Excerpt from Charter, Supplemental Charters, by-Laws, and List of Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers: 1 July, 1912 By-laws may from time to time shall or may alter, vary, or revoke, and be altered' shall or may make such new and other by-laws as they shall think most useful and expedient, so that the same be not liorfgglaggfto repugnant to these presents, or to the laws and statutes of this China, this our Realm; and shall and may also enter into any reso lution, and make any regulation, respecting any of the affairs and concerns of the said body politic and corporate, that shall be thought necessary and proper. And We further will, Council to have grant, and declare, that the Council shall have the sole 22113135125: management of the income and funds of the said body politic funds. And corporate, and also the entire management and super intendence of all the other affairs and concerns thereof; and Shall or may, but not inconsistently with, or contrary to the provisions of this our Charter, or any existing by-law, or the laws and statutes of this our Realm, do all such acts and deeds as shall appear to them necessary or essential to be done, for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects and views of the said body politic and corporate. And We Property further will, grant, and declare, that the whole property of figfigefifhe the said body politic and corporate shall be vested, and We do hereby vest the same solely and absolutely in the Members thereof, and that they shall have full power and authority to sell, alienate, charge or otherwise dispose of the same, as they shall think proper; but that no sale, mortgage, incum brance, or other disposition of any messuages, lands, tene ments, or hereditaments, belonging to the said body politic and corporate, shall be made, except with the approbation and concurrence of a General Meeting. And We lastly NO hyaaws to declare it to be our Royal will and pleasure, that no resolution, 55813335 ffig' or by-law, shall on any account or pretence whatsoever be laws of this made by the said body politic and corporate in opposition to Ream the general scope, true intent, and meaning of this our Charter, or the laws or statutes of our Realm; and that if any such rule or by-law shall be made, the same Shall be absolutely null and void, to all intents, effects, constructions, and purposes whatsoever. In witness whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at our Palace of Westminster, this third day of June, in the ninth year of our reign. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.