be entered with place and date of birth, place and date of first residence in Michigan, present residence, with a blank for place and date of death, which blank shall be filled out by the secretary at the decease of any member. He shall, under the direction of the Board of Trustees, have the immediate custody of all the books, papers, documents, property and effects of the society and shall cause the same to be properly listed and catalogued in books prepared for that purpose, which shall be indexed. He shall draw warrants on the treasurer for the payment of properly audited accounts and shall take and preserve proper vouchers therefor and perform such other duties as may be required by the Board of Trustees or by-laws.

SEC. 4. The treasurer shall have the custody of all monies and funds of the society. He shall keep an account of all receipts and disbursements and make report thereof at each annual meeting and when required so to do by the Board of Trustees. If required by the Board he shall give bonds in such amount and with such sureties as the Board shall require.

SEC. 5. At any meeting of the Board of Trustees the secretary may make a requisition for such a sum of money as he shall estimate will be needed to meet the current bills for the six months next ensuing and. present the same, together with the items of his estimate to the Board of Trustees and said Board may authorize the secretary to draw a warrant upon the treasurer for such an amount of money as in the judgment of the Board will be needed to pay current bills. Provided, no second requisition shall be made until satisfactory vouchers for the expenditures of the first shall have been submitted to and approved by the Board. The Board of Trustees may also authorize the treasurer to pay on monthly vouchers, duly certified by the secretary, the salary of all employees which have been authorized by the Board of Trustees by resolution duly entered of record and certified to the treasurer. Except as above provided the treasurer shall pay no money out of the treasury except upon the express order of the Board of Trustees duly certified by the chairman and secretary.

SEC. 6. The Board of Trustees shall meet annually on the first day appointed for the annual meeting of the society and at such other times as the Board shall deem expedient. It shall select all employees and fix their compensation. It may elect one of its members chairman to act in the absence or disability of the president. It shall designate the time of holding the annual meeting and cause at least fifteen days notice thereof to be given in the newspapers of the state having a general cir

culation therein, and may call such extra meetings of the society at such time and place as the Board may deem advisable on giving like notice. SEC. 7. Vacancies in the office of president, secretary, treasurer or Board of Trustees may be filled until the next annual meeting by the Board of Trustees.

SEC. 8. The Committee of Historians shall prepare the programs for the public meetings and arrange for the reading of papers. It shall have charge of the publication of the papers of the society, Provided, no paper shall be published unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Trustees and Committee of Historians sitting in joint meeting. The Committee of Historians may call upon the secretary for assistance in the performance of its duties.

SEC. 9. The Board of Trustees may authorize the president to appoint additional committees, whose duties shall be defined by the resolution authorizing such appointment.

SEC. 10. Any local or county Pioneer and Historical Society may elect one of its members to the office of honorary vice-president of this society and upon the filing of his credentials with the secretary the person so elected shall be recognized as entitled to such position and the president may call upon such honorary vice-presidents at his discretion to preside at any meeting of the society or to perform such other duties as he may designate. The vice-presidents so appointed are expected to be active in their various localities and counties in promoting the object of this society.

SEC. 11. These by-laws may be amended by the vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees at any regular meeting. Provided, not less than twenty days' notice shall be given to each member of the Board before such amendment shall be acted upon.

Hon. Peter White

Died at Detroit

June sixth

Nineteen hundred eight

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RESOLUTION OF THE MICHIGAN PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON THE DEATH OF PETER WHITE OF MARQUETTE.

Departed this life at Detroit, June 6, 1908, the Hon. Peter White of Marquette; member of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society from its organization; former vice president, and for many years a member of the Committee of Historians.

The board of trustees of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, convened in special meeting, remembering the high character and abil ities of the Hon. Peter White, his great public spirit, his standing as one of the foremost of our citizens, his courage as a pioneer in the earliest settlement of the iron region of Michigan, and his profound interest in the subject of history-places on record its sorrow at his death and its sense of the great loss this commonwealth has sustained thereby. Mr. White's activities were widespread and comprehensive; he excelled in many things and not least in the liberal scope of his mind and intellect. Indefatigable in the pursuit of knowledge, and with an intuitive perception of the worth of historical material lying at hand-he has enriched our archives with invaluable annals. Possessed of fine literary talent his writings are marked by spirited characterization, and the same engaging sprightliness and humor which made him notable in public or private gatherings.

A frequent contributor to the published volumes of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, often quoted or referred to by other writers-the indexes to these many volumes bear sufficient testimony to Peter White's industry and his position as an authority on the subjects he discussed.

Considering his busy life, the wide reach and absorbing nature of his private affairs, his official duties, and his attention to the public matters of his time, local, state and general-it is surprising to note how prolific his pen has been.

We express the gratitude of this society for his long years of unselfish labor in its behalf, and to mention only those articles which pertain to the discovery, the development and the growth of iron mining in Michiganwe feel that posterity will also acknowledge its indebtedness to Peter White for the study he devoted to the preparation of the papers on the "Iron Region of Lake Superior", "The Iron Industry", and "Paper Money in the Iron Country", contained in volumes VII, VIII and XXXV, of the publications of our society.

PROCLAMATION OF 1763.1

BY THE KING.

George R.

WHEREAS We have taken into Our Royal Consideration the extensive and valuable Acquisitions in America, secured to our Crown by the late Definitive Treaty of Peace concluded at Paris, the 10th Day of February last; and being desirous that all Our loving Subjects, as well of our Kingdom as of our Colonies in America, may avail themselves with all convenient Speed, of the great Benefits and Advantages which must accrue therefrom to their Commerce, Manufactures, and Navigation, We have thought fit, with the Advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby to publish and declare to all our loving Subjects, that we have, with the Advice of our Said Privy Council, granted our Letters Patent, under our Great seal of Great Britian, to erect, within the countries and Islands ceded and confirmed to Us by the said Treaty, Four distinct and separate Governments, styled and called by the names of Quebec, East Florida, West Florida and Grenada, and limited and bounded as follows, viz:

First-The Government of Quebec bounded on the Labrador Coast by the River St. John, and from thence by a Line drawn from the Head of that River through the Lake St. John, to the South end of the Lake Nipissim; from whence the said Line, crossing the River St. Lawrence, and the Lake Champlain, in 45. Degrees of North Latitude, passes along the High Lands which divide the Rivers that empty themselves into the said River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Sea; and also along the North Coast of the Baye des Chaleurs, and the Coast of the Gulph of St. Lawrence to Cape Rosieres, and from thence crossing the Mouth of the River St. Lawrence by the West End of the Island of Anticosti, terminates at the aforesaid River of St. John.

Secondly-The Government of East Florida, bounded to the Westward by the Gulph of Mexico and the Apalachicola River; to the Northward by a Line drawn from that part of the said River where the Chatahouchee and Flint Rivers meet, to the source of St. Mary's River, and by the

1Reprinted from Canadian Archives Report, 1906, p. 119.