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Article VII. — Committees. 



The committees of this club shall be: Committee on feeding 

 birds in winter ; committee on nesting houses ; committee on drink- 

 ing and bathing fountains; committee on plants to attract birds 

 around our school and homes; committee on protection of birds 

 during the nesting season ; committee on law (to post warning no- 

 tices and to report violations of the bird laws to the proper author- 

 ities) ; committee on preparing a local list of birds ; committee on 

 a bird library for the school. These committees shall be appointed 

 by the president, who shall also determine their size. The member 

 first named shall be chairman. 



Article VIII. — Duties of Committees. 



The duties of these committees shall be to collect information 

 on the topics suggested by the name of the committee and to re- 

 port at the meetings, giving suggestions to the members on the 

 best method of procedure. It shall also be the duty of the com- 

 mittees to -assist the members in carrying on their various lines 

 of work and to learn the results of the members' efforts. A re- 

 port of these results and of the work done by each committee shall 

 be given at the regular meetings of the club. 



Article IX.— ^Amendments. 



Any amendments to this constitution may be adopted by a two- 

 thirds vote of the members present at any regular meeting, notice 

 of such amendment having been presented at the previous meet- 

 ing. 



