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the time and place of the holding of all Courts of the Society and of meetings of the Coun cil, and shall incorporate in said notice the names of all applications for membership, to be voted on at said meetings of the Council, and shall be present at the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society and Council, and shall give notice to each officer who may be affected by them of all votes, resolutions and proceedings of the Society or of the Council, and at the General Court or oftener, shall report the names of those candidates who have been admitted to member- ship and those whose resignations have been accepted, and of those members who have been expelled for cause, or for failure to substantiate claims of descent. In his absence from any meet- ing, a Secretary pro tem may be designated therefor.
ARTICLE IX.
TREASURER.
The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities of the Society, and shall deposit them in some bank, which shall be designated by the Council, to the credit of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, and such funds shall be drawn thence on the checks of the Treasurer for the purpose of the Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by the Society or Council or as his office may require. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, and at each annual meeting render the same to the So- ciety. For the faithful performance of his duty he may be required to give such security as the Society may deem proper.
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ARTICLE X.
REGISTRAR.
The Registrar shall receive from the Secretary and file all the applications and proofs upon which membership has been granted, with a list of all diplomas countersigned by him, and all documents which the council may direct; and he, under the direction of the Council, shall make and retain copies of such papers as the owners may not be willing to leave in the keep- ing of the Society. He shall also be a member of the Committee on Membership.
ARTICLE XI. HISTORIAN.
The Historian shall keep a detailed record of all historical and commemorative celebrations of the Society and he shall edit and prepare, for publication, such historical addresses, papers and other documents as the Society may see fit to publish; also a necrological list of each year, with biographies of deceased members. He shall also be a member of the Committee on Collection of Historical Documents.
ARTICLE XII.
CHAPLAIN.
The Chaplain shall be an ordained minister of a Christian Church, and it shall be his duty to officiate when called upon by the proper officers.
ARTICLE XIII. CHANCELLOR.
The Chancellor shall be a lawyer duly admitted to the bar, and it shall be his duty to give legal opinion on matters affecting the Society when called upon by the proper officers.
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ARTICLE XIV.
SURGEON.
The Surgeon shall be a practising Physician, or hold a diploma from some College of Medicine of established reputation.
ARTICLE XV.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS.
Members shall be elected as follows:
A candidate must be proposed to the Council by one member of the Society, and seconded by another, to both of whom he must be personally known. Such proposal shall give the name and service of the ancestor, on descent from whom the candidate bases his claim for admission to the Society. No member shall, without consent of the Council, propose more than two candidates in any calendar year.
If the Council approve the candidacy by vote of at least four-fifths of the members present, and not otherwise, it shall direct the Secretary to for- ward to the proposer, or to the candidate direct, formal application papers, which, when properly filled up and sworn to by the applicant, shall be sent, with such documents or other proof of quali- fication as the case may require, to the Secretary, who shall transmit them to the Committee on Membership.
The Committee shall carefully investigate the same. If there is any doubt as to the applicant's ancestral qualifications, the case shall be referred by the Committee to the Registrar-General of the General Society for advice. If the applicant be a resident within the jurisdiction of another State Society, his application for membership in this Society shall not be considered without a
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waiver of jurisdiction in writing from the Coun- cil of the State Society within whose jurisdiction he resides. When the Committee have arrived at a conclusion in the case, all the papers in the matter, together with their recommendations or conclusions, shall be forwarded to the Secretary for presentation to the Council, but no applicant shall be recommended for membership who is not personally known to at least one member of the Committee.
The Council may act upon a report of the Membership Committee at any special or stated meeting.
If the report of the Committee on Membership recommend the election of an applicant, then at least ten days before the meeting of the Council at which such application will be voted upon, the Secretary shall mail to each member of the Society the names of all such applicants, and any member having objection to the election of such proposed member may submit his objection in writing to the Secretary, who shall present the same for the consideration and information of the Council at their first meeting after the receipt of said infor- mation; all such communications and any and all matters pertaining thereto, shall be treated as confidential. An applicant for membership re- ceiving two negative votes when such application is voted upon by the Council shall fail of election.
Payment of the initiation fee and dues and sub- scriptions to the Constitution of the General So- ciety of Colonial Wars and to the Constitution and the By-laws of this Society shall be a pre- requisite of membership.
Supplemental applications shall not be consid- ered until the applicant has become a member of
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the Society, when supplemental lines of descent will be acted upon, subject to the above require- ments as to eligibility.
ARTICLE XVI. 1633344
DECLARATION.
Every member shall declare upon honor that he will use his best efforts to promote the pur- poses of the Society of Colonial Wars, and will observe the "Constitution and By-laws" of the same, and of the General Society; and that he will support the Constitution of the United States of America, and of the State of New Jersey. Such declaration shall be in writing and sub- scribed by the member making it.
ARTICLE XVII.
PURPOSES.
At every General Court or meeting of the Council the purposes of the Society shall be con- sidered, and the best measures to promote them adopted. No party political question of the day, or existing controversial religious subject, shall be discussed or considered at any Court of the Society or meeting of the Council.
ARTICLE XVIII.
MEETINGS.
The members of the Society, when practicable, shall hold a celebration commemorative of some martial event in Colonial history, and a banquet shall be held annually under the auspices of the Society.
ARTICLE XIX.
SEAL.
The seal of the Society shall be the Arms of
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the Province, surmounted by a crown, and de- scribed as follows:
Within a beaded amulet· a title scroll 1607- Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, 1775, and in base the motto "Fortiter Pro Patria." Over all a shield bearing the Provin- cial Arms of New Jersey, and surmounted by a crown.
The Secretary shall be the custodian of the Seal.
ARTICLE XX.
INSIGNIA.
SEC. I. The insignia officially adopted by the General Society shall be worn as a decoration only, and in the manner prescribed by the Gen- eral Society, and only on occasions of dress and ceremony, and never as an ornament or article of jewelry, and any member offending against the provisions of this article shall be liable to expul- sion by the Council, in which case his insignia shall be forfeited, and must be returned to the Treasurer, who is authorized to pay such expelled member the cost of same.
SEC. 2. Applications for insignia shall be made through the Treasurer of this Society, who shall keep a record of all insignias issued through him.
SEC. 3. The insignia of any member who may resign or be expelled shall be returned to the Treasurer, except in the case where a member in good standing in this Society resigns therefrom, but retains his membership in any one of the other State Societies in good standing with the General Society. No member shall receive more than one insignia, except to replace one lost, proof
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of which must be satisfactorily established, and the new one paid for.
SEC. 4. The undress insignia shall be a rosette or button of the size designed and quality author- ized and adopted by the General Society.1
ARTICLE XXI.
FLAGS.
The flag of the Society shall consist of the red cross of St. George on a white field, bearing in the centre the escutcheon or seal of the Society.
ARTICLE XXII. COURTS.
A general Court of the Society shall be held in the month of May in each year at such time and place as the Council shall decide. Seven members of the Society shall be a quorum for the transaction of all business, and the proceedings shall be in accordance with parliamentary law.
Special Courts may be called by the Governor at such time, and at such place, as in his opinion the interest of the Society may demand, or as pro- vided for under Article VII.
Notices of the holding of Special Courts must be sent out at least six days before the date of the meeting of the Court.
THE ORDER OF BUSINESS SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
First. Calling to order by the Presiding Officer.
Second. Prayer by Chaplain.
Third. Reading of Minutes.
Fourth. Reports of Officers and Committees.
Fifth. Unfinished Business.
1 See page 42.
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Sixth.
New Business.
Seventh. Communications.
Eighth.
Election of Officers and Committees.
Ninth. Benediction and Adjournment.
ARTICLE XXIII.
DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL SOCIETY.
At the Annual Court held in May, 1899, and at the Annual Court held in May every third year thereafter, this Society shall elect from its members five delegates and five alternates for a term of three years, and until their successors are elected, to represent this Society at all Courts of the General Society held during the term of office of such delegates and alternates. Any va- cancy in the number of delegates by reason of death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the alternates in the order in which their names appeared in the ballot at their election, as tran- scribed in the minutes, and the Council shall have power to fill any vacancy in the number of alternates thus or otherwise caused, to serve until the next Court at which delegates and alternates are elected according to the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE XXIV. MEETINGS OF COUNCIL.
The Council shall meet in January, April, July, and October, at such time and place as they may appoint, either within or without the State of New Jersey. Five members shall constitute a quorum for all business.
The Council shall have the power to call special Courts of the Society and arrange for celebrations by the Society. They shall have control and management of the affairs and funds of the So-
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ciety. They shall at no time be required to take any action or contract any debt for which they shall be liable. They may accept the resignation of any member of the Society.
They may submit to the Society annually a re- port of their proceedings during the past year. The Council shall have the power to drop from the roll the name of any member of the Society who shall be at least two years in arrears, and who shall fail to pay the same within sixty days after notice in writing, and, on being dropped, his membership shall cease; but he may be re- stored to membership at any time by the Council upon his written application and the payment of all arrears to the date of his restoration. The Council may suspend any officer for cause, which must be reported to the Society, and action taken on the same within thirty days by the Society.
ARTICLE XXV. RESIGNATION.
The resignation of a member shall not become effective unless accepted by the Council.
ARTICLE XXVI. DISQUALIFICATIONS.
Any person who may be enrolled as a member of this Society shall not be permitted to continue in membership when his proof of descent or eligi- bility shall be found to be defective.
The Council after thirty days' notice to such person to substantiate his claim, and upon his failure satisfactorily so to do, may require the Secretary to erase his name from the member- ship list.
The said person shall have a right to appeal to
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the Society at its next Court. If the said appeal be sustained by a two-thirds vote of the members present at such Court, the said person's name shall be restored to said membership list.
ARTICLE XXVII. COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP.
Four members shall constitute a quorum, and a negative vote of two members shall cause an ad- verse report to the Council on the candidate's ap- plication. The proceedings of the Committee shall be secret and confidential.
ARTICLE XXVIII.
EXPULSION, SUSPENSION, OR DROPPING FROM THE ROLL.
Any member for conduct detrimental or antag- onistic to the interest or purposes of the Society, or for other just cause, may be suspended or ex- pelled from the Society. But no member shall be expelled or suspended unless written charges be preferred against such member to or by direction of the Council.
The Council shall give thirty days' notice in writing of such charges, and afford such member reasonble opportunity to appear with counsel and be heard and refute the same. The Council, after hearing such charges and refutation, may, by a two-thirds vote, recommend to the Society the suspension or expulsion of such member, and if the recommendation of the Council be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the So- ciety present at such Court, he shall be so sus- pended or expelled, and if expelled, the insignia of said member shall thereupon be returned to the Treasurer of the Society, and his rights
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therein shall be extinguished or suspended. In case of expulsion, the Treasurer shall refund to the said member the amount paid for the said in- signia.
Whenever, for any reason satisfactory to the Society-at-large, the resignation of any member shall be requested by resolution adopted by unan- imous vote of all other members present at a meeting of the society held upon notice specifying that such resolution will be offered, and such mem- ber shall fail or refuse to resign within thirty days after notice of the passage of such resolution, the name of such member shall be dropped from the roll of the Society without the presentation of charges: and in such case the insignia shall be returned and paid for as in case of expulsion.
ARTICLE XXIX. SERVICE OF NOTICE.
It shall be the duty of every member to inform the Secretary by written communication of his place of residence and of any change thereof, and of his post-office address. Service of any notice under the Constitution or By-laws, on any mem- ber, may be made by depositing the same in the mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such member.
ARTICLE XXX. ALTERATIONS OR AMENDMENTS.
No alterations of, or amendment to, this Consti- tution shall be made unless notice specifying the proposed alteration or amendment shall have been given in writing, signed by the member proposing the same at a Court of the Society.
The Secretary shall send a copy of the proposed
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alteration or amendment to each member of the Society, and state the Court at which the same will be voted upon. No amendment or altera- tion of the said amendment shall be made unless adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members present at the Court voting upon the same.
INSIGNIA. INSTRUCTIONS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS.
As supplemental to the directions of Article 17 of the Constitution, the General Council for the sake of uniformity has recommended the following for the guidance of members of the Society throughout the United States.
I. The rosette should be worn in the left lapel of the coat, but never in the overcoat. Where members belong to several orders or societies having rosettes, choice should be made of one rosette; more than one should never be worn at a given time. It is proper to wear rosettes with ordinary house or street dress. No rosette of any order or society should ever be worn at the same time with in- signia.
2. Members of the Society may wear the insignia on the left breast as prescribed in the Constitution. But it is recommended that when the insignia of this Society is used together with the insignia of other orders or societies, the regulations of the United States Government for army officers be understood as applicable to civilians also, as follows: "The badges are to be worn on the left breast of the coat, the tops of the ribbons forming a horizontal line, the outer end of which shall be from two to four inches (according to the height of the wearer) below the upper line of the shoulder." It may be added for information, that the Government regulations further provide that "the ribbons be suspended from a bar of metal passed through their upper ends, and attached to the coat." Such bars of proper pattern can be procured on application to the Treasurer-General.
3. Persons who are or have been State Officers entitled under the Constitution to wear the insignia suspended from a ribbon around the neck, are recommended for the dignity
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of the Society, to so wear it. But this ribbon should be used only with a dress suit or dress uniform. In the case of a dress suit, the insignia should be drawn up to within an inch of the tie. In the case of a uniform it should hang close to the opening of the military collar.
4. Persons who are or have been General officers, or hold or have held such State officers as entitle them to wear the broad ribbon across the breast, are recommended for the dignity of the Society to wear it. But this ribbon should be used only with a dress suit or dress uniform. In case of a dress suit, it should be worn under the waistcoat; in case of a uniform, over the coat. It is recommended that the neck ribbon should not be used at the same time with the broad ribbon. When the latter is worn, the insignia may be suspended from the left breast, or appended to the broad ribbon where the latter crosses the hip.
5. The General Council respectfully points out that the prestige and influence of the Society much depends upon the enthusiastic loyalty of the members everywhere to those great principles which look for origin to American Colonial history. In the multiplication of patriotic societies repre- senting other periods and having different aims from those for which we stand, it is deemed peculiarly important that every member should possess, and should use on all suitable occasions the emblems and insignia of this Society. It is hoped that members who may not have procured in- signia already, will so so. It is desirable that care be exercised and effort be made by all members to see to it, that in what- ever makes for public recognition, this Society shall stand second to none.
EDWARD SHIPPEN,
Treasurer-General.
ADDENDA BY NEW JERSEY SOCIETY.
The faulty wearing of the rosette and insignia of the Society having been called to the attention of the Council of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, it has seemed proper to that body to add the following sug- gestions to members in connection with the foregoing in- structions of the Treasurer-General, to the end that uni- formity and a proper use of the decorations may be observed, and that the dignity of the Society may be maintained.
Note I (see par. I, supra). The rosette is merely
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the undress badge of the Society, and should never be worn either
(a) with evening dress;
(b) with uniform;
(c) with insignia.
It is proper, however, with ordinary dinner coat or cutaway or sack coat.
Note 2 (see par. 2). The insignia, as provided by the constitution shall be worn by the members on all occasions when they assemble for any stated purpose or celebration, "and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony."
Strictest propriety requires that decorations be worn only with full evening dress or with a full dress uniform. There are certain occasions, however, when members of the Society assemble as such in the morning or afternoon, when the insignia should be worn with a black cutaway or frock coat.
It is to be remembered that the insignia should invariably be suspended by its ribbon, and not detached therefrom, and that it is to be worn conspicuously on the left breast, not the left lapel.
Note 3 (see par. 3). The insignia suspended from the neck is not to be worn with the ordinary dinner coat or other coat of informal pattern. The ribbon by which the decora- tion thus worn is to be suspended should lie about the neck superimposed upon the white tie.
The "dress uniform" or "uniform" mentioned in par. 3 is the uniform designated by present army regulations as "full dress" with long tailed coat, and not the "dress" blouse formerly called "undress." The wearing of medals and similar decorations on the blouse is prohibited, and in lieu thereof a bit of the appropriate ribbon, about 1/4 inch wide, is sewed or otherwise fastened to the coat.
Note 4 (see par. 4). The "broad ribbon" referred to in par. 4, should not be worn with dinner coat or with any costume except full evening dress or full dress uniform.
The council heartily concurs in the recommendation of the Treasurer-General that the neck ribbon should never be worn at the same time as the broad ribbon.
It should be remembered generally that the insignia of the Society are never to be worn as articles of jewelry, and that only members of the Society are at liberty to wear them.
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A List
OF
Civil Officers in New Jersey
PRIOR TO
April 19, 1775.
CIVIL OFFICERS IN NEW JERSEY PRIOR TO APRIL 19, 1775.
T the request of the Council of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New A Jersey, the Rev. Professor Charles W. Shields, D.D., LL.D., Chaplain of the So- ciety, assisted by Mr. V. L. Collins, Assistant Librarian of Princeton University, prepared a list of the Civil Officers in New Jersey from whom descent is a qualification for membership in the Society. A like list, with references to the authorities, was pre- pared by Emory Mcclintock, LL.D., Governor of the Society. Comparison has resulted in the correction of errors and omissions, and the list now published is no doubt nearly correct. Many names are now irrecoverable, as the legislative minutes prior to 1703 (for the Council of East New Jersey prior to 1682) have not been preserved.
Officers who are not known to have even tem- porarily resided in New Jersey are omitted, as not having held office "in" the Colony. As the Con- stitution of the Society mentions the office of "Lord Proprietor," those proprietors are omitted who were not of the governing body; that is, for West New Jersey, all except William Penn and Gawen Lawrie are omitted, and for East New Jersey, those only are included who joined in the Surrender, or who are known to have become qualified for a share in the government by the ownership of at least one ninety-sixth part of the province.
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The date given for each office is that of the first year in which the office appears to have been held, so far as has been observed from the records now extant. It is possible that in a few cases two per- sons of the same name may erroneously appear as one person in this list, who have held the same office within a few years of each other. Variations of spelling must be allowed for by the reader, and also aliases, such as Vauquellin and Laprairie, Dalboe and Mattson, Michielsen and Vreeland, Van Winkel and Jacobs.
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ABBREVIATIONS. OFFICES.
P, Proprietor.
G, Governor.
L. G., Lieutenant-Governor.
D. G., Deputy-Governor.
C, Member of Council.
A, Member of Assembly.
AUTHORITIES.
Nos. I to 21, Volumes of N. J. Archives.
No. 30, Leaming and Spicer: "Grants," etc.
31, Journals, House of Representatives, 1703- 1709 (Jersey City, 1872). No. 32, Newark Town Records (Newark, 1864). 33, Records of Woodbridge and Piscataway in Whitehead's Perth Amboy (N. Y., 1856). No. 34, Smith's New Jersey (1765, reprinted 1877). 35, Proceedings, N. J. Historical Society, Vol. V.
ACKERMAN, DAVID : A 1716. 34
ADAMS, JOHN : A 1697. 2
ALEXANDER, JAMES : C 1722. 30
WILLIAM, Earl of
Stirling : C 1656.
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- ALLEN, JEDIDIAH : A 1680. I
ANDERSON, JOHN : C 1713 (act-
ing as governor, 1736).
4
JOHN : A 1761. 35
ANDRESSE, EPHRAIM : A 1686. 13
LAWRENCE : C 1672. I
- ANDROS (SIR), EDMUND : G 1680. I
- ANTILL, EDWARD : P 1686. 2
EDWARD : A 1738, C
I745. 35-6
ARNOLD, RICHARD : A 1685. 30
ASHBROOK, JOHN : A 1697. 2
ASHFIELD, LEWIS MORRIS : C . 1751. 7
ATKINSON, JAMES : A 1697. 2
BACON, JOHN : A 1701. 2
SAMUEL : A 1685. 30 -
BAKER, LEWIS : A 1680. I
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BARCLAY, JOHN : A 1693, P 1687. 13-1
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