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XVI — Resignations 



An active member desirous of resigning must give written 

 notice of his intention to the secretary-ti-easurer before the first of 

 December. If he neglects to give that notice he is obliged to pay 

 his annual contribution for the following year, 



XVII — Right to make Regulations 



Other regulations or amendments to these regulations must be 

 approved at a general meeting of members by a vote of at least two 

 thirds of the votes of members present, and provided that a notice 

 of motion has been given at the previous meeting. 



the old bass ground 



'Our boat was a clumsy, leaky scow, made from an old barn door; 

 Our poles were long and springy canes, bought at the village store; 

 And the bait? Well sir, there's nothing that Bob and I ever found 

 To equal a lively meadow frog on the Old Bass Ground. 



I recall the whooping "Bronzeback" I hooked after dark one night. 

 He pulled like sixty, thrashed about, and after an awful fight. 

 Got of! Gee! What a big one! I knew by the pull and sound 

 But we could'nt coax him out again from the Old Bass Ground. 



You don't mean it. Bob! The Bass is still there? In that same quiet spot? 

 The bend of the little river, down by the old back lot? 

 To morrow is June? Hang business! I'll go with you, for I'm bound 

 To find the grizzled "Bronzeback" I lost in the Old Bass Ground." 



