Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Volume 53

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Page 219 - ... votes of the members present, and in case of an equal division of votes the chairman shall have a casting vote in addition to his vote as a member of the committee.
Page 222 - ... by the Member who shall have borrowed the same. 7. — No book borrowed out of the Library shall be retained for a longer period than one month, if the same be applied for in the meantime by any other Member ; nor in any case shall any book be retained for a longer period than three months. 8.- -Every Member who shall borrow any book out of the Library shall be responsible to the Society for its safety and good condition from the time of its leaving the Library ; also if he borrow any book or...
Page 150 - I, AB, do declare that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the king, and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person or against those that are commissioned by him...
Page 182 - June 1786, and was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his Bachelor's degree in...
Page 222 - Library. 12. — Extracts from the manuscripts or printed books are allowed to be made freely, but in case of a transcript being desired of a whole manuscript or printed book, the consent of the Committee must be previously obtained. 13. — Persons not being Members of the Society may be admitted for a period not exceeding one week, to consult printed books and manuscripts not of a private nature in the Society's Library, for any special purpose, on being introduced by a Member, either personally...
Page 73 - A. Fortresses partly inaccessible by reason of precipices, cliffs, or water, defended in part only by artificial works. B. Fortresses on hill-tops with artificial defences, following the natural line of the hill.
Page 8 - Society has to record with regret the loss by death of the following members : —
Page 50 - defacing, destroying and prostrating the churches, cloisters, belfreys and other buildings of the late monasteries.' " They had orders to spare only those buildings which could be used for farms or other purposes. There were few to buy up the materials of the numerous monasteries of Lincolnshire, and one of the Commissioners there recommended that the walls should be left standing as a quarry for future sales of...
Page 222 - ... by any other Member; nor in any case shall any book be retained for a longer period than three months. 8. — Every Member who shall borrow any book out of the Library shall be responsible to the Society for its safety and good condition from the time of its leaving the Library ; also if he borrow any book or manuscript within the Library, till it shall be returned by him. And in case of loss or damage, he shall replace the same or make it good ; or, if required by the Committee, shall furnish...
Page 221 - All cost of the packing, and of the transmission and return of the book or books borrowed, shall in every case be defrayed by the Member who shall have borrowed the same. 7. — No book borrowed out of the Library shall be retained for a longer period than one month, if the same be applied for in the meantime by any other Member ; nor in any case shall any book be retained for a longer period than three months. 8. — Every Member who shall borrow any book out of the Library shall be responsible...

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