NEW ENGLAND WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION. OFFICERS 1885-6. President, ROBERT C. P. COGGESHALL, New Bedford, Mass. Vice-Presidents, WM B. SHERMAN, Providence, R. I. WM. R. BILLINGS, Taunton, Mass. SHERMAN E. GRANNIS, New Haven, Conn. F. H. PARKER, Burlington, Vt. Secretary, ALBERT S. GLOVER, Newton, Mass. Treasurer, EDWIN DARLING, Pawtucket, R. I. Executive Committee, The above named officers with GEORGE A. ELLIS, Springfield, Mass. Finance Committee, GEORGE E. BATCHELDER, Worcester, Mass. The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Association will be holden at New Bedford, Mass., on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 16, 17 and 18, 1886; the following topics have been assigned for consideration: 1st. The Discharge of Mains as determined by the Pressure Gauge. Paper by Geo. A. Ellis, C. E., City Engineer and Water 2d. Information Relative to the Best Type of Water Power Pumping Machinery. Paper by Col. J. T. Fanning, C. E., Manchester. N. H. 3d. Proportions and General Treatment of Artificial Reservoirs. Paper by Alphonse Fteley, C. E., Executive Engineer 4th. Rainfall; the Amount Available for Water Supply. 5th. Water Waste. Paper by Dexter Brackett, C. E., Asst. City Engineer, NEW ENGLAND WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION. PREAMBLE, CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. PREAMBLE. We, the undersigned, desirous of forming an Association for the exchange of information pertaining to the management of "Water Works," for the mutual benefit of consumers and "Water Companies," and for the purpose of securing economy and uniformity in the operation of Water Works, do hereby associate ourselves and adopt the following CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. ARTICLE I. NAME AND OBJECTS. SECTION 1. The name of the Association shall be "The New England Water Works Association." SECT. 2. The object of the Association shall be the promotion and advancement of knowledge, scientific and practical, in all matters relating to the construction and management of "Water Works" and the destribution and consumption of water, the establishment and maintenance of a spirit of "fraternity" between the members of the Association, by social intercourse and by friendly interchange of information and ideas on the before-mentioned subjects. ARTICLE II. SECT 1. The members of this Association shall consist of two classes,-Active members and Associate members. SECT. 2. To be eligible as an Active member, a person must be a Superintendent, Registrar, Secretary, Treasurer or Engineer of a Water company. SECT. 3. Active members shall pay an initiation fee of five dollars, and shall pay the sum of two dollars annually thereafter, which sum shall be paid in advance. SECT. 4. No member whose annual payment shall be in arrears one year shall be entitled to vote or participate in the deliberations of the Association. SECT. 5. Any member may retire from membership by giving written notice of his desire to the Secretary and by the payment of all annual dues to that date, but he shall remain a member and be liable to the payment of annual dues till such payments are made. SECT. 6. A member may be expelled from the Association after due notice to him by a report and motion to that effect made by the executive committee at a general meeting of the Association. The vote shall be by ballot and shall require two-thirds of the votes cast for its adoption. ARTICLE III. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. SECT. 1. Persons or firms engaged in furnishing materials for the construction and maintenance of Water Works desiring to join the Association may be admitted as members by the usual form on the payment of ten dollars; their annual dues shall be five dollars, and they shall be entitled to one representative at each meeting, but shall not be entitled to vote or take part in any discussion unless permission be given by the meeting. ARTICLE IV. SECT. 1. All candidates for membership shall be proposed by a member of the executive committee, and notice thereof shall be given by the Secretary to the Association for its action. The election of an applicant for membership shall be by ballot, and each person shall receive two-thirds of the number of ballots cast to be elected. SECT. 2. If any application for membership, on being balloted for, be rejected, no notice shall be taken of the application or record of the same be made in the minutes, and the admission fee shall be returned. SECT. 3. New members shall be formally introduced to the Association by the presiding officer, after being elected; they shall subscribe their names to the Constitution of the Association, in a roll-book of the same, and they shall each at the same time receive a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association. ARTICLE V. OFFICERS. SECT. 1. The officers shall consist of a President, five Vice Presi dents, Secretary and Treasurer, to be elected annually by ballot. |