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

 in the Club, cxcei)t that of Judge. For the purpose of this rule, any iMem- 

 ber who habitually buys birds with the intention of selling them again, shall 

 be deemed a bird dealer. Before the annual election of officers', the Sec- 

 retaries shall submit to the Council the list of Members willing to stand 

 for lelection to the Secretaryship, the Treasurership, 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 mean- 

 ing of this rule. The decision of the Council or of any Committee to 

 whom the Council shall delegate^ its power under this rule, shall be final. 

 W'hen a dealer is proposed as a Member of this Club, the fact of his being 

 .1 dealer shall be stated in the Notices to Members. 



8. 1 1 shall be lawlul for the Council to delegate any of its p(jw'ers 

 111 a rommittee. 



V. Thi- Council may ajjpoint an Arljitration Committee^ wliicli may 

 decide questions at issue between Members, when requesited to do so by 

 both parties. Any decision of such Committee shall be final. Except to 

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

 concern themselves with disputes between Members. 



lo. The Council shall have power to alter and adtl to these Rules', 

 but shall give to the Members noti'ce of any proposed alteration or addition, anti 

 in the event of six members, objecting thereto within fourteen days, the 

 proposed alterations or additions shall be submitted to the votes of the 

 Members. Failing such objection the alteration shall date from its adoption 

 by the Council. 



12.— Neither the office of Scrutineer nor tiiat of Auditor shall be 

 lield for two consecutive years by the same person. The Scruiinoer shall 

 not be a Candidate at any Election at which he acts as Scrutineer. 



I3'.— If any 'office becomes vacant at any time other than the end 

 the current year of the Club, the Council sh.ill ha\e power to .ippoint any 

 Member to fill the vacancy. 



14. The decision of the majority of the Council shall he iinal 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. 



Rules Governing Club's Patronage at Shows. 



1 he patronage of the F.B.C. is given at all OPEN SHOWS, j)rovidcd 

 the following conditions are observed. 



(a) At least three classes must be provided for FOREIGN 

 BIRDS (excluding local and members" classes, in which no bird 

 competing for F.B.C. p.-\lron;ige may be shown). 



ih) The classification, and name of tiie judge, mii.-^l be sub- 

 mitted by show Secretaries, when applying fof patronage. 

 {c) Those societies obtaining patronage, must print in the schedule 

 tha • the section is under the patronage of the F.B.C. 



(d) That no alteration (.im.ilgamaiion or canceliaiioivj of classes 

 must be made, or the judges changed without giving notice to the 

 Hon. Show Secretary of the F.B.C, in which case the original pat- 

 ronage does not hold good. 



All MEDaLs are awarded to BEST BIRDS (but the Coinmittee have 

 the right t" iw-fl <vtn medals for speci.il purpo'^'-'- ■•'■! •(•• -■'•■•■■ 



