Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Volume 53The Society, 1908 |
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Page 225 - Society shall not be entitled to pledge the credit of the Parent Society in any manner whatsoever. 8. — The authority given by the Council may at any time be withdrawn by them, subject always to an appeal to a General Meeting. 9. — Every Branch Society shall send its Publications and the Programmes of its Meetings to the Parent Society, and in return shall receive a free copy of the Parent Society's Proceedings. 10. — If on any discovery being made of exceptional interest a Branch Society shall...
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Page 223 - August inclusive, and during the remaining months of the year until Four o'clock. 2. — Every Member of the Society whose annual Subscription shall not be more than three months in arrears may borrow out of the Library not more than two volumes at a time, and may exchange any of the borrowed volumes for others as often as he may please, but so that he shall not have more than two in his possession at any one time. 3. — Every application by any Member who shall not attend in person for the loan...
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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...