Liverpool Marine Engineers' and Naval Architects' Guild

GRANTING OF RELIEF FROM THE FUNDS OF THE GUILD AND INCOME ARISING THERE FROM TO NECESSITOUS AND DESERVING PERSONS CONNECTED WITH THE PROFESSIONS OF MARINE ENGINEERS AND NAVAL ARCHITECTS. THE COMMITTEE SHALL IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION DECIDE WHO ARE PROPER SUBJECTS FOR SUCH RELIEF, AND THEIR DECISION SHALL BE FINAL AND BINDING. THE PERSONS WHO SHALL BE SUBJECTS FOR SUCH RELIEF SHALL (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE POWER OF THE COMMITTEE TO DECIDE WHAT PERSONS ARE FIT AND PROPER SUBJECTS FOR RELIEF WHETHER ACTUALLY COVERED OR NOT BY THE DESCRIPTION NEXT HEREAFTER MENTIONED) INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:- (I) MEMBERS OF THE GUILD, THEIR WIVES AND FAMILIES, OR THE WIDOWS AND/OR FAMILIES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. (IA) MEMBERS OF THE GUILD AND THEIR FAMILIES INVOLVED WITH ASSOCIATE TRADES AND COMMERCE WITHIN THE MARINE INDUSTRY. (II) PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AS MARINE ENGINEER OFFICERS IN LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE AREA OWNED OR MANAGED VESSELS, THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS AND/OR FAMILIES. (III) PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN CONSULTING ENGINEERS OR NAVAL ARCHITECTS PRACTISING IN LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE AREA, OR THEIR TECHNICAL STAFF, THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS AND/OR FAMILIES. (IV) PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AS MARINE ENGINEERS OFFICERS - THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS AND/OR FAMILIES - IN ANY VESSEL OWNED OR MANAGED BY ANY MEMBER IN THE PORT OF MANCHESTER, OR BY A FIRM OR COMPANY ANY MEMBER OR DIRECTOR OF WHICH SHALL BE A MEMBER. (V) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GUILD, THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS AND/OR FAMILIES. (VI) SURPLUS INCOME MAY BE ALLOCATED ANNUALLY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES DEEMED SUITABLE BY THOSE ATTENDING THE A.G.M. WITH PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN TO THE ASSISTANCE OF YOUTH IN MARINE RELATED EDUCATION OR SIMILAR PURSUITS..