110 TO FORM A DUCK CLUB, OR SYNDICATE 



If the club decides to purchase any land it should be 

 incorporated. 



The board should be made up of from six to ten or more 

 directors, and it should at once organize and elect its 

 officers — a president, vice-president, secretary and treas- 

 urer. The board should select an executive committee of 

 three members, and the chairman of this committee 

 should be designated as the managing director. A simple 

 constitution providing for the officers and their duties 

 should be adopted by the members, and the board should 

 have the power to make rules to govern the shooting 

 and the conduct of the members. The simplest form of 

 constitution used by social clubs will answer every pur- 

 pose. 



The managing director should recommend to the club 

 the purchase of the stock birds and eggs and the appli- 

 ances and foods and other things needed. He should 

 visit the club grounds often and superintend the game- 

 keeping and all work on the preserve, including the 

 planting of grain. He should recommend the employ- 

 ment of additional labor and make reports to the board 

 about the progress of the work. All expenditures of 

 money should be advised by the executive committee be- 

 fore being acted upon by the board. The compensation 

 of the managing director should be fixed by the board. 

 The executive committee should receive their necessary 

 expenses when visiting the preserve on business for the 

 benefit of the association. 



The shooting leases should provide that the exclusive 

 right to shoot and fish on the lands and waters leased be 

 granted to the club for a period of years. Five or ten 

 years is the term often agreed upon. It is advisable that 



