Laoithe Fiannuigheachta Fenian Poems PDF Download

Excerpt from Laoithe Fiannuigheachta: Or, Fenian Opems 1. That the Society shall be called the Ossianic Society, and that its object shall be the publication of Irish Manuscripts relating to the Fenian period of our history, and other historical documents, with literal translations and notes. 2. That the management of the Society shall be vested in a President, Vice-presidents, and Council, each of whom must necessarily be an Irish scholar. The President, Vice-presidents, and Council of the Society shall be elected annually by the members, at a General Meeting, to be held on the Seventeenth Day of March, the Anniversary of the Society, or on the following Monday, in case St. Patrick's Day shall fall on a Sunday Notice of such meeting being given by public advertisement, inviting all the members to attend. 3. That the President and Council shall have power to elect a Treasurer and Secretary from the Members of the Council. 4. The receipts and disbursements of the Society shall be audited annually by two Auditors, elected by the Council; and the Auditors Report shall be published and distributed among the members. 5. In the absence of the President or Vice-President, the Members of Council present shall be at liberty to appoint a Chairman, who will not thereby lose his right to vote. Three members of the Council to form a quorum. 6. The funds of the Society shall be disbursed in payment of expenses incident to discharging the liabilities of the Society, especially in the publication department, and no avoidable expenses shall be incurred. 7. Every member shall be entitled to receive One Copy of the Society's Publications; and twenty extra copies of each work shall be printed for contingencies. 8. The funds of the Society shall be lodged in Bank, in the name of the President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Society, or any three members the Council may deem proper to appoint. 9. The Council shall have power to elect additional members, and fill vacancies in its own body. 10. Members of Council residing at an inconvenient distance from Dublin shall be at liberty to vote by proxy at elections. 11. Membership shall be constituted by the annual payment of Five Shillings, which sum shall become due on the 1st of January in each year. 12. The Ossiantc Society shall publish every year one volume, or more, if their funds enable them, 13. No change shall be made in these Rules, except at a General Meeting, and at the recommendation of the Council; the proposer and seconder of any motion for such change, shall lodge a notice of their intention in writing, with the Secretary, twenty clear days before the day of General Meeting, 14 That all matters relating to the Religious and Political differences prevailing in this country, be strictly excluded from the meetings and publications of the Society. 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.