Excerpt from Constitution and by-Laws and List of Members: July, 1903 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: section 1. George M. Dexter, Simeon Borden. William P. Parrott, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of The Boston Society of Civil Engineers, for the purpose of promoting science and instruction in the department of Civil Engineering, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties liabilities, and restrictions set. Forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. 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.