Seventy-fifth Anniversary Report of the Georgia Historical Society, Containing Annual Reports of Officers, Anniversary Addresses, Bibliography of the Society, List of Officers and Members, Constitution and By-law, Acts of Incorporation, Miss Telfair's Trust Deed, Extract from the Telfar Will, Etc |
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... State or of the United States , as shall from time to time be necessary and
expedient , and to annex to the breach thereof such penalty , by fine , suspension
or expulsion , as they may deem fit , and to purchase , take , receive , hold and
enjoy ...
... State or of the United States , as shall from time to time be necessary and
expedient , and to annex to the breach thereof such penalty , by fine , suspension
or expulsion , as they may deem fit , and to purchase , take , receive , hold and
enjoy ...
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He shall preserve on file all communications received by him and keep a copy of
all communications sent by him . It shall furthermore be his duty to read at each
annual meeting such portions or abstracts of his correspondence as the ...
He shall preserve on file all communications received by him and keep a copy of
all communications sent by him . It shall furthermore be his duty to read at each
annual meeting such portions or abstracts of his correspondence as the ...
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To the end of receiving and considering the reports of this Committee , of
supervising the expenditures for the Library and the Academy and generally
administering the trust fund ; of devising , modifying and maturing a scheme to
carry into ...
To the end of receiving and considering the reports of this Committee , of
supervising the expenditures for the Library and the Academy and generally
administering the trust fund ; of devising , modifying and maturing a scheme to
carry into ...
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By faith our fathers , when they were called to go out into a place which they
should afterward receive for an inheritance , obeyed ; and went out , not knowing
whither they went . By faith they sojourned in the land of promise , as in a strange
...
By faith our fathers , when they were called to go out into a place which they
should afterward receive for an inheritance , obeyed ; and went out , not knowing
whither they went . By faith they sojourned in the land of promise , as in a strange
...
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These all , having obtained a good report through faith , received not the
recompense , God having provided some better thing for us , that they without us
should not be made perfect . ” Men and women of Georgia , the history of the
Hebrew ...
These all , having obtained a good report through faith , received not the
recompense , God having provided some better thing for us , that they without us
should not be made perfect . ” Men and women of Georgia , the history of the
Hebrew ...
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Page 50 - These all died in Faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Page 50 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise : for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is GOD.
Page 88 - A state of the province of Georgia, attested upon oath in the court of Savannah, November 10, 1740 [by W.
Page 5 - Philadelphia, be, and shall be, for ever hereafter, persons able and capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 6 - AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this act shall be and is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be construed...
Page 73 - The Georgia Historical Society was incorporated by a statute of the 19th of December, 1839, the preamble of which recites that "the members of a society instituted in the City of Savannah for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and diffusing information relating to the history of the State of Georgia in particular, and of American history generally, have applied for an act of incorporation.
Page 10 - ... trust to keep and preserve the same, with the collection therein, and other books and works of art to be purchased by the officers of the society out of the income of a fund bequeathed by the devisor for the purpose, " as a public edifice for a library and academy of arts and sciences...
Page 20 - Librarian shall keep a record of their proceedings — and be entrusted, in general, with the custody, care and increase, of whatever comes within the province of their appointed duty. 8. The Committee on Printing and Publishing, shall prepare for publication whatever documents or collections shall be ordered, by the Society — shall contract for, and supervise the printing of the same, and shall furnish the Recording Secretary and Librarian, with such blank notices, summonses, labels, &c.
Page 6 - ... thousand dollars in value, but the clear annual income of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars...
Page 6 - Provided, however, that the funds of the said corporation shall be used and appropriated to the promotion of the objects stated in the preamble to this Act, and those only.