Club Rules. 215 



to urge the adoption of such type on breeders, judges, dog show 

 committees, &c., as the only recognised and unvarying standard 

 by which fox terriers ought to be judged, which may in future 

 be uniformly accepted as the sole standard of excellence, in 

 breeding and in awarding prizes of merit to fox terriers ; and 

 (by giving prizes, supporting shows, and taking other steps) to 

 do all in its power to protect and advance the interests of the 

 breed. 



2. The Club shall consist of an unlimited number of Members, 

 whose names and addresses shall be kept by the Honorary 

 Secretary in a book, which book shall be open to the inspection 

 of Members at reasonable times. Any respectable person 

 favourable to the objects of the Club is eligible for admission as 

 a Member. Each Candidate for admission must be proposed 

 by one Member, and seconded by another Member. The 

 election of Members shall be vested solely in the Committee, 

 and shall be by ballot, four Members to form a quorum, and 

 two black balls to exclude. 



3. The Annual Subscription for each Member shall be two 

 guineas, payable on the ist January in each year, and the Entrance 

 Fee shall be two guineas. Any one failing to pay his subscription 

 by 3ist January shall have notice given him by the Honorary 

 Secretary, and if his subscription be still unpaid by the time that 

 the Annual Report of the past year is issued, his name shall be 

 inserted in a list of Members who are in arrear with their sub- 

 scription. If his arrears be still unpaid on the 3ist March next 

 following, his name shall be struck off the list of Members. No 

 new Member shall be entitled to enjoy any of the privileges of 

 Members until he has paid his Entrance Fee and Subscription. 

 [This rule is to be revised.] 



4. Meetings of the Club shall be held, as occasions shall 

 require, for the transaction of business. A Meeting may be 

 specially convened by the Honorary Secretary on receipt of a 

 wiitten requisition signed by not less than six Members, stating 

 the time, place, and object of such Meeting, to be lodged with the 

 Honorary Secretary at least a fortnight previous to the date fixed 

 for such Meeting to take place. 



