Leaque City Historical Society
By-Laws

Article I - Name

The name of the organization will be the League City Historical Society.

Article II - Objective

The League City Historical Society, Inc. ("Society") incorporated under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act for the purpose of:

  • Promoting and preserving the historical value of League City
  • Educating the community on the rich history of the area of League City
  • Fostering a positive community spirit for rebuilding, restoring, and preserving as much of the old and historical area of League City as possible.

Article III - Membership

Section 1. Members must be interested and willing to share in the work of the Society and its projects.

Section 2. Classes of Membership

          Individual
          Family
          Honorary
          Organizational

          Life

Section 3. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP shall entitle one individual to all benefits and privileges associated with membership for one year upon payment of dues. Individual members shall have voice and vote at Society meetings and the ability to hold office per Article VI Section 4.

Section 4. FAMILY MEMBERSHIP shall entitle two adults and any dependent children to all benefits and privileges associated with membership for one year upon payment of dues. Adults shall have voice and vote at Society meetings and ability to hold office.

Section 5. HONORARY MEMBERSHIP will be bestowed by the Board to an individual in recognition of their contributions to the League City Historical Society with out any payment of dues. Members can recommend nominees for honorary membership to the Board who must then approve the nomination by a two-thirds majority. Honorary members shall have voice and vote at Society meetings.

Section 6. ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP shall entitle any one organization to all benefits and privileges associated with membership for one year upon payment of dues. One representative from the organization shall have voice and vote at Society meetings and the ability to hold office.

Section 7. LIFE MEMBERSHIP shall entitle one individual to all benefits and privileges associated with membership for life upon payment of dues. Life members shall have voice and vote at Society meetings and the ability to hold office.

Article IV - Dues

Section 1. Annual dues for Individual Membership shall be $15.00.

Section 2. Annual dues for Family Membership shall be $30.00.

Section 3. Annual dues for Organizational Membership shall be $75.00.

Section 4. Dues for Life Membership shall be $150.00.

Section 5. Membership shall activate immediately upon receipt of dues and remain valid for one year (12 months). The Society shall provide notice of renewal at least one month prior to expiration date. After expiration date, dues unpaid at the end of sixty days will result membership being classified as inactive.

Article V - Meetings

Section 1. Regular meetings of the Society shall be the last Thursday of each month except July and December, when the Society does not convene. In November, the society will meet on the third Thursday of the month.

Section 2. Board meetings shall be called at the discretion of the President at least quarterly. Board meetings may also be called by written request of three members of the Board to the President.

Section 3. The annual meeting of the members of the corporation will be held in November of each year and will include the election of the Board of Directors. At any meeting of the members, ten members will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 4. Annual, regular, or special meetings of the member of the corporation or of the Board of Directors of the corporation may be called by the President or upon written request made by any three directors to the President. Such meetings to be held at the time and place designated in the notice. This notice will be given to the members or to the Directors as applicable by a mailing to the last known names and addresses according to the records of the corporation at least fifteen (15) days prior to such meeting. Notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail postage pre-paid.

Article VI - Nominations and Elections

Section 1. There shall be a Nominating Committee of three persons in September of each year. The President will choose the Chairperson from the Executive Board, and two members elected by the Society.

Section 2. The Nominating Committee shall present a slate of officers and four Directors to be voted on at the November meeting. They shall take office on the 1st of January.

Section 3. To be eligible to hold a Board position the nominee must have been an active member for the previous eighteen months.

Section 4. New or reactivated members are eligible to vote three months after dues are paid.

Article VII - Officers

Section 1. The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and Corresponding Secretary.

Section 2. The President shall preside at all meetings, appoint Committees not otherwise provided for, and shall have general supervision of the Society. The President shall be a bona fide member of every committee excepting the Nominating Committee. The President is authorized to spend up to $500.00 for emergency non-budgeted items.

Section 3. The Vice President shall act in regular session in the absence of the President.

Section 4. The Recording Secretary shall take minutes and keep a list of attendees.

Section 5. The Corresponding Secretary shall attend to all correspondence of the Society and maintain current mailing lists of media, members, and friends of the Society. The Corresponding Secretary shall cooperate with and assist the Publicity Committee in a Society business or projects.

Section 6. The Treasurer shall collect all dues; keep society money and record thereof, and -shall pay out all money only on the order of the society. All checks shall be signed by the Treasurer and if over $500.00, co-signed by the President or Vice President in the absence of the President.

Article VIII - Amendments

Any proposed amendments to the By-Laws having been read at the previous regular meeting of the Society may be adopted by two-thirds vote of Society members present.

Article IX - Committees

Section 1. The President of the corporation shall establish standing committees, as the President deems necessary, shall define the duties of each standing committee, and shall appoint a chairperson of each standing committee by February of each year. All members of the standing committees shall be appointed by the President as soon as practical after the President's election to such office. The Board of Directors may remove any member of a standing committee at any time by a majority vote of the directors then sewing.

Section 2. In addition to the standing committees, the President may appoint such other committees from time to time as may be deemed advisable or necessary. The number of members and the duties of such additional committees will be within the discretion of the President.

Article X - Board of Directors

Section 1. The Board of Directors shall consist of all elected officers; four elected Directors, immediate past president and the Curator of the West Bay Common School Children's Museum. In the event the immediate past president is not available a fifth director would be elected.

Section 2. The management of the corporation shall be vested in the Board of Directors, except to the extent that such management is delegated by the Board of Directors to the President of the corporation. The Board of Directors shall set a budget for the year and will supervise the income and expenses of the corporation.

Section 3. The Board of Directors shall have and exercise all of the rights and powers necessary to determine policy and to plan, administer, and execute all business, activities, work, and policies of the corporation. In addition to the foregoing powers, the Board of Directors shall be authorized to institute and defend, as well as settle or compromise, in the name of the corporation. any necessary legal proceedings to carry into effect the purposes and policies of the corporation and to employ legal counsel in connection with any of the foregoing. No contract, debt, or obligation shall be binding unless contracted under the authority of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors, members of standing committees, or offices other than President, by death, resignation, refusal to serve, or otherwise, shall be filled by the President. The Board of Directors shall fill a vacancy in the office of the President.

Section 5. Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the President or to the Board of Directors. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time is specified, at the time the President or the Board thereof determines the acceptance.

Section 6. Any director may be removed at any time by a majority vote of all directors then serving.

Section 7. The Board of Directors may remove any officer of the corporation at any time by a majority vote of the directors then serving, whenever in their judgment the best interest of the corporation shall be served thereby.

Section 8. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee of the corporation, at which an action is taken, shall be presumed to have concurred in the action unless that director's dissent thereto shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless that director shall submit a written dissent to the person acting as secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof, or shall deliver such dissent to the Secretary of the corporation promptly after the adjournment of the meeting. Such rights to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action, A director who is absent from a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee of the corporation, at which such action is taken will be presumed to have concurred in the action unless that director shall deliver or send by certified mail a written dissent to be filed in the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee within a reasonable time after learning of such action.

Section 9. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or agent to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued lit the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or agent of the corporation and in such a manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 10. The funds of the corporation shall be deposited to the credit of the corporation in such banks or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select, or as may be designated by any officer or agent of the corporation to whom such owner may be delegated by the Board of Directors.

Section 11. The Board of Directors or any officer or agent of the corporation to whom such authority may be delegated by the Board may accept on behalf of the corporation, any contribution, gift, bequest, or devise for the general purposes or for any special purpose of the corporation.

Section 12. The corporation, through its Board of Directors may, with the approval of the corporation, hold or dispose of such property, real or personal, as may be given, devised or bequeathed to it or entrusted to its care and may purchase, acquire, or dispose of such property as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation following normal museum practices.

Section 13. The Board of Directors shall have, with the approval of the corporation, the right to control and manage the property of the corporation and the power to borrow money for corporate purposes.

Section 14. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. When a quorum is once present to organize the meeting, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any of those present and a meeting may be adjourned despite the absence of a quorum.

Section 15. The affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum of the Board of Directors shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless a vote of greater number is required by law or by these by-laws.

Section 16. All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with Robert's Rules of Order unless superseded by policy or by these by-laws.

Article XI - Indemnification

The corporation shall indemnify officers, directors, and other persons participating in the activities of the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.