IX.



RULES OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



1. — The name of the Society shall be “ The AviCUETURAE Society,”

anil its objects shall be the study of Foreign and British Birds. Poultry,

Pigeons, and Canaries shall be outside the scope of the Society.


2. — The officers of the Society shall be elected annually by the mem¬

bers in manner hereinafter provided, and shall consist of a President, one

or more Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, an Editor, an Auditor, a

Scrutineer, and a Council of twelve members. The Secretary, Editor, and

Treasurer shall be ex-officio members of the Council.


3. — Each member shall pay an annual subscription of 10/- to be due

and payable in advance on the 1st of November in each year. New mem¬

bers shall pay an entrance fee of 2/6. Any member whose subscription or

entrance fee shall be four months overdue shall cease to be a member of the

Society, and notice of his having ceased to be a member, and of the cause,

shall be inserted in the Magazine.


4. — New members shall be proposed in writing; and the name and

address of every person thus proposed, with the name of the member

proposing him, shall be published in the next issue of the Magazine.

Unless the candidate shall, within two weeks after the publication of his

name in the Magazine, be objected to by at least two members, he shall be

deemed to be duly elected. If five members shall lodge with the Secretarv

objections to any candidate he shall not be eleCted, but the signatures

to the signed objections must be verified by the Scrutineer. If two or more

members (but less than five) shall object to anj- candidate, the Secretary

shall announce in the next number of the Magazine that such objections

have been lodged (but shall not disclose the names of the objeCtors), and

shall request the members to vote upon the question of the election of

such candidate. Members shall record their votes in sealed letters addressed

to the Scrutineer, and a candidate shall not be elected unless two-thirds of

the votes recorded be in his favour; nor shall a candidate be elected if five

or more votes be recorded against his election.


5. —The Magazine of the Society shall be issued on the first day of

every month, and forwarded, post free, to each member. The Editor shall

have an absolute discretion as to what matter shall be published in the

Magazine (subject to the control of the Council). The Secretary and

Editor shall respectively refer all matters of doubt or difficulty to the

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

conclusive in all matters.


6. —The election of officers shall take place every year between the

1st and 14th of October. All candidates must be proposed by one member

and seconded by another member (in writing) before the}’ shall be eligible

for election; but this shall not apply to officers willing to stand for

re-eleCtion to the same office. All such proposals which have been duly

seconded must be sent to the Secretary before the 14th of September. The

Secretary shall prepare a voting paper containing a list of the candidates,

showing the offices for which they are respectively seeking election or

re-eleCtion, and shall send a copy of such voting paper to each member of

the Society with the OCtober number of the Magazine. Each member shall

make a cross (X) opposite the names of those for whom he desires to vote.



