THE NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE

OF

MINING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.

BYE-LAWS

PASSED AT A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON THE 8TH OF JUNE, 1889.

I.-CONSTITUTION.

1.-The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers shall consist of Members, Associate Members, and Honorary Members. The Institute shall in addition comprise Associates and Students.

2.-The Officers of the Institute, other than the Treasurer and the Secretary, shall be elected from the Members and Associate Members, and shall consist of a President, six Vice-Presidents, and eighteen Councillors, who, with the Treasurer and the Secretary (if Members of the Institute) shall constitute the Council.

All Past-Presidents shall be ex-officio Members of the Council, so long as they continue Members or Associate Members of the Institute; and Vice-Presidents who have not been re-elected or have become ineligible from having held office for three consecutive years, shall be ex-officio Members of the Council for the following year.

II.—QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS, ASSOCIATE MEMBERS, HONORARY MEMBERS, ASSOCIATES, AND STUDENTS.

3.-MEMBERS. Every candidate for admission into the class of Members, or for transfer into that class, shall come within the following conditions:He shall be more than twenty-three years of age, have been regularly educated as a Mining or Mechanical Engineer, or in some other branch of Engineering, according to the usual routine of pupilage, and have had subsequent employment for at least two years in some responsible situation as an Engineer, or if he has not undergone the usual routine of pupilage, he must have been employed or have practised as an Engineer for at least five years. This class shall also comprise every person who was an Ordinary Member, Life Member, or Student on the first of August, 1877.

4.-ASSOCIATE MEMBERS shall be persons connected with or interested in Mining or Engineering, and not practising as Mining or Mechanical Engineers, or in some other branch of Engineering.

5.-HONORARY MEMBERS shall be persons who have distinguished themselves by their literary or scientific attainments, or who have made important communications to the Society.

6.--ASSOCIATES shall be persons acting as under-viewers, undermanagers, or in other subordinate positions in mines, or employed in analogous positions in other branches of Engineering.

7.-STUDENTS shall be persons who are qualifying themselves for the profession of Mining or Mechanical Engineering, or other branch of Engineering, and such persons may continue Students until they attain the age of twenty-five years.

III.--ELECTION AND EXPULSION OF MEMBERS.

8. Any person desirous of becoming a Member, an Associate Member, an Associate, or a Student, shall be proposed according to the Forms A, B, C, or D respectively in the Appendix, in which Form the name, usual residence, and qualifications of the candidate shall be distinctly specified The Form must be signed by the proposer and at least two other Member, or Associate Members, certifying a personal knowledge of the candidate.

Any person qualified to become an Honorary Member shall be proposed according to the Form E in the Appendix, in which Form the names usual residence, and qualifications of the candidate shall be distinctly stated. This Form must be signed by the proposer and at least five other Members or Associate Members, certifying a personal knowledge of the candidate, and the Council shall have the power of defining the time during which, and the circumstances under which the candidate shall be an Honorary Member.

Any Associate or Student desirous of becoming a Member, shall be proposed and recommended according to the Form F in the Appendix, in which Form the name, usual residence, and qualifications of the candidate shall be distinctly specified. This Form must be signed by the proposer and at least two other Members, or Associate Members, certifying a personal knowledge of the candidate, and the proposal shall then be treated in the manner hereinafter described.

Every proposal shall be delivered to the Secretary, and by him submitted to the next meeting of the Council, who, on approving the qualifications, shall determine if the candidate is to be presented for ballot, and if it is so determined, the Chairman of the Council shall sign

such proposal. The same shall be read at the next Ordinary General Meeting, and afterwards be exhibited in the Institute's Hall until the following Ordinary General Meeting, when the candidate shall be balloted for.

A Student may become an Associate at any time after attaining the age of twenty-one years.

9.—The balloting shall be conducted in the following manner :-Each Member or Associate Member attending the meeting at which a ballot is to take place, shall be supplied (on demand) with a list of the names of the persons to be balloted for, according to the Form G in the Appendix, and shall strike out the names of such candidates as he desires shall not be elected, and return the list to the scrutineers appointed by the presiding Chairman for the purpose, and such scrutineers shall examine the lists so returned, and inform the meeting what elections have been made. No candidate shall be elected unless he secures the votes of two-thirds of the Members and Associate Members voting.

10.-Notice of election shall be sent to every person within one week after his election, according to the Form H in the Appendix, enclosing at the same time a copy of Form I, which shall be returned by the person elected, signed, and accompanied with the amount of his annual subscription, or life composition, within two months from the date of such election, which otherwise shall become void.

11. Every Member having signed a declaration in the Form I, and having likewise made the proper payment, shall receive a certificate of his election, according to the Form J.

12.-Any Member, Associate Member, Associate, or Student elected at any meeting between the Annual Meetings shall be entitled to all Transactions issued in the Institute's year, so soon as he has signed and returned Form I, and paid his subscription.

13.-The Transactions of the Institute shall not be forwarded to those whose subscriptions are in arrear on the 1st of May in each year.

14. Any person whose subscription is more than one year in arrear shall be reported to the Council, who shall direct application to be made for it, according to the Form K in the Appendix, and in the event of its continuing one month in arrear after such application, the Council shall have the power, after remonstrance by letter to his last recorded address in the books of the Society, according to the Form L in the Appendix, of declaring that the defaulter has ceased to be a Member.

15.-In case the expulsion of any person shall be judged expedient by ten or more Members, or Associate Members, and they think fit to

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draw up and sign a proposal requiring such expulsion, the same being delivered to the Secretary, shall be by him laid before the next meeting of the Council for consideration. If the Council, after due inquiry, do not find reason to concur in the proposal, no entry thereof shall be made in any minutes, nor shall any public discussion thereon be permitted, unless by requisition signed by one-half of the Members or Associate Members of the Institute; but if the Council do find good reason for the proposed expulsion, they shall direct the Secretary to address a letter, according to the Form M in the Appendix, to the person proposed to be expelled, advising him to withdraw from the Institute. If that advice be followed, no entry on the minutes nor any public discussion on the subject shall be permitted; but if that advice be not followed, nor an explanation given which is satisfactory to the Council, they shall call a General Meeting for the purpose of deciding on the question of expulsion; and if a majority of the Members and Associate Members present at such meeting (provided the number so present be not less than forty) vote that such person be expelled, the Chairman of that meeting shall declare the same accordingly, and the Secretary shall communicate the same to the person, according to the Form N in the Appendix.

IV. SUBSCRIPTIONS.

16. The annual subscription of each Member and Associate Member shall be £2 2s., of each Associate and Student £1 1s., payable in advance, and shall be considered due on election, and afterwards on the first Saturday in August of each year.

17. Any Member or Associate Member may, at any time, compound for all future subscriptions by a payment of £25, or on such other conditions as the Council may, in writing, accept. Every person so compounding shall be a Member or an Associate Member for life, as the case may be. Any Associate Member so compounding who may afterwards be qualified to become a Member, may do so, by election, in the manner described in Bye-law 8.

18.-In case any Member, Associate Member, or Associate who has been long distinguished in his professional career, becomes unable, from ill-health, advanced age, or other sufficient cause, to carry on a lucrative practice, the Council may, on the report of a Sub-Committee appointed by them for that purpose, if they find good reason for the remission of the annual subscription, so remit it. They may also remit any arrears which are due from a Member, or they may accept from him a collection of books, or drawings, or models, or other contributions, in lieu of the

composition mentioned in Bye-law 17, and may thereupon release him from any or all future subscriptions, and permit him to resume his former rank in the Institute.

19. Owners of Collieries, Engineers, Manufacturers, Railway Companies, and Employers of labour generally, may subscribe annually to the funds of the Institute, and each such subscriber of £2 2s. annually shali be entitled to tickets to admit two persons to the rooms, library, meetings, lectures, and public proceedings of the Society; and for every additional £2 2s., subscribed annually, two other persons shall be admissible; and each such subscriber shall also be entitled for each £2 2s. subscription to have a copy of the Transactions of the Institute sent to him.

V.-ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

20. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Councillors shall be elected at the Annual Meeting in August (except in cases of vacancies) and shall be eligible for re-election to any office, with the exception of any President who may have held office for the two immediately preceding years, or Vice-President who may have held office for the three immediately preceding years, and such six Councillors as may have attended the fewest Council Meetings during the past year, and when any such attendances are equal, the Council shall decide between them; but any such Member or Associate Member shall be eligible for re-election after being one year out of office.

Any Retiring Vice-President or Councillor who may be ineligible for re-election shall nevertheless be eligible to any other office.

21. Each Member, and Associate Member, shall be at liberty to nominate in writing, and send to the Secretary not less than eight days prior to the Ordinary General Meeting in June, a list, duly signed, of Members and Associate Members suitable to fill the offices of President, Vice-Presidents, and Members of Council, for the ensuing year. The Council shall prepare a list of the persons so nominated, together with the names of the Officers for the current year eligible for re-election, and of such other Members and Associate Members as they deem suitable for the various offices. Such list shall comprise the names of not less than thirty persons. The list so prepared by the Council shall be submitted to the General Meeting in June, and shall be the balloting list for the annual election in August. (See Form O in the Appendix.) A copy of this list shall be posted at least seven days previous to the Annual Meeting, to every Member and Associate Member, who may erase any name or names from the list, and substitute the name or names of any other