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RULES. 



1. The objects of "The Foreign Bird Ci.ub " shall 

 be the mutual encouragenieut aud 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/-. Ever}' 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. vSubscriptions 

 shall be due and payable in advance on the ist of Marcli in 

 each year. If any member's or associate's subscription shall 

 be more than three months overdue he shall be suspended 

 from all the 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 puljlished 

 he shall cease to be a member or associate accordingly, but his 

 liability for the overdue subscription shall continue. 



3. New members shall be proposed in vsrriting 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 aud the vScrutineer 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 1st of February, 

 and in default of such notice he shall be liable for the following 

 year's subscription. 



