and send it to one of the Secretaries for publication in the Notices to 

 Members for February. The Scrutineer shall not reveal to any person how 

 any member shall have voted. In the event of an equality of votes the 

 President shall have a casting vote. 



7. Dealers in birds shall not be eligible for election to anv office in 

 the Club, except that of Judge. For the purpose of this rule, any member 

 .vho habitually buys birds with the intention of selling them again shall be 

 deemed a dealer in birds. Before the annual election of officers, the Secre- 

 taries shall submit to the Council the list of members willing to stand for 

 election to the Secretaryship, the Treasure! ship, and the Council, and the 

 Council shall remove from the list the name of any candidate who shall be, 

 in the opinion of the Council, a dealer in birds within the meaning of this 

 rule. The decision of the Council, or of anv Committee to whom the 

 Council shall delegate its power under this rule, shall be final. When a 

 dealer is proposed as a member of the Club, the fact of his being a dealer 

 shall be stated in the Notices to Members. 



8. It shall be lawful for the Council to delegate anv of its powers to a 

 Committee. 



9. The Council may appoint an Arbitration Committee, which may 

 decide questions at issue between members and associates when requested to 

 do so by both parties. Any decision of such Committee shall be final. 

 Kxcept to the extent permitted by this rule, the Club and its officers shall 

 decline to concern themselves with disputes between members. 



10. The Council shall have power to alter and add to the Rules, but 

 shall give to the members notice of any proposed alteration or addition, and 

 in the event of six members objecting thereto within fourteen days the pro- 

 posed alterations or addition shall be submitted to the votes of the 

 members. Failing such objection the alteration or addition shall date from 

 its adoption by the Council. 



11. The Council shall have power to expel any member or associate 

 at anv time. 



12. Neither the office of Scrutineer nor that of Auditor shall be held 

 for two consecutive years by the same person. The Scrutineer shall not be 

 a candidate at any election at which he acts as Scrutineer. 



13. If any office becomes vacant at any time other that at the end of 

 the current yeai of the Club, the Council shall have power to nominate any 

 member to fill the vacancy. 



14. The decision of the majority of the Council shall be final and 

 binding on the Club, but a resolution passed by the Council shall not be 

 acted upon unless there be an absolute majority of the Council (and not 

 merely of those voting) in its favour. 



