We trust that the Members will assist them in this very
desirable object; and especially that Members resident in the country
will transmit their subscriptions at once to the Treasurer by Post
Office orders. The adoption of this course has been suggested by several
of the Local Secretaries; and it is obvious that it will greatly lessen
the troublesome and not very agreeable duties, which are thrown upon
those officers by the present practice, will lessen the number of
mistakes, and will greatly promote the prosperity of the Society.
Dated the 30th April, 1842.
(Signed)
LANCELOT SHARPE.
B. CORNEY.
LAWS OF THE CAMDEN SOCIETY,
Adopted at the General Meeting, May 2, 1842.
I. That the Society shall be entitled "THE CAMDEN SOCIETY, for the
Publication of Early Historical and Literary Remains."
II. That the objects of the Society shall be, First, the publication of
inedited Manuscripts; Second, the reprinting of Works of sufficient
rarity and importance to make Reprints desirable; and Third, the
publication of Translations of Historical Works not previously rendered
into English.
III. That the Society shall consist of One Thousand Two Hundred Members,
being Subscribers of One Pound annually; such Subscription to be paid in
advance, on or before the first day of May in every year.
IV. That the management of the affairs of the Society shall be vested in
a President and a Council consisting of fifteen Members, which President
and Council shall be elected annually by the Society at large, at a
General Meeting to be held on the 2nd day of May, being the Anniversary
of Camden's birth; or on the Monday following, when the 2nd of May shall
happen to fall upon a Sunday.
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