Rules of the Avicultural Society.



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RULES OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



As amended June, 1903.



1. —The name of the Society' shall be The AvicueTural Society,

and its objects 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 mouth of November and end on the 31st of

October 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 the Members or 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 Twelve Members. The Secretaries, Editor, and

Treasurer, shall be ex-officio Members of the Council, and the first three of

the Executive Committee.


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-tliirds 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 10/-, to be due

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



