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Club were repealed from the 31st December, 1828, 

 and the following rules and orders, with such addi- 

 tions and alterations as may from time to time be 

 made therein, are substituted and to be acted 

 upon. 



RESPECTING THE STEWARDS. 



2. The three members of the Jockey Club, now 

 acting as Stewards, shall be continued in their 

 office till the next annual meeting of the Jockey 

 Club, when the senior steward (the one who has 

 been the longest in office) shall quit his situation 

 immediately after settling the accounts at that 

 meeting, and shall then name a member of the 

 Jockey Club to succeed him, subject to the ap- 

 probation of the remaining stewards, and of the 

 members of the Jockey Club then present ; and at 

 every subsequent annual meeting the then senior 

 steward shall in like manner retire and name his 

 successor. 



3. If any difference of opinion shall arise in such 

 nomination, it shall be decided by a majority of 

 the members present ; which majority must include 

 one (at least) of the continuing stewards ; if both 

 the continuing stewards are in the minority, then 

 there shall be a fresh nomination. 



4. If any of the stewards should die or resign 

 between the periods of the annual meetings, the 

 surviving or continuing stewards may appoint a 

 member of the club to succeed the deceased or 



