Rules of the Avicultural Society.



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Rules of the Avicultural Society.


As amended January , 1008.



1. —The name of the Society shall be The Avicultural Society, and its

object shall be the study of Foreign and British Birds in freedom and in captivity.

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

year of the Society, with that of each volume of the Society’s Magazine, which

shall be known as The Avicultural Magazine, shall commence with the month of

January and end on the 31st of December following.


2. —The Avicultural Society shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary

Members, and the latter shall be restricted in number to six, and be elected by the

Council.


3. —The Officers of the Society shall be elected, annually if necessary, by

members of the Council in manner hereinafter provided, and shall consist of a

President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Business Secretary, a Correspondence

Secretary, an Editor, a Treasurer, an Auditor, a Scrutineer, and a Council of

fifteen members. The Secretaries, Editor, and Treasurer shall be ex officio

Members of the Council.


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 Business Secretary 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 any 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. —Each Member shall pay an annual subscription of £1, to be due and

payable in advance on the 1st of November in each year. New Members shall pay,

in addition, an entrance fee of 10s. 6d. ; and, on pa 3 r ment of their entrance fee and



