 DR. IRA \V. DENNISON, 
 WILLIAM J. RHRES. 
 
 Advancement. 
 SIDNEY I. BESSKLIEVRK, Chairman, 
 NKWTON W. BROOKS, 
 ELIPHALET T. BUSHNELL, 
 THEODORE L. COLE, 
 PROF. ALFRED L HENRY, 
 II. MORRIS HUSBAND, 
 JEFFERSON H. JENNINGS, 
 PHILIP F. EARNER, 
 LISLE S. LIPSCOMB, 
 FRANKLIN MACKEY, 
 PROF. CHARLES E. MUNROE, 
 COL. FELIX A. REEVE, 
 WILLIAM B. THOMPSON. 
 
 Meetings. 
 WILLIAM HAMILTON BAYLY, Chairman, 
 COLONEL FREDERICK C. BRYAN, 
 THOMAS W. LOCKWOOD, JR., 
 WALLACE DONALD McLEAN, 
 DR. WALLACE NEFF, 
 WILLIAM H. PEARCE, 
 THOMAS P. RANDOLPH. 
 
 Music. 
 WILLIAM A. DOMER, Chairman, 
 EUGENE E. STEVENS, 
 DR. FRANK A. SWARTWOUT. 
 
 Eligibility. 
 ROBERT R. BENNETT, Chairman, 
 REV. DR. JOHN LOUIS FRENCH, 
 ALBERT D. SPANGLER. 
 
 Acceptability. 
 
 WILLIAM A. DeCAINDRY, Chairman, 
 PICKERING DODGE, 
 FRANCIS H. PARSONS. 
 
 Press. 
 
 EDWARD B. MOORE, Chairman, 
 CHARLES A. BOYNTON, 
 WILLIAM M. MASON. 
 
Recruiting. 
 PHILIP WALKER. Chairman, 
 
 james a. bailey, 
 david w. bell, 
 john l brown. 
 John doyle carmody, 
 murray a. cobb, 
 dr. horace coleman, 
 
 ANDREW B, DUVALL, TR., 
 
 SELDEN M. ELY. 
 
 TOHN E. FENWICK, 
 
 ORANGE S. FIRM IN, 
 
 COL. EVERETT W. FOSTER, 
 
 FRANK F. GREENAWALT, 
 
 FOvSTER R. GREENE. 
 
 WILLIAM E. HARRISON, 
 
 RICHARD P. HAWES, 
 
 EDWIN STANTON HENRY, 
 
 SAMUEL HERRICK, 
 
 DR. LOREN B. T. TOHNSON, 
 
 CRANDAL MACKEY, 
 
 EBKNE-?ER E. MASON. 
 
 LEONARD A. MERRITT, 
 
 BENJAMIN MILLER, 
 
 LANODON MOORE, 
 
 WILLIAM W. W. PARKER, 
 
 DR. STARR PARSONS. 
 
 RUNNTON M. PATRICK, 
 
 EDSON PHILLIPS. 
 
 THOMAS R. RAINES, 
 
 HENRY W. REED, 
 
 DR. CHARLKS W. RICHARDSON, 
 
 MASON N. RICHARDSON, 
 
 WILLI. AM D. SEARLE, 
 
 HENRY SEYMOUR. 
 
 DR. D. KERFOOT SHUTE. 
 
 FRANK BIRGE SMITH. 
 
 W H.LI AM H. SOMERVELL. 
 
 WATTSTILL H. SWENARTON, 
 
 ARTHUR H. TIRRELL. 
 
 WILLIAM E. TODD, JR., 
 
 DR. TOSEPH S. WALL, 
 
 FLETCHER WHITE, 
 
 LLOYD B. WIGHT, 
 
 LFEUT. DOWNS L. WILSON. 
 
National Society. 
 Sons of the American Revolution. 
 CONSTITUTION, 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 NAMe, 
 
 The name of this Society shall be "ThK Sons 
 01* THic American Revoi.ution/-' 
 
 ARTICLE IL 
 
 OBjiiC'rs. 
 The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate 
 the memory of the men who, by their services or 
 sacrifices during the war of the American Revo- 
 lution, achieved the independence of the American 
 people; to unite and promote fellowship among 
 their descendants ; lo inspire them and the com- 
 munity at large with a more profound reverence 
 for the principles of the government founded by 
 our forefathers; to eiicourage historical research 
 in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire 
 and preserve the records of the individual services 
 of the patriots of the war, as well as documents, 
 relics and landmarks; to mark the scenes of the 
 
8 CONSTITUTION— NATIONAL SOCIETY. 
 
 Rejvolution by appropriate memorials ; to celebrate 
 the anniversaries of the prominent events of the 
 war and of the Revolutionary period ; to foster 
 true patriotism; to maintain and extend the in- 
 stitutions of American freedom; and to carry out 
 the purposes expressed in the Preamble to the 
 Constitution of our Country and the injunctions 
 of Washington in his Farewell Address to the 
 American people. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Section I. Any man shalT be eligible to mem- 
 bership in this Society who, being of the age of 
 twenty-one years or over, and a citizen of good re- 
 pute in the community, is the lineal descendant of an 
 ancestor who was at all times unfailing in his 
 loyalty to, and rendered actual service in, tl»e 
 oause of American Independence, either as an 
 officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or 
 rainute-man, in the armed forces of the Continen- 
 tal Congress or of any one of the several Colonies 
 or States; or as a signer of the Declaration of 
 Independence; or as a member of a Committee 
 ©f Safety or Correspondence; or as a member of 
 any Continental, Provincial or Colonial Congress 
 ©r Legislature; or as a civil officer, either of one 
 of the Colonies or States or of the National Gov- 
 
CONSTITUTION -NATIONAL SOCIETY. 9 
 
 ernment; or as a recognized patriot who per- 
 formed actual sevice by overt acts of resistance to 
 tlie authority of Great Britain. 
 
 Sec. II. Apphcations for membership shall be 
 made to any State Society, in duplicate, upon 
 blank forms prescribed by the General Board of 
 Managers, and shall in each case set forth the 
 name, occupation and residence of the applicant, 
 line of descent, and the name, residence and ser- 
 vices of his ancestor or ancestors in the Revolu- 
 tion, from whom he derives eligibility. The ap- 
 plicant shall make oath that the statements of 
 his application are true, to the best of his knowl- 
 edge and belief. Upon the approval of an appli- 
 cation by the State Society, to which it is made, 
 one copy shall be transmitted to the Registrar- 
 General of the National Society, who shall ex- 
 amine further the eligibility of the applicant. If 
 satisfied that the member is not eligible, he shall 
 return the application for correction. And in case 
 of such return the State Society shall, on failure 
 to satisfy the Registrar-General of the eligibility 
 of such applicant, drop his name from member- 
 ship. 
 
 Sec. hi. Theofiicial designation of the members 
 of the Society of the Sons of the American Revo- 
 lution shall be "Compatriots." 
 
10 cox STIT LTTION - N AT ION AL SO(; J ET Y . 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 XATIOXAL AND STATE SOCIETIES. 
 
 Section I. The National Society shall embrace 
 all the members of the State Societies of the Sons 
 of the American Revolution now existing or which 
 may hereafter be established under this Consti- 
 tution. 
 
 Sec. II. Whenever in any State or Territory in 
 which a State Society does not exist, or in which 
 a State Society has become inactive or failed for 
 two years to pay its annual dues to the National 
 Society, fifteen or more persons duly qualified for 
 membership in this Society may associate them- 
 selves as a State Society of the Sons of the Am- 
 erican Revolution, and organize in accordance 
 with this Constitution, they may be admitted by 
 the General Board of Managers to the National 
 
 Society as "The Society of the Sons of the 
 
 American Revolution," and shall thereafter have 
 exclusive local jurisdiction in the State or Terri- 
 tory or in the District in which they are organ- 
 ized, subject to the provisions of this Constitution; 
 but this provision shall not be construed so as to 
 exclude the admission of members living in other 
 States. 
 
 Sec. III. Each State Society shall judge of 
 the qualifications of its members and of those 
 proposed for membership, subject to the provis- 
 
COS STl T UTION— N ATION AL SOC I ET Y. 1 1 
 
 10HS of this Constitution, anxl shall regulate all 
 matters pertaining to its own affairs. It shall 
 liave authority to establish local chapters within 
 Its own jurisdiction and to endow the chapters 
 ■with such power as it may deem proper, not in- 
 consistent with this Constitution. It shall have 
 authority, after due notice and impartial trial, to 
 expel any member who, by conduct unbecoming 
 a gentleman, shall render himself unworthy to re- 
 3nain a member of the Societ3^ 
 
 Six. IV. Each State Society shall submit to the 
 Annual Congress of the National Society a report, 
 setting forth by name the additions, transfers and 
 <leaths, and any other changes in the membership 
 and progress of the State Society during the pre- 
 ceding year, and make such suggestions as it shall 
 •deem proper for the promotion of the objects of 
 the whole Order. 
 
 Sec. V. Whenever a member in good standing 
 in his Society changes his residence from the 
 jurisdiction of the State Society of which he is 
 a member to that of another, he shall be entitled, 
 if he so elects, to a certificate of honorable dismis- 
 sion from his own State Society, in order that he 
 may be transferred to the State Society to whose 
 jurisdiction he has changed his residence; pro- 
 vided, that liis membership shall continue in the 
 fomier until he shall have been elected a member 
 
12 CONSTITUTION— NATIONAL SOCIETV. 
 
 of the latter. Each State vSociety shall, however, 
 retain full control of the admission of members by 
 transfer. 
 
 Sec. VI. Whenever the word "State" occurs in 
 this Constitution, it shall be held to include within 
 its meaning the District of Columbia and the Ter- 
 ritories of the United States. 
 
 Sec. VII. A Society may be formed in any for- 
 eign country . by fifteen or more persons who are 
 eligible to membership under this Constitution, 
 which shall bear the:isame relation to the Nationa/ 
 organization as the State Society, subject to the 
 provisions of this Constitution. . 
 
 ARTICLE V. V 
 
 OFEICERS AND MANAGERS. 
 
 Section I. The General . OfficeTs of the. National 
 Society shall be a President-General,, five Vice- 
 Presidents-G^neral, a Secretary-General, Treasurer- 
 General, Registrar-General, Historian-General, and 
 Chaplain-General, who shall be elected by ballot 
 l)y a vote of the majority of the members present 
 at the annual meeting of the Coiigress of the Na- 
 tional Society, and shall hold office for one year 
 and until their successors are^' elected. 
 
 Sec. II. The General Officers, together with the 
 Presidents of the State Societies, ex officio, shall 
 constitute the General Board of Managers of the 
 
CCl)NSTrTUTI(0:N— INATIONAL SOCIETY. 13 
 
 National Society, which Board shall have authority 
 to adopt and promulgate the By-Laws of the Na- 
 tional .Society, to prescribe the duties of the Gen- 
 eral Officers, to provide the seal, to designate and 
 make regulations for the issue of the insignia, and 
 to transact the general business of the National 
 Society during the intervals between the sessions 
 of the Congress. Meetings of the General Board 
 may be held, after not less than ten days' notice, 
 at the call of the President-General, or, in case 
 of his absence or inability, at the call of the Sen- 
 ior Vice-President-Geineral, certified by the Sec- 
 retary-General. Meetings shall be called at the 
 request of seven members. At such meetings 
 seven shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 Sec. III. An Executive Committee of seven, of 
 whom the President-General shall be chairman, 
 may be elected by the Board of Managers, which 
 committee shall, in the interim between the meet- 
 ings of the Board, transact such business as may 
 be delegated to it by the Board of Managers. 
 
 ARTICLE VL 
 
 DUUS. 
 
 Each State Society shall pay annually to the 
 Treasurer-General, to defray the expenses of the 
 National Society, twenty-five cents for each active 
 menibcl- thereof, unless intermitted by the Na- 
 
14 CONSTITUTION—NATIONAL SOCIETY. 
 
 lional Congress, p-rovided that the National Board 
 of Management may increase said dues at any 
 time, not to exceed fifty cents in all, by a two- 
 thirds vote, when the necessities of the National 
 Society so demand. All such dues shall be paid 
 on or before the first day of April in each year 
 for the ensuing year, in order to secure representa- 
 tion in the Congress of the National vSociety. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 MEETINGS AND EIJECTIONS. 
 
 Section I. The Annual Congress of the Na- 
 tional Society for the election of the General Offi- 
 cers and for the transaction of business shall be 
 held on the thirtieth day of April or on the first day 
 of May in eveTy year. The time, hour and place 
 of such meeting shall be designated by the Board 
 of Managers. 
 
 Sec. II. Special meetings of the Congress may 
 be called by the President-General and shall be 
 called by him when directed so to do by the Board 
 of Managers, or whenever requested in writing 
 so to do by at least five State Societies, on giving 
 thirty days' notice, specifying the time and place 
 of such meeting and the business to be transacted. 
 
 Sec. III. The following shall be members of 
 all such annual or special meetings of the Congress, 
 and shall be entitled to vote therein : 
 
CONSTITUTION— NATIONAL SOCIETY. 15 
 
 (i) All the officers and ex-Presidetnts-General 
 of the National Society. 
 
 (2) The President and Senior Vice-President 
 of each State Society. 
 
 (3) One delegate at large from each State So- 
 ciety. 
 
 (4) One delegate from every fifty members of 
 the Society within a State and for a fraction of 
 twenty-five or over. 
 
 Sec. IV. State Societies shall be represented 
 at meetings of the National Society only by mem- 
 bers of their own State Society, or by members of 
 other Stjite Societies who may be designated by 
 the regularly appointed delegates from such State 
 Society who may be present at any meeting of the 
 National Society ; and the delegates representing 
 any State Society, as provided herein, shall be 
 authorized to cast the entire vote to which such 
 State Society is entitled, each delegate or represen- 
 tative present being authorized to cast his propor- 
 tionate vote, or fraction thereof. 
 
 ARTICLE VIIL 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 This Constitution may be altered or amended at 
 any meeting of the Congress of the National So- 
 ciety, provided that sixty days' notice of the pro- 
 posed alterations or amendments, which shall first 
 have been recommended by a State Society, or by 
 a prior Congress, or by the Executive Committee 
 of the National Society, shall be sent by the Sec- 
 retary-General to the President of each State So- 
 ciety. A vote of two-thirds of those present shall 
 be necessary to their adoption. 
 
National Society, 
 
 Sons of the American Revolution. 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 KLECTION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 All nominations of officers shall be made from 
 the floor, and the election shall be by ballot. A 
 majorit}'* shall elect. The norninations m;ay be 
 acted opon directly, or may be referred to a com- 
 mittee to examine and report. 
 
 ARTICLE IL 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 The duties of the General Officers shall be such 
 as usually appertain to their offices, and they 
 shall have such other duties as are hereinafter 
 imposed. They shall report at the annual meeting, 
 and at such other times as they may be required 
 to do. so by the General Board of Managers. 
 
rS BY-LAWS— NATIONAL SOCIETY. 
 
 ARTICLE TIL 
 
 PRESIDENT-GENERAL. 
 
 Section I. The President General, in addition 
 to his general duties, shall be ex offcio chairman 
 of the General Board of Managers and of the 
 Executive Committee, and a member of every 
 other committee. 
 
 Sec. II. At each Annual Meeting he shall ap- 
 point the following Standing Colnmittees : 
 Committee on Auditing, 
 
 " Correspondence, 
 " " Credentials, 
 
 " " Finance, 
 
 " " Organization, 
 
 '' Unfinished Business. 
 The duties of the above committees shall be such 
 as usually pertain to committees of like character, 
 and such as may be defined by the Board of Man- 
 agers, 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENTS-GENERAE. 
 
 Section I. In the absence of the President-Gen- 
 eral, the Senior Vice-President-General present 
 shall preside at the Annual Meeting. 
 
 Sec. II. In the prolonged absence or inability 
 to act of the President-General, the executive au- 
 thority shall be vested in the Vice-President-Gen- 
 cral first in order of precedence. 
 
BY-LAWS— NATIONAL SOCIKTY. 1\) 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 SKCRETARY-GENERAL. 
 
 The Secretary-General, in addition to his general 
 duties, shall have charge of the seal, give due notice 
 of all meetings of the National Society or General 
 Board of Managers, of which he shall be ex officio 
 a member. He shall give due notice to all gen- 
 eral officers and State Societies of all votes, orders 
 and proceedings affecting or appertaining to their 
 duties. He shall distribute all pamphlets, circu- 
 lars, rosettes and supplies, as directed by the Gen- 
 eral Board of Managers. 
 
 ARTICLE VL 
 
 TR1-ASURER-GENERAI« 
 
 Section L The Treasurer-General shall collect 
 and receive the funds and securities of the Na- 
 tional Society. He shall deposit the same to the 
 credit of the "Sons of the American Revoeution/' 
 and shall draw them thence for the use of the 
 National Society, as directed by it or by the Gen- 
 eral Board of Managers, upon the order of the 
 President-General, countersigned -by the Secretary- 
 General. His accounts shall be audited by a com- 
 mittee to be appointed at the Annual Meeting. 
 
 Sec. II. He shall, if so required by the General 
 Board of Ivlanagers or the Executive Committee, 
 give bonds for the safe custody and application 
 of the funds. 
 
20 BY-LAWS— NATIONAL SOCTETY, 
 
 ARTICLE VIL 
 
 RKGISTRAR-<)ENERAI„ 
 
 The Registrar-General shall keep a Register 
 of the names and dates of the etectJon, resig- 
 nation or death of all meml>ers of the several 
 State Societies, •ani^ r'-^z" have uie care anu cus- 
 tody of all duplicate applications for membership; 
 He shall issue, upon the requisition of the Sec- 
 retary or Registrar of the several State Societies,, 
 certificates of membership and insignia to every 
 member entitled thereto, through such Secretary of 
 Kegistrar. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 HISTORIAN-GENERAL. 
 
 The Historian-General shall have the custody 
 of all the historical and biographical collections 
 of which the National Society may become pos- 
 sessed, and shall catalogue and arrange the same, 
 and shall place the same in a fire-proof repository 
 for preservation.' 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 GHAPEAIN-GENERAL. 
 
 The Chaplain-General shall be a regularly or- 
 dained minister, and shall open and close all gener- 
 al meetings of the National Sodety with the ser- 
 vices usual and proper on such occasions. 
 
BY-LAWS- NATIONAL SOCIETY. 21 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 STATE SOClETies. 
 \ Every State Society shall — 
 
 <i) Notify the Secretary-General of the elec- 
 tion and appointment of all officers and delegates, 
 
 (2) Pay to the Treasurer General on the first 
 •day of March, ar within sixty days thereafter, the 
 sum of twenty-tive cents for each active member 
 thereol 
 
 (J) ' Transmit to the Registrar-General dupli- 
 cate^ applications f all accepted members, and no- 
 tify him of the resigiiation or death of all niera- 
 ibers thereol 
 
 ARTICLE XL 
 
 r^KNKRAL I50-\RD OF MANAGERS, 
 
 Mixtion I. The General Board of Managers 
 :-shall prepare and carry out plans for promoting 
 die objects and growth of the Society! shall gen- 
 erally superintend its interests, and shall execute 
 such other duties as sliall be coraraitted to it 
 at any meeting of the National Society. It shall 
 have charge of the printing of tlae Diploma and 
 the naanufacturing of the Insignia, and shall deter- 
 mine the price at which the same^shall be issued. 
 
 Sec. II. It shall have authority to admit or re- 
 forgani^e as a State Society any association of 
 fifteen or more persons duly qualified for member- 
 >^hip in the Societ}'. 
 
22 IIV^LAWS— NATK)NAf. SOCIt^TY. 
 
 Sec. in. It shall have power to fill any va- 
 cancy occurring among the General Officers, and 
 an officer so elected shall act until the following 
 annual election and until his successor shall be 
 elected. 
 
 vSkc. IV. It shall have authority to make, alter 
 and amend the By-Laws as hereinafter provided. 
 
 Sec. V. The President-General may call meet- 
 ings of the General Board of Managers at any 
 time he may deem necessary, and shall call such 
 meeting upon the vi^ritten request of any five men^ 
 t>ers thereof, provided that not less than five day^' 
 notice of the time and place of such meeting shall 
 be given; 
 
 ARTICLE Xll. 
 
 Executive committee. 
 
 The President-General may call a meeting of the 
 Executive Committee at any time, and shall call 
 .such meeting on the written request of three 
 members thereof. 
 
 ARTICLE XHL 
 
 SEAL. 
 
 The seal of the Society shall be two and three- 
 eighths of an inch in diameter, charged with the 
 figure of a minute-man, grasping a musket in his 
 right hand, and surrounded by a constellation of 
 thirteen stars, wTio shall be depicted in the habit 
 
BY-LAWS- NATIONAL SOCIETY. 23 
 
 of a husbandman of the period of the American 
 Revohition, and as in the act of deserting the 
 plough for the service of his country; the whole 
 encircled b}' a band three-eighths of an inch wide, 
 within which shall appear the legend, "National 
 Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
 organized April 30, 1889." 
 
 ARTICLE XIV. 
 
 CERTIFICATES. 
 
 All members of this Society, wherever admitted, 
 shall be entitled to a certificate of membership 
 duly attested by the President-General, Secretary- 
 General and Registrar-General, countersigned by 
 the President, Secretary and Registrar of the State 
 Society to which such member shall have been 
 admitted. 
 
 ARTICLE XV. 
 
 INSIGNIA. 
 
 The insignia of the Society shall comprise (i) 
 a cross surmounted by an eagle in gold, (2) a 
 rosette. 
 
 Section I. The cross shall be of silver, with 
 four arms, covered with white enamel and eight 
 gold points, same size as a Chevaliers' Cross of 
 the Legion of Honor of France, with a gold 
 medallion in the center bearing on the obverse a 
 bust of Washington in profile, and on the reverse 
 
BY-LAWS— NATIONAL SOCIETY. 
 
 the figure of a minute-man, surrounded by a rib- 
 bon enameled blue, with the motto : "Libertas et 
 Pat via' on the obverse, and the legend "Sons of 
 the American Revolution" on the reverse, both in 
 letters of gold. The cross shall be surmounted 
 by an eagle in gold, and the whole decoration 
 suspended from a ring of gold by a ribbon of deep 
 blue, with white and buff edges, and may be worn 
 by any member of the Society on ceremonial oc- 
 casions only, and shall be carried on the left breast, 
 or at the collar if an officer of the National Society, 
 or the President, active or past, of a State Society. 
 ".Sec. II. The rosette shall be seven-sixteenths 
 of an inch in diameter, of usual pattern, displaying 
 the colors of the Society, blue, white and buff, 
 and may be worn by all members at discretion 
 in the upper left-hand buttonhole of the coat. 
 
 ARTICLE XVI. 
 
 INDEBTEDNESS. 
 
 No debts shall be contracted on behalf of the 
 National Society. Every obligation for the pay- 
 ment of money, except checks drawn against de- 
 posits, executed in the name or on behalf of the 
 National Society shall be null and void. 
 
 ARTICLE XVII. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 These By-Laws may be altered or amended by 
 a vote of three-fourths of the members present 
 at any meeting of the General Board of Managers, 
 notice thereof having been given at a previous 
 meeting. 
 
District of Columbia Societu, 
 Sons of the American Revolution. 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 The name of this Society shall be The District 
 OF Columbia Society oe the Sons of the Ameri- 
 can Revolution. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OBJECTS. 
 
 The objects o^ this Society shall be to perpetuate 
 the memory of the men, who, by their services of 
 sacrifices during the war of the American Revolu- 
 tion, achieved the Indepeiidence of the American 
 people ; to unite and promote fellowship among their 
 descendants; to inspire them and the community at 
 large with a more profound reverence for the 
 principles of the Government founded by our fore- 
 fathers; to encourage historical research in re- 
 lation to the American Revolution; to acquire and 
 
28 C-OXSTITUTI()N-D. C. SOCIETY. 
 
 preserve the records of the individual services of 
 the patriots of the War, as well as docuraeiits, 
 relics and landmarks; to mark the scenes of the 
 Revolution "by appropriate memorials ; to celebrate 
 the anniversaries of the prominent events of the 
 War; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and ex- 
 tend the institutions of American freedom ; and to 
 carry on tlie purposes expressed in the preamble 
 to the Constitution of our country and the injunc- 
 tions of Washington in his farewell address to the 
 American people, 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP, 
 
 Section I. Any man shall be eligible to member- 
 ship who, being of the age of twenty-one years or 
 over and a citizen of good repuate in the community, 
 is the Hneal descendant of an ancestor who was at 
 all times unfailing in his loyalty to and rendered 
 actual service in the cause of American Independ- 
 ence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, 
 militiaman or minute-man, in the armed forces of 
 the Continental Congress or of an3^ one of. the 
 several Colonies or States ; or as a signer ^ of the 
 Declaration of Independence; or as a member of 
 a Committee of Safety or Correspondence; or as 
 a member of any Centinental, Provincial or Colonial 
 Congress or Legislature ; or as a civil officer, either 
 6i one of the Colonies or States or of the National 
 
CONSTITUTION— D. C, SOCIETY. 20 
 
 Government ; or as a recognized patriot who per- 
 formed actual service by overt acts of resistance 
 to the authority of Great Britain. He may be 
 elected a member of this Society, provided that, 
 upon due investigation, he shall be found to be ac- 
 ceptable. 
 
 Sec. II. Applications for membership shall be 
 made in duplicate, upon blank forms prescribed by 
 the General Board of Managers of the National 
 Society, and shall in each case set forth the name, 
 occupation and residence of the applicant, his line 
 of descent, and the name, residence and services 
 of his ancestor or ancestors in the Revolution from 
 whom^ he derives eligibility. The applicant shall 
 make oath that Ihe statements of his application 
 are true, according to the best of his knowledge 
 and belief. His application shall be endorsed 
 by two members of the Society, shall be accom- 
 panied by a letter from at least one compatriot, and 
 shall be subject to such other requireiments as may 
 be prescribed by the rules or by-laws of the Society. 
 
 Sec. III. Sons of Revolutionary soldiers who 
 are regularly accepted by the Board of Manage- 
 ment, upon the recommendation of the proper com* 
 mittees, may be made honorary members of the 
 Society without payment ,of dues. 
 
 Sec. IV. Any Senator or Representative, or 
 officer in the civil, military or naval service of 
 the United States, officially residing in Washing- 
 
30 CONSTITUTIOX-D. C. SOCIETY. 
 
 ton, or any officer in the Diplomatic service of the 
 Government of the United States, who is a mem- 
 ber in good standing of the State Society of the 
 Sons of the American Revolution, may be elected 
 to associate membership in this Society. 
 
 Members of State Societies of the Sons of the 
 American Revolution, while residing in the District 
 of Columbia and upon election by the Board of 
 Management, may be enrolled as Associate mem- 
 bers of this Society. 
 
 Sec. V. Whenever a member in good standing 
 changes his residence to the jurisdiction of 
 another State Society he shall be entitled, if he so 
 elects, to a certificate of honorable demissibn, in 
 order that he may be transferred to said Society; 
 provided that no such certificate shall be given 
 unless all dues and fees are paid, and said mem- 
 bership in this Society shall not cease until mem- 
 bership in the State Society shall be established. 
 
 Sec. VI. If for any reason a member resigns 
 or is dropped from the rolls of the Society, the 
 number of his insignia shall be cancelled, and his 
 name shall no longer appear in the year book 
 of the Society. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OFEICERS AND MANAGERS. 
 
 Section I. The Officers of the Society shall 
 be a President, a Senior \'ice-President, a Seconfl 
 
CONSTITUTION— D. C. SOCIETY. 31 
 
 and a Third Vice-President, a Recording Secretary, 
 a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, a Reg- 
 istrar, an Assistant Registrar, a Historian, a 
 Librarian and a Chaplain, who shall be elected at 
 the annual meeting of the Society, and who shall 
 hold office for one year, or until their successors 
 shall be elected, and who, with fifteen other mem- 
 bers, shall consti<^ute the Board of Management; 
 provided, that the President and Vice-Presidents 
 shall not be eligible for election for more than 
 two successive terms ; provided further, that the 
 numerical order of the Vice-Presidents shall be 
 determined by the number of votes cast for each ; 
 the one receiving the highest majority being the 
 Senior Vice-President, the one receiving the next 
 highest the Second Vice-President, and the one re- 
 ceiving the next highest the Third Vice-Pres- 
 ident; and provided further, that the term 
 of each of the fifteen members of the Board 
 of Management hereinabove referred to shall 
 be three years from the date of his elec- 
 tion, and that the fifteen shall continue, as 
 heretofore, to be arranged in classes of five so that 
 the terms of the five who have completed their 
 three years of service shall expire at each annual 
 meeting, at which their successors shall be elected. 
 Vacancies in the Board of Management shall be 
 filled by the Society for the unexpired term. 
 
32 COXSTITUTTON— D. C. SOCIETV, 
 
 Sec. II. All nominations for officers shall be 
 made* from the floor and not by committee, and 
 all elections to office shall be by ballot. The persons 
 receiving the majority of all the votes cast shall 
 be declared elected, snd shall hold ofiice for tne 
 ensumg term or until their successors shall be 
 elected. 
 
 Sec III. Delegates to the Congress of the So- 
 ciety shall be elected at each annual meeting, in 
 accordance with the requirements of the Constitu- 
 tion of the National Society, who shall hold office 
 till their successors are duly elected and qualified. 
 
 Sec. IV. An Executive Committee of five, of 
 which the President of the Society shall be the 
 chairman, may be elected by the Board of Man- 
 agement from their number, who shall, in the in- 
 terim between the meetings of the Board, 
 transact such business as shall be delegated to it 
 by the Board of Management. Three members 
 shall be a quorum of the Executive Committee. 
 
 ARTICLE V. . 
 
 FEES AND DUES. 
 
 Section I. The initiation fee shall be five dollars 
 ($5.00) ; the annual dues three dollars ($3.00) ; or 
 the payment at one time of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall 
 constitute a life member with ejxemption from 
 payment of dues thereafter. Members of the 
 
coxsTcrrriox— D. r. society. :\:\ 
 
 ''Sons of the Revolution" who join this Society 
 will be exempt from the payment of an initiation 
 fee. provided they are eligible and ac<:eptable mi- 
 der the Constitution of this Society. Young men 
 who are members of the Society of the Children 
 of the American Revolution in the . District of 
 Columbia may. on coming of lawful age, 
 be admitted without payment of initiation fee, pro- 
 vided they are similarly eligible and acceptable. 
 When a member is elected after the annual meet- 
 ing his dues for the remainder of that year shall 
 be at the rate of twenty-five cents per month. 
 
 Sec. II. The annual dues shall be payable in 
 advance on the twenty-second day of February in 
 each year. 
 
 Sec. III. When the dues of any member shall 
 remain unpaid for nine months, the Treasurer shall 
 give him notice that unless the same be paid with- 
 in, three months thereafter, his membership shall 
 cease ; and in case such dues are not paid pursu- 
 iint to' such notice, or the default be satisfactorily 
 'accounted folr . to the Board of Management, he 
 shall- thereupon cease to be a member. 
 
 Sec. IV. The receipts each year from initiation 
 fees, r iife-membersbip fees, and dues, constituting 
 the aggregate annual resources of the Society, shall 
 be devoted by the Board of Management to the 
 following .objects, and no. others, viz.: 
 
34 CONSTITUTION- D. C. SOCIETY. 
 
 1. Payment of the annual dues to the National 
 Society of (not to exceed) fifty cents for each 
 active member. 
 
 2. Maintenance of a building fund, by the in- 
 vestment of not less than ten per cent, of the ag- 
 gregate annual resources of the Society in such 
 securities as the Board of Management shall 
 direct. 
 
 ,5. Payment of current expenses. 
 
 4. Publication of such documents as may be 
 deemed advisable. 
 
 5. Payment of such special expenses as may 
 be authorized by the vote of two-thirds of the 
 Board of Management; but if from the report of 
 the Treasurer at any time, it shall appear to be 
 likely that there will be a balance against the 
 Treasurer at the annual meeting if all the liabili- 
 ties of the year are met, no appropriation of money 
 shall be made by the Board of Management for 
 any object but the necessary current expenses of 
 the vSociety while such likelihood shall continue to 
 exist. 
 
 Sii:c. V. No vote of the Society, whereby any 
 expenditure from the general funds of the So- 
 ciety or from the building fuiid, of any borrowing 
 of money, directly 6r indirectl5^,' oh the credit of 
 the, vSociety, shall be calised, shall be passed except 
 at a stated or special rrieeting of 'the Society at 
 which at least fifty' members shall be present, and 
 
CONSTITUTION— D. C. SOCIETY. .T. 
 
 two-thirds of those present shall vote in favor 
 thereof, nor until the subject has been previously 
 referred to the Board of Management for recom- 
 mendation and they shall have reported their opin- 
 ion thereon, which report shall be made at the 
 stated meeting next after the reference, or at a 
 special meeting called for the purpose. 
 
 ^ ARTICLE VI. 
 
 THK BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. 
 
 The Board of Management shall consist of the 
 President, Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, 
 Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, 
 Assistant Registrar, Historian, Librarian, Chaplain, 
 ex-officio, and fifteen members who shall be 
 elected as herein provided. 
 
 This Board shall judge of the qualifications of 
 the candidates for admission to the Society and 
 elect the same ; and may establish local chapters 
 with such powers as it may deem proper within 
 its jurisdiction not inconsistent with the Consti- 
 tution of the National Society ; and may expel 
 any member, after due notice and impartial trial, 
 who by conduct unbecoming a gentlc^man shall 
 render himself unworthy to remain a member, sub- 
 ject to appeal to the Society; and shall have charge 
 of all meetings; shall recommend plans for pro- 
 moting the objects of the Society; shall digest 
 
:;() CONBTITUTION— D. C. SOCIETY. 
 
 and prepare business ; and shall authorize the dis- 
 bursement and expenditure of unappropriated 
 money in the treasury for the payment of current 
 expenses;: and generally superintend all the inter- 
 ests of the . Society and execute all such duties as 
 may be committed to it by the Society. It shall 
 make, through . the President, a general report 
 of its transactions at the annual meeting of the 
 Society. 
 
 At all meetings of the Board of Manage- 
 ment, five or more shall be sufficient for the trans- 
 action of business. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 MEETINGS. 
 
 Section I. The annual meeting for the elec- 
 tion of officers and transaction of business shall 
 be held at noon on the 22nd day of February, the 
 anniversary of the birth of George Washington, in 
 every year, except when that date sliall fall on 
 Sunday, in which case the meeting shall be held 
 on the following day. 
 
 Sec. II. Special meetings may be called by the 
 President or Board of Management at any time 
 for business purposes or for the purpose of cele- 
 brating events of the Revolution or other patriotic 
 e^^ents, or devising means for the prosecution of 
 patriotic work. The President shall call a special 
 
CONSTITUTION-D. C SOCIETY'. ' 37 
 
 meeting whenever requested in writing so to do 
 by five or more members. 
 
 Skc. III. Generar ^business may be transacted 
 at any special meeting. 
 
 Sec. IV. Thirteen members shall constitute a 
 quorum at all meetings. Ayes and noes shall be 
 called at any meeting of the Society upon the de- 
 mand of five members. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 Amendments to this Constitution or to the By- 
 Laws may be offered at any meeting of the So- 
 ciety, but shall not be acted on until the next meet- 
 ing. A copy of every proposed amendment shall 
 be sent to each member, with a notice of the 
 meeting at which the same is to be acted on, at 
 least one week prier to said meeting. A vote of 
 two-thirds of those present shall be necessary to 
 the adoption of any amendments. 
 
District of Columbia Society. 
 
 Sons of the American Revolution, 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Any applicant for admission to this Society shall 
 file with the Registrar his application as prescribed 
 in the Constitution, together with such documents 
 and other proofs of qualification as he may have, 
 and the initiation fee ($5 oo) ; also a letter from 
 the member proposing the name stating his know- 
 ledge of the applicant. These papers shall be re- 
 ferred to the Committee on Eligibility. If found 
 eligible the papers shall be referred to the Com- 
 mittee on Acceptability. The Board may then 
 elect him as a member of the Society or otherwise 
 dispose of his application, and if his eligibility 
 is approved by the Board and by the Registrar- 
 General of the National Society he shall be entitled 
 to all the privileges of a compatriot therein. If 
 for any reason he is not approved as a metnber 
 his papers and ititiation fee shall be returned. 
 
40 ^ BY-LAWS— D. C. SOCIETY. 
 SECTION II. 
 
 THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 The President, or in his absence a Vice-Presi- 
 dent, or in his absence a Chairman pro tempore, 
 shall preside at all meetings of the Society and 
 Board of Management, and have a casting vote. 
 He shall exercise the usual functions of a presid- 
 ing officer, and shall enforce strict observance of 
 the Constitution and By-Laws and of the regular 
 tions and rules of the Society. 
 
 SECTION ILL 
 
 THE SECRETARIES. 
 
 The Recording Secretary shall have charge of 
 the seal, certificate of incorporation, by-laws and 
 records of the Society, and together with the pre- 
 siding officer, shall certify all acts of the Society. 
 He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the 
 proceedings and orders of the Society; and shall 
 give notice to the several officers of all votes, 
 orders, resolves and proceedings of the Society 
 .iffecting them or appertaining to their respective 
 duties. > 
 
 He shall notify all members of their election 
 ayd shall under the direction of the President or 
 \ ice-President, give due notice of the time and 
 l)lace of all meetings of the Society, and attend the 
 same. 
 
BY-LAWS- D. C. S(x;il/JY. 41 
 
 The CorrespoHding Secretary shall conduct the 
 general correspondence of the Society under the 
 direction of the President, and assist the Record- 
 iHg Secretary in his duties, and do such other 
 acts as may be directed by the Board of Manage- 
 ment. 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 THE TREASURER. 
 
 The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds 
 and securities of the Society; they shall be de- 
 posited in some bank or savings iastitution in this 
 District to the creidit of The District of Columbia 
 Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
 and shall be drawn thence on the check ei the 
 Treaswrer for such purposes and in such sums only 
 as may be ordered by vote of the Board of Man- 
 agement or by special vote of the Society under 
 Section V of Article V of the Constitution. His 
 vouchers shall bear the approval of the Presi- 
 dent and Secretary of the Society. He shall keep 
 a true account of his receipts and payments, and 
 from time to time shall make report thereof to 
 the Board of Management as it may direct, a«d 
 at each annual meeting shall render an annual 
 account of the same to the Society, which shall 
 be referred to the Ways and Means Committee for 
 examination and report. 
 
42 BY-XiAWS-D. C. SOCIETY. 
 
 SECTION V. 
 
 THE REGISTRAR. 
 
 The Registrar shall keep a roll of members, and 
 in his hands shall be lodged all the proofg of 
 membership qualification, and all the historical 
 and genealogical papers, manuscript or other, of 
 which the Society may become possessed; and un- 
 der the direction of the Board of Management, 
 shall keep copies of such similar documents as the 
 owners thereof may not be willing to leave per- 
 manently iji the keeping of the Society. He shall 
 verify all statements of the Revolutionary services 
 of ancestors that may be made in the applications 
 for membership, and make report to the Board of 
 Management. 
 
 SECTION VI. 
 The historian. 
 
 The Historian shall keep the records of the his- 
 torical and commemorative meetings of the So- 
 ciety, and shall supervise the preparation and 
 printing of all its historical publications, othA- 
 than those of the membership rolls. 
 
 He shall submit at each annual meeting a list 
 of the members who may have died during the 
 year, accompanied by biographical memoirs. 
 
 SECTION VII. 
 
 THE LIliRARIAN. 
 
 The Librarian shall have charge of the books, 
 pamphlets, etc., belonging to or deposited with the 
 Society, and shall keep suitable records and cata- 
 logues of the same under the direction of the Lib- 
 rary Cnnnniitce. 
 
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 SECTION VIII. 
 
 COMMITTEES. 
 
 As soon as practicable after his election the 
 President shall appoint the following standing com- 
 mittees, the members of which shall serve for one 
 year, or until their successors are appointed, viz: 
 
 1. Ways and Means Committee, consisting of 
 seven members, who shall perform the duties of a 
 finance committee, and shall have charge of all 
 measures for raising the necessary means for 
 carrying on the business of the Society, including 
 the subject of initiation fees and dues. This com- 
 mittee shall audit the Treasurer's accounts. 
 
 2. Building Committee, consisting of three 
 members. 
 
 3. Library Committee, consisting of three mem- 
 bers, who shall have charge of the library and 
 relics and rooms of the Society, and the super- 
 vision of such publications as may be authorized 
 by the Society. 
 
 4. Advancement Committee, consisting of 
 thirteen members, who shall consider, and from 
 time to time report to the Board of Management 
 such measures as in their opinion are calculated 
 to advance the interests and promote the general 
 welfare of the Society, 
 
 5. Meetings Committee, consisting of seven 
 members, who shall have charge of all arrange- 
 
44 BY-LAWS— D. C. SOCIETY. 
 
 ments for meetings or outings of the Society which 
 may involve extra expense for either transporta- 
 tion, . entertainments or refreshments. 
 
 6. Bligibility Committee, consisting of three 
 members, who shall, after careful scrutiny of the 
 record of each applicant for membership, endorse 
 their conclusions upon the application papers and 
 transmit the papers to the Committee on Accept- 
 ability. 
 
 7. Acceptability Committee, consisting of three 
 members, who shall, after due inquiry into the 
 character and standing of each applicant, endorse 
 their recommendations upon the application papers, 
 and transmit the papers to the Secretary for the 
 action of the Board. 
 
 8. Recruiting Committee, consisting of forty- 
 four members, who shall be a lookout committee 
 for securing accessions to the membership of the 
 Society. 
 
 9. Press Committee, consisting of three mem- 
 bers, who shall be charged with all matters for 
 publication concerning the Society in which the 
 public press may be considered to be interested. 
 
 10. Music Committee, consisting of three mem- 
 bers, whose duty it shall h& to have charge of 
 the arrangements for the music at all meetings of 
 the Society. 
 
 In the absence from the city of members of the 
 foregoing committees, the President is authorized 
 
BY-LAWS— D. C. SOCIETY. 45 
 
 to appoint temporarily, in any case, a sufficient 
 number of members to complete a quorum ; and 
 he is authorized to appoint at any time, for tem- 
 porary purposes, special commiittees, at the re- 
 quest of the Board of Management. 
 
 SECTION IX. 
 
 FORM FOR INSTALLATION OF COMPATRIOTS. 
 
 The Presiding Officer shall say : 
 
 "The gentlemen who have been elected members 
 since the last installation will present themselves." 
 
 The compatriots who endorsed the applications 
 m these cases will escort the gentlemen to the 
 Chair under the direction of the Committee on 
 Acceptability. 
 
 The Presiding Officer will then say to the newly 
 elected members : 
 
 "Gentlemen: The interests, objects and princi- 
 ples of this Society are committed to our united 
 care. We are pledged 'to cherish, maintain and 
 extend the institutions of American freedom, to 
 foster true patriotism and love of country, and to 
 aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of 
 liberty.' Do you so pledge yourselves?'' 
 
 Answer : "We do." 
 
 The Presiding Officer will then say : 
 
 "The Compatriots of the Society of the Sons 
 of the American Revolution will rise. Your 
 properly constituted authorities have, after due 
 care, recommended and elected the gentlemen 
 present ; and they are now formally accepted as 
 Compatriots of this Society." 
 
 The members of the Society will then say : 
 
 "Compatriots, we welcome you most heartily.'' 
 
NOTICF:. 
 
 Application blanks will be furnjshed by the 
 Registrar, or Recording Secretary, to whom, when 
 r^nipleted, in duplicate, they should be returned. 
 
 In filling out the blanks full names are to be 
 given and no initials are to be used. 
 
 In stating the line of descent the maiden name 
 of mothers, grandmothers, etc., are always to be 
 given. 
 
 Certificates of Membership may be obtained 
 from the National Society upon application to the 
 Registrar, by the payment of $1.25. 
 
 The Cross of the Society is made of sterling silver 
 eoverod with gold, and is sold by J. E. Caldwell & 
 Co., Philadelphia, Penn., for $9.00, upon per- 
 mits issued by the Registrar-General, through the 
 Registrar of the District of Columbia Society. 
 
 Rosettes are furnished at 2$ cents each by th^ 
 Treasurer. 
 
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