vlhc ilules of .Xlcbatc anb ijoto to (Conduct 



(One. 





ORGANIZING ASSOCIATIONS. 



HEN it is advisable to form a society, club, or other asso- 

 ciation for any specific purpose, those who agree in 

 regard to its formation may meet upon private notice 

 or public call. The mode of organizing the m< tin- i> 

 similar to that of any other. 



As soon as the meeting has been organized, and the 

 chairman announces that it is ready to proceed to busi- 

 ness, some one of the originators, previously agreed 

 upon, should rise, and advocate the formation of the 

 club or society required for the purpose set forth in the call, and end by 

 moving the appointment of a committee to draft a constitution and by- 

 This committee should be instructed to report at the next meeting. 

 A convenient time of adjournment is fixed on, and if there be no further 



j, the meeting adjourns. 



When the time for the second meeting arrives, the same officers con- 

 tinue, without any new motion. If either be absent, his place is supplied. 

 notion, by soiin- other. The Committee on the Constitution and By- 

 If the constitution is not accepted, those present suggest 

 ndmi-nts. A-> soon as it has taken the required shape, it is adopted. 

 and -iirned by th< nt. Tin; by-laws are treated in the same way. 



Th-- society is now formed, but not fallysprganized. The ntlie.-rs pn>- 

 vided for by the constitution have m.w to 1..- elected. This may be done 



or the BOCiety may ) adjourned <\ hat purp 



lias been done, the chairman of the meeting gives way to the 

 iiev. dent, or, in his absence, to a vice preside nt ; ti 



tary of the meeting , which is taken by the newly elect. -d 



and thus the or-;ini/.at ion of the new boo 



