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A lengthy debate ensued on rule twenty-nine of the Articles of 

 Association, which required that each member should vote for the 

 eleven candidates to be elected on the Council, and the rule was 

 ultimately amended, on the motion of Mr. W. Haydon, to read as 

 follows : 



"29. Three weeks at least before the Annual Meeting a printed 

 list containing the names and addresses of the selected 

 candidates shall be sent to each member of the Club, and each 

 member shall then place his initials against one or more, but 

 not exceeding eleven of the said names, being the candidates for 

 whom he votes to fill one or more of the eleven vacancies, and 

 shall thereupon sign and return the said list to the Secretary of 

 the Club so as to reach him not later than one week preceding 

 the date fixed for the Annual Meeting. The initials of a member 

 against the name of a Candidate shall only be counted as one 

 vote for that Candidate. 



The resolution providing for the Incorporation of the Club, and 

 adopting the Articles of Association and Bye-laws as amended, was 

 adopted. 



Attention having been called to the excessive and extravagant 1900 

 colouring of some of the sheep exhibited at the late Show, it was 

 resolved : 



" That in the opinion of this Council the excessive artificial 

 colouring of exhibits in the sheep classes is undesirable. That 

 this resolution be referred to the National Sheep Breeders' 

 Association for their consideration, and that they be asked to 

 make suggestions for changes in this direction." 



Attention was called to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease 

 which had occurred on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk, and the 

 manner in which it had been dealt with by the Board of Agriculture, 

 and it was resolved : 



" That the Council of the Smithfield Club earnestly request the 

 Board of Agriculture to exercise their powers of immediate 

 slaughter in the event of any further outbreak of foot-and- 

 mouth disease." 



In accordance with the resolution passed at the last Annual 

 General Meeting the Club was, on March 5th, Incorporated under the 

 Companies Acts, 1862 to 1898, as the Smithfield Club (Incorporated) 

 (the word " Limited " being omitted by Licence of the Board of 

 Trade), and that the Company is Limited. 



Sir John Gilmour, Bart., Mr. Hugh Gorringe, and Mr. Howard 

 P. Ryland, elected Members of the Council under Article of Association 

 No. 26. 



The question of the Club undertaking the Table Poultry Exhibition, 

 referred to the Stock Prize Committee by the Council, was considered 

 by that Committee, and they recommended, and it was resolved : " That 

 as the taking over of the Table Poultry Exhibition would necessitate a 

 very serious reduction in the prizes now offered for live stock at the 

 Club's Show, the Committee cannot recommend its adoption by the 

 Club." 



