OF THE Board of Overseers of Harvard College TO WHICH IS APPENDED THE COLLEGE CHARTER WITH SUNDRY ACTS AND INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO THE IN BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF HARVARD College, Resolved, That the Rules and By-Laws of the Board of Overseers as they now stand be printed, and be bound up in the existing books of the Rules, By-Laws, Charter, and other Acts and Instruments relating to the powers and duties of the Overseers, in place of the Rules and By-Laws and their Amendments now in such books, being the first eighteen pages of said books, and the Amendments to the same. Attest: NATHANIEL B. SHURTLEFF, Secretary. IN BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, November 20, 1889. Voted, That the Secretary be requested to have printed a new edition of the Rules and By-Laws of the Board. Attest: ALEXANDER MCKENZIE, Secretary. IN BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, November 19, 1902. Voted, That the Secretary of the Board be instructed to prepare a new and revised edition of the Rules and By-Laws of the Board, and cause the same to be printed, and a copy sent to each member. Attest: WINTHROP H. WADE, IN BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, January 13, 1909. Voted, That the Secretary of the Board be instructed to prepare a new and revised edition of the Rules and By-Laws of the Board, and cause the same to be printed, and a copy sent to each member. Attest: WINTHROP H. WADE, Secretary. RULES AND BY-LAWS OF THE OVERSEERS OF HARVARD COLLEGE OFFICERS SECTION 1. The officers of the Board shall be a President and Secretary. SECT. 2. The President shall be elected by ballot, at each annual meeting; and shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor is chosen, if he so long continues a member of the Board. When a vacancy exists at any other time, it shall be filled for the remainder of the term. In the absence of the President, a president pro tempore shall be chosen by ballot. SECT. 3. The Secretary, who may or may not be a member of the Board, shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting in the year 1868, and every third year thereafter, and shall hold his office for the term of three years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. When a vacancy occurs at any other time, it shall be filled by election for the remainder of the term. In the absence of the Secretary, a secretary pro tempore shall be chosen. MEETINGS SECTION 4. The annual meeting of the Overseers shall be held in Boston on the last Wednesday of September. The other stated meetings shall be held at Cambridge on Commencement Day, and at Boston on the second Wednesdays of January, April, May, October, December, and on the last Wednesday of February in each year, at some central place to be selected by the Secretary, unless designated by the Board. Special meetings will be convened upon application made to the Secretary, in writing, by the President of the Board, by the President or President and Fellows of the College, or by seven or more Overseers, setting forth the object of the meeting, its time and its place, either in Cambridge or Boston. Meetings may be held by adjournment at such times and places as the Board shall order. SECT. 5. Notice of all meetings of the Board shall be given by the Secretary, or in case of his absence, inability, or neglect, or of a vacancy in the office, by the President; the notification of the meeting to specify its time and place, and, if a special one, its object; and to be mailed to the address of each member at least seven days before the time of the meeting. Provided, that in the case of a special meeting, alleged in the application therefor to be one of great urgency, notice will be sufficient if mailed four days before the same. And provided further, that when the Board adjourns to a certain day the Secretary, or in case of his inability the President, shall mail a notice of such adjourned meeting to each member of the Board. SECT. 6. The votes and proceedings of the Overseers, with the names of the members present at each meeting, shall be recorded; and the record shall be produced by the Secretary at the Overseers' meetings. At the opening of every meeting the journal of the preceding meeting shall be read by the Secretary, unless otherwise ordered. SECT. 7. The Secretary shall have a list of the Overseers ready to be produced at any meeting. He shall also acquaint the presiding officer, in writing, what Committees have not reported, and what business is by assignment to come before the Board. SECT. 8. A of not less than nine members quorum shall be requisite for the transaction of any business, except adjourning, or obtaining the attendance of members. SECT. 9. There shall always be presented an attested copy of such votes of the Corporation as are laid before the Overseers for their confirmation; and the Secretary shall, from time to time, and as soon as conveniently may be, deliver to the President of the University an attested copy of the votes of the Overseers, to be by him communicated to the Corporation. SECT. 10. - The Overseers will not receive any votes from the Corporation as to giving degrees on Commence |