BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE I. 



DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 



SECTION I. President. The president shall discharge the usual 

 duties of his office, preside at all meetings of the Club and of the 

 executive committee, call special meetings of the Club, or of the 

 executive committee, and enforce the provisions of the Consti- 

 tution and By-Laws of the Club. He may vote on amendments 

 to the Constitution or alteration of the By-Laws and Standard 

 or Scale of Points, on the expulsion or suspension of a member, 

 and on election of officers and judges. But on all other matters 

 he shall vote only on case of tie and then give the deciding vote. 



SEC. 2. Vice- President. The vice-president shall discharge all 

 the duties of the president in the latter's absence. 



SEC. 3. Secretary. The secretary shall have charge of all 

 official correspondence, keep copies of all letters sent by him, 

 and file such as he may receive, and correspond at the request 

 of the president or executive committee on all matters apper- 

 taining to the object of the Club. He shall keep a roll of the 

 members of the Club with their addresses. 



He shall be exempt from payment of annual dues. 



SEC. 4. The treasurer shall collect and receive all moneys 

 due the Club and keep a correct account of the same. He shall 

 pay all orders drawn on him by the executive committee out of 

 the funds of the Club, when countersigned by the president, and 

 present a report of the condition of affairs in his department at 

 the request of the executive committee or president, and at the 

 annual meeting. The treasurer shall furnish a bond satisfactory 

 to the executive committee. 



SEC. 5. Committees. The executive committee shall make 

 all purchases ordered by the Club, audit the accounts of the 

 treasurer and report the same at the annual election in Decem- 

 ber, and transact all business not otherwise provided for. 



It shall have the power to appoint sub-committees for any 

 special purpose, and to delegate to each sub-committee the 

 powers and functions of the committee relating thereto. 



The president shall be the chairman of the executive com- 

 mittee. 



SEC. 6. Sub-Committees. The standing sub-committees shall be 

 a membership committee of five and a pedigree committee of three. 



The membership committee shall investigate the standing of 

 all applicants, and report to the Club for action those names it 

 considers desirable as members. 



The pedigree committee shall investigate the pedigrees of 

 those dogs offered for registration in the A. K. C. Stud Book. 



The chairman of the pedigree committee shall have the cus- 

 tody of the Club stud book, and shall enter in t***> same the 

 registrations allowed by the A. K. C. 



