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Rules of the A vicultural Society.



subscription, may at any time desire to resign, or shall have had their

Magazines stopped on account of non-payment, shall send i/- to the

Secretary for every unpaid-for copy of the Magazine which shall have

been forwarded to or obtained by them ; and this sum of i/- per Magazine

shall become due to and recoverable by the Society in each and every case.


Resignations sent to any other than the Secretary shall not be

recognized.


7.—The Magazine of the Society shall be issued on or about 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.


S.—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 b} r another Member (in writing) before they shall be eligible for

election ; but this shall not appty 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,

and shall sign the voting paper at the foot, and send it to the Scrutineer in

a sealed envelope before the 14th of October. The Scrutineer shall prepare

a written return of the officers elected, showing the number of the votes

recorded for each candidate, and send it to the Secretary before the 21st of

October for publication in the November number of the Magazine. I11 the

event of an equality of votes, the President shall have a casting vote.


9. —It shall be lawful for the Council to delegate any of their powers

to a Committee of not less than three.


10. —The Council (but not a Committee of the Council) shall have

power to alter and add to the Rules, from time to time, in an\' manner they

may think fit,—five to form a quorum at any meeting of the Council.


11. —The Council shall have power to expel any Member from the

Society at any time without assigning any reason.


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

held for two cousecutive years by the same person.


13. —The Scrutineer shall not reveal to any person how any Member

shall have voted.



