Rules. 239 



2. — The club shall consist of an unlimited number of ordinary 

 members, and of such honorary members as may be elected in 

 pursuance of the provisions of Rule 3. The names and addresses 

 of all members shall be kept by the honorary secretary in a 

 book, which 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 an ordinary 

 member. Each candidate for admission as an ordinary member 

 must be proposed by one member and seconded by another 

 member, either orally or in writing sent to the honorary secretary. 

 The power of electing ordinary members shall be vested solely in 

 the committee formed as provided by Rule 7, and a candidate 

 shall come up for election at the meeting of the committee held 

 next after he has been so proposed and seconded, or in the case 

 of a candidate proposed and seconded at a meeting of the com- 

 mittee, then at such meeting. The committee shall decide by 

 ballot whether a candidate who has been proposed and seconded 

 shall be elected or not, and unless there be two black balls, the 

 candidate shall be declared to be elected a member of the club, 

 and notice in writing of his election shall be sent by post to such 

 candidate. 



3. — Honorary members of the club may be elected only from 

 amongst persons of note in the United Kingdom, or officials of 

 fox terrier clubs in any part of the world outside the United King- 

 dom. Candidates for admission as honorary members must be 

 proposed and seconded in the same manner as provided by rule 2 

 in the case of ordinary members. The committee alone shall 

 have power to decide whether any candidate for admission as 

 honorary member is qualified as above provided for election as 

 such, and upon the decision of a majority of the committee that 

 such a candidate is so qualified, he shall be declared to be elected 

 an honorary member of the club, and his name shall not be sub- 

 mitted to any ballot. 



4. — The annual subscription for each ordinary member shall 

 be two guineas, payable on the 1st January in each year, and the 

 entrance fee shall be two guineas. Anyone failing to pay his 

 subscription by the 31st January in any year, or failing to pay his 



