BY-LAWS - of The George Edwin Kirk Post No. 25 The American Legion AMERICAN LEGION REVISED TO MAY 1973 These by-laws were unanimously adopted by the members present at the annual meeting of the Post held on October 7, 1940 attest:- J. Albert Stevens Adjutant Revised by unanimous vote of members present at a regular meeting of the Post held on May 3, 1971. Attest:- JAMES T. LOFGREN, SR. Adjutant Revised by unanimous vote of members present at a regular meeting of the Post in May 1973. Attest:- MORRIS M. GILLEY Adjutant BY-LAWS of THE GEORGE EDWIN KIRK POST NO. 25 THE AMERICAN LEGION ARTICLE I. NAME The name of this organization shall be the "George Edwin Kirk Post No. 25, The American Legion," and its location shall be at Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine. ARTICLE II. OBJECTS The purposes of this organization are to act as a Post of The American Legion under the national and departmental rules and regulations of that organization, as amended and to be amended, and as such to take and hold by purchase, sale, lease, gift, devise or bequest, real and personal property; to purchase, sell, lease and exchange real and personal estate necessary for the conduct of said Post, and to perform all acts necessary or incident to the above named purposes and necessary and incident thereto to carry out the aims and objects of The American Legion. ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP Section 1. ELIGIBILITY: "A. Any person shall be eligible for membership in the George Edwin Kirk Post No. 25 who was a member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Air Force of the United States and assigned to active duty at some time during any of the following periods: April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918; December 7, 1941, to September 2, 1945; June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953; August 5, 1964, to the date of cessation of hostilities as determined by the 1 These by-laws were unanimously adopted by the members present at the annual meeting of the Post held on October 7, 1940 attest:- J. Albert Stevens Adjutant Revised by unanimous vote of members present at a regular meeting of the Post held on May 3, 1971. Attest:- JAMES T. LOFGREN, SR. Adjutant Revised by unanimous vote of members present at a regular meeting of the Post in May 1973. Attest:- MORRIS M. GILLEY Adjutant BY-LAWS of THE GEORGE EDWIN KIRK POST NO. 25 THE AMERICAN LEGION ARTICLE I. NAME The name of this organization shall be the "George Edwin Kirk Post No. 25, The American Legion," and its location shall be at Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine. ARTICLE II. OBJECTS The purposes of this organization are to act as a Post of The American Legion under the national and departmental rules and regulations of that organization, as amended and to be amended, and as such to take and hold by purchase, sale, lease, gift, devise or bequest, real and personal property; to purchase, sell, lease and exchange real and personal estate necessary for the conduct of said Post, and to perform all acts necessary or incident to the above named purposes and necessary and incident thereto to carry out the aims and objects of The American Legion. ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP Section 1. ELIGIBILITY: "A. Any person shall be eligible for membership in the George Edwin Kirk Post No. 25 who was a member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Air Force of the United States and assigned to active duty at some time during any of the following periods: April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918; December 7, 1941, to September 2, 1945; June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953; August 5, 1964, to the date of cessation of hostilities as determined by the 1 GEO. EDWIN KIRK POST NO. 25 is dropped from the roll by constitutional mandate and the membership forfeited. ARTICLE IX. QUORUMS Eleven members of the Post, including one qualified to preside, shall constitute a quorum of the Post, and a majority of the members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum of the Executive Committee. ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS Section 1. RESOLUTIONS. - All resolutions of State or National scope, presented to this Post by a member or reported to this Post by a committee shall merely embody the opinion of this Post on the subject and copy of same shall be forwarded to Department Headquarters for approval before any publicity is given or action taken other than mere passage by the Post. Section 2. DELEGATES. - Delegates and alternates to a Department Convention shall be elected by ballot by the Post at a meeting held at least twenty days prior to the date of such convention. ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENTS These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular meeting of this organization, by a three-fourths vote of those voting, provided: that the proposed amendment has been previously approved by the Executive Committee, and that a written notice shall have been mailed to all members at least a week in advance to the date when such amendment is to be voted upon, notifying said members that at such meeting a proposal to amend the by-laws is to be voted upon. 10 BY-LAWS PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION For God and country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the Great War; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. 11 GEO. EDWIN KIRK POST NO. 25 is dropped from the roll by constitutional mandate and the membership forfeited. ARTICLE IX. QUORUMS Eleven members of the Post, including one qualified to preside, shall constitute a quorum of the Post, and a majority of the members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum of the Executive Committee. ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS Section 1. RESOLUTIONS. - All resolutions of State or National scope, presented to this Post by a member or reported to this Post by a committee shall merely embody the opinion of this Post on the subject and copy of same shall be forwarded to Department Headquarters for approval before any publicity is given or action taken other than mere passage by the Post. Section 2. DELEGATES. - Delegates and alternates to a Department Convention shall be elected by ballot by the Post at a meeting held at least twenty days prior to the date of such convention. ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENTS These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular meeting of this organization, by a three-fourths vote of those voting, provided: that the proposed amendment has been previously approved by the Executive Committee, and that a written notice shall have been mailed to all members at least a week in advance to the date when such amendment is to be voted upon, notifying said members that at such meeting a proposal to amend the by-laws is to be voted upon. 10 BY-LAWS PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION For God and country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the Great War; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness. 11