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Article VII. Committees. 



The committees of this club shall be: Committee on feeding 

 birds in winter; committee on nesting houses; committee on drink- 

 ing and bathing fountains; committee on plants to attract birds 

 around our school and homes ; committee on protection of birds 

 during the nesting season; committee on law (to post warning no- 

 tices and to report violations of the bird laws to the proper author- 

 ities) ; committee on preparing a local list of birds; committee on 

 a bird library for the school. These committees shall be appointed 

 by the president, who shall also determine their size. The member 

 first named shall be chairman. 



Article VIII. Duties of Committees. 



The duties of these committees shall be to collect information 

 on the topics suggested by the name of the committee and to re- 

 port at the meetings, giving suggestions to the members on the 

 best method of procedure. It shall also be the duty of the com- 

 mittees to assist the members in carrying on their various lines 

 of work and to learn the results of the members' efforts. A re- 

 port of these results and of the work done by each committee shall 

 be given at the regular meetings of the club. 



Article IX. ^Amendments. 



Any amendments to this constitution may be adopted by a two- 

 thirds vote of the members present at any regular meeting, notice 

 of such amendment having been presented at the previous meet- 

 ing. 



