Excerpt from The Charter Constitution and Rules of the General Society of the War of 1812: With the Register of Membership, March 1, 1894; Organized at Philadelphia, Pa;, January 9, 1854; Incorporated November 19, 1892 Fifth - The Society shall have power to adopt a constitution and rules for its government to carry out the objects above set forth, and such similar objects as are not antagonistic to the laws of the United States or of any Commonwealth in the Union, or of the welfare or happiness of the people thereof. 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.