BY-LAWS OF THE  SOCIETY,
 

ADOPTED   DECEMBER   5th,   1894,
 

ARTICLE    I,
Name and Object.

Section i. The name of this organization shall be The
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City
OF New York,

Sec. 2, The general objects of the said Society shall be those
specified in the charter, namely: " The cultivation of a feeling
of fraternity and brotherhood among its members; the support
of indigent members, and of their widows and minor children,
if indigent; the maintaining of a library and reading-rooms for
the benefit of members, mechanics, apprentices and of the
working class generally; the supporting of a school where such
instruction may be given to respectable males and females as
will better enable them to earn a livelihood, and for the dissem¬
ination of literary and scientific knowledge by the instru¬
mentality of lectures or other means of intellectual improve¬
ment."

ARTICLE II,

Meetings.

Sec. I. Regular meetings of the Society shall be held on
the first Wednesday of each month (except the months of
August and September), at 8 o'clock p. m. The meeting in
January shall be known as the annual meeting.