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Rules. 



1. The objects of " Thf. Forf.ig.n- Bird Ch-b " shall be the mutual 

 encouuigoment and assistance of the members in keeping and breeding all 

 species of Birds, and the exhibiting of Foreign Birds, and the improvement 

 of Shows in regard to them. " 



2. The Club shall be composed of members. Every member shall 

 pay an entrance fee of 2s. 6d. and an annual subscription of ids. Sub- 

 scrif)tions shall be due and payable in advance on the ist of .January in 

 each year If any member's subscription shall be more than three months 

 overdue, he shall be suspended from all benefits of the Club, and if more 

 than nine months overdue, notice of his having ceased to be a Member of 

 the Club, and of the cause, may be published in Notices to Members ; and 

 on such notice being published he shall cease( to be a member accordingly,; 

 but his liability for overdue siibsi-riptioiis shall continue. 



3. New Members shall be proposed in writing by a Member of 

 the Club; and the name- and address of every person thus proposed, with 

 the name of the person proposing him, shall, be jpublished in the Notices 

 to Members. Unless the Candidate shall, within fourteen days after the 

 public.Ttion of his name, be objected to by at least two Members, he shall 

 be duly elected. If two or more Members shall lodge with eifher 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. 



4. Any member 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 31st of December, and in default of such notice he shall be 

 liable to 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, and Auditor, 

 a Scrutineer,, one -or inore Secretaries, a Treasurer', a Veterinary Surgeon, 

 a Council of Twenty-four Members, and such number of Judges as shall 

 from time to time be determined by the Council. The Editor, Secretaries, 

 Treasurer, and Veterinary Surgeon shall be ex-o/fieio members of the Council. 



Three Members of the Council shall retire annually by seniority, but 

 are eligible for re-election. The Editor, Secretaries, and Treasurer shall 

 be elected trienially. The Council and Judges shall be elected in a manner 

 hereinafter provided. The other officers shall be elected annually at a 

 meeting of the Council, immediately after their own election. 



6. The .election for the three annual vacancies on the Council, and 

 the Judges, shall take place ^ every year between the 15th November and 

 the 5th December. • 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 November a voting paper containing 

 a lis!, of all such members, showing the offices for which they are respect- 

 ively seeking election. Each Member shall make a (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 sth December. The Scrutineer shall prepare a return of the 

 Officers elected, showing t'he number of votes recorded for each Candidate, 

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

 bers for December. 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. 



