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8. — All the concerns of the club, and all arrangements for its 

 management, shall — save as otherwise expressly provided by the 

 rules for the time being — be conducted by a committee, consist- 

 ing of twenty- one elected members, and the honorary secretary 

 and the honorary treasurer, who shall be ex-officio members of 

 the committee. Of the elected members, seven — being the seven 

 who shall then have been longest in office — shall retire at the 

 annual general meeting in each year, and their places shall be 

 filled by election at that meeting, but the retiring member shall be 

 re-eligible. For the purposes of this rule, the length of office of 

 an elected member shall be calculated from the date of his last 

 election. A casual vacancy among the elected members may be 

 filled by the committee, and the person elected shall retire at the 

 time when the member whom he succeeds would have retired, had 

 he continued in office. The committee shall hold meetings when 

 necessary, such meetings to be convened by the honorary secre- 

 tary, by not less than three clear days' notice. At any meeting of 

 the committee three members shall form a quorum. The com- 

 mittee shall have power to appoint sub-committees for any special 

 purpose. 



9. — An annual general meeting of the club shall be held at 

 such time during the annual club show in the autumn, or, in the 

 event of a show not being held, at such time, and, in either event, 

 at such place, as the committee may decide, for the purpose of 

 receiving the annual statement of accounts (duly audited) made 

 up from the ist July to 30th June (such statement of accounts 

 havingbeen circulated amongst members not later than ist October) 

 and for the election of members of committee, honorary secretary, 

 and honorary treasurer, and for the transaction of any other 

 business. 



10. — The minutes of the last preceding meeting of the club 

 shall be read at the commencement of, and be approved and 

 confirmed by, the next subsequent similar meeting. Every ques- 

 tion to be decided at a meeting of the club, shall be decided by 

 the majority of those present, and voting by show of hands, but in 

 the case of an equal division of votes, the chairman shall have a 

 second or casting vote. Notice of meeting shall be sent-by post 



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