Excerpt from Constitution of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association: Instituted March 15, 1795, and Incorporated March 8, 1806 Sec. 3. Every person to become a member must be twenty-one years Of age, Of good moral character, be approved by the Government, receive two thirds Of the votes Of the members present at a regular meeting Of the Association, pay to the Secretary such admission fees as the regulations may require, and within ninety days subscribe to the Constitution. Sec. 4. The officers of this Association shall be a President, vice-president, Treasurer, twelve Trustees, and a Secretary; and they shall consti tute and be denominated The Government of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.