RULES. 



r. The objects of " Thk Foreign Bird Ci.ub " shall be the mutual 

 encouragement and assistance of the members and associates in the keeping, 

 breeding, and exhibiting of Foreign Birds, and the improvement of Shows, 

 in regard to them. 



2. The Club shall be composed of members and associates. Every 

 member shall pay an entrance fee of 2/6 and an annual subscription of 10/-. 

 Every associate shall pay an entrance fee of 2/6 and an annual subscription of 

 5/-. Associates shall have such of the privileges of members as the Council 

 shall from time to time direct. Subscriptions shall be due and payable iu 

 advance on the ist of March in each year. If any member's or associate's 

 subscriptions shall be more than three months overdue he shall be suspended 

 from all Ihe benefits of the Club, and if more than nine months overdue, 

 notice of his having ceased to be a member or associate of the Club, and of 

 the cause, may be published in the Notices to Members ; and on such 

 notice being published he shall cease to be a member or associate 

 accordingly, but his liability for the overdue subscriptions shall continue. 



3. New members shall be proposed in writing by a member of the 

 Club and new associates by either a member or an associate ; and the name 

 and address of every person thus proposed, with the name of the person 

 proposing him, shall be published in the Notices to Members. Unless the 

 candidate shall, within fourteen days after the publication of his name, be 

 objected to by at least two members, he shall be duly elected If two 

 or more members lodge with either of the Secretaries objections to any 

 candidate he shall not be elected, but the signature to the signed objections 

 must be verified by the Scrutineer. The Secretaries and the Scrutineer 

 shall not disclose the names of the objectors. Associates desirous to 

 become members shall go through the same form of election as other 

 candidates but shall not pay an entrance fee. 



4. Any member or associate wishing to resign at the end of the 

 current year of the Club shall give notice of his intention to one of the 

 Secretaries before the ist of February, and in default of such notice he shall 

 be liable for the following year's subscription. 



5. The officers of the Club shall be elected from the members and 

 shall consist of a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, an Auditor, a 

 Scrutineer, one or more Secretaries, a Treasurer, a Council of twelve 

 members, and such number of Judges as shall from time to time be 

 determined by the Council. The Secretary or Secretaries and the Treasurer 

 shall be ex-officio members of the Council. The Secretary or Secretaries, 

 and Treasurer shall be elected trienuially. The Council, and the Judges 

 shall be elected annually by the members in manner hereinafter provided. 

 The other officers shall be elected annually at a meeting of the Council 

 immediately after their own election. 



6. The election of the Secretary or Secretaries, Treasurer, Council, 

 and Judges shall take place every year between the 15th of January and the 

 5th of February. The Secretaries shall ascertain which of the members are 

 willing to stand for election to office, and shall send to each member of the 

 Club, on or about the 15th of January, a voting paper containing a list of 

 all such members, showing the offices for which they are respectively 

 seeking election. Each member shall make a cross (x) opposite the names 

 of those for whom he desires to vote, and shall sign the paper at the foot 

 and send it in a sealed envelope to the Scrutineer, so that he may receive 

 it before the 5th of February. The Scrutineer shall prepare a return of the 

 officers elected, showing the number of votes recorded for each candidate, 



