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

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

 the 5th December. The Secretaries sTiall ascertain which of the Memberi 

 are willing to stand for election to office, and shall send to each Member 

 of the Club on or about the ifih of November a voting papei containing 

 a list of all such members, showin^f the offices for which they are respect- 

 ively seeking election. Each Member shall make a (X) opposite the names 

 of thos'i for whoo> he desires to vote, and shall sign the paper at the foot, 

 and send it in a sioaled en\'elopc to -the Scrutineer, so that he may receive' 

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

 Officers elected, showing the 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 Scrutincc-r 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. 



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

 in the Club, except that of Judge. For the purpose of this rule, any Mem- 

 ber who habituall)- buys birds with the intention of selling them again, shall 

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

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

 for election 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 C.'ominittee to 

 whom the Council shall delegate its power under this rule, j-hall be final. 

 \Vhie(n a dealer is proposed as a Member of this 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 any of its powers 

 to a committee. 



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



decide questions at issue between Members, when requested to do >o by 

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

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

 concern themselves with disputes between Members. 



ID The Council shall liave power to alter and add to these Rules, 

 but shall give to the members notice ol xny proposed alti/ration oi add- 

 ition, and in the event of six members obj c ing thereto ,within fourteen days, 

 the proposed alterations o r additions shall be submitted to the votes of the 

 Members. Failing such objection the alteration shall date from its adop- 

 tion by the Council. 



