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on the 3ist of March, his rights of membership shall cease, and 

 he shall be struck off the list of members of the club. 



7. Withdrawal of Members. It shall be competent for any 

 member to withdraw from the club on giving notice to the secre- 

 tary (such member retiring to have no claim whatever on the 

 club), provided always that such member shall be liable for his 

 subscription to the club for the current year in which he gives 

 such notice. 



8. Expulsion of Members. Any member violating the rules 

 and regulations of the club for the time* being in force shall be 

 liable to be expelled by the committee, and any member of the 

 club who shall be proved to the satisfaction of the committee to 

 have in any way misconducted himself in connection with dogs or 

 dog shows, or to have in any way acted in opposition to the 

 fundamental rules and principles upon which the club has been 

 established, or in any other manner which would make it unde- 

 sirable that he should continue to be a member, shall be requested 

 to retire from the club, and if a resolution to that effect shall be 

 carried by three-fourths of the committee present at the meeting,, 

 the member so requested to retire shall thenceforth cease to be a 

 member of the club as if he had resigned in the usual course, and 

 his subscription for the current year shall be returned to him, and 

 he shall be reported to the Kennel Club with a view to his being 

 disqualified from showing at any show held under Kennel Club 

 Rules, and from competing for prizes offered by the club. 



9. General Meeting. A general meeting of the club shall be 

 held once at least in every year, at such time and place as the 

 committee shall appoint, and eight members of the club shall be 

 a quorum for such meeting. At least 2 1 days' notice of every 

 general meeting shall be given to every member of the club. 



10. The committee may at any time, and they shall, upon a 

 requisition signed by any six members of the club, and specifying 

 the business for which such meeting is required, summon a general 

 meeting of the club. If within 2 1 days after the receipt of any 

 such requisition the committee do not summon a general meeting, 

 the requisitionists or any other six members of the club may do so. 



11. Every general meeting shall be competent to elect members 

 of committee in place of those retiring in rotation, to elect an 



