Constitution and By-Laws. 



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tion or apjiroval of the Board of Directors 

 or the Kxociitive < 'oniinittee. 



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Board of Directors. 



It shall be the duty of the Board of 

 Directors to manage the affairs of the As- 

 sociation, and the Board may appoiut any 

 necessary assistants required by the Of- 

 ficers. Any position among tlie Officers 

 or Directors which may become vacant 

 during the year may be filled by the 

 Boarcl of Directors. 



Annual Audit. 



At the annual meeting of the Associa- 

 tion there shall be appointed two auditors, 

 whose duty it shall be to examine and 

 audit the books, accounts and records of 

 the Association or of any officers, em- 

 ployees or committees thereof, and shall 

 report to the annual meeting of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



Financial Year. 



The financial year of the Association 

 shall close on December 31st of each year. 



Conduct of Meetings. 



(rt) I'arliameutary rules shall govern all 

 meetings of this Association. 



{b) All motions shall be made in writing. 

 (c) In the event of conflict of opinion, 



the Thairman shall decide all questions of 

 order. 



((I) Having onco spoken to a motion a 

 member must obtain jierniission from the 

 Chair to be again heard regarding it. The 

 ("hair may at any time declare a subject 

 open for general conversational discussion, 

 and may in like manner determine same. 



Order of Business. 



At the regular meeting of the Associa- 

 tion the order of business shall be that 

 jiroposcd by the Board of Directors and 

 announced by the Presiding Officer. In 

 the absence of such prepared order of 

 business, the following shall be observed: — 



1. Reading of minutes of previous 

 meeting. 



2. Business arising out of minutes. 



3. Receiving communications. 



4. Presdent 's address. 



5. Directors' report. 



6. Treasurer's report. 



7. Reports of Standing or Special Com- 

 mittees. 



8. Unfinished business. 



9. New business. 



10. Notices of motion. 



11. Election of Officers and Directors. 

 The order of business may be varied at 



any meeting by a majority vote of those 

 present; or it may be suspended at the 

 discretion of the Chair. 



Lumbermen and Forestry 



&ucces.<tf"J J'inual Meeting of the Cavadian Lumbermen's Association. 



The f^ixth annual meeting of the Canadian 

 Lumbermen 's Association, held in the Cha- 

 teau Laurier on February 3, was the most 

 suci'essful in the history of that organiza- 

 tion. The chair at the business sessions was 

 occupied by Mr. Alex. MacLaurin, of 

 Montreal, the retiring President, who in his 

 annual address noted the progress made in 

 the year. The reports of the different com- 

 mittees showed greater activity in associa- 

 tion work than in any previous year, and 

 a larger list of members and wider field 

 of operation, ifatters of great importance 

 to the lumber trade were dealt with, and 

 among those who took a leading part in 

 the discussions were Senator T-M\vards, Sena- 

 tor George Gordon, Sir ITenry Egan, Lt.-<'ol. 

 J. B. Miller and Mr. Denis" Murphy. The 

 reports of the Secretary, Mr. Frank Haw- 

 kins, were highly commended. 



The following officers were elected: Hon. 

 President, J. R. Booth ; President, Hon. Geo. 



Gordon; Vice-Presidents, Sir Douglas Cam- 

 eron, Lt. -Governor of Manitoba; Angus Mc- 

 Lean ; Hon. Treasurer, R. G. Cameron ; 

 Secretary, Frank Hawkins, Ottawa. 



Directors: the above and E. A. Dunlop, 

 M.L.A., E. R. Bremner. W. C. Laidlaw, P. 

 C. Walker, Duncan McLaren, A. E. Craig, 

 Gordon C. Edwards, J. G. Cane, W. J. Lov- 

 ering, A. L. Mattes, A. H. Canip1)ell, G. W. 

 Grier, A. MacLaurin, W. G. Power, John 

 Hendry, A. D, McRae, Wm. McNeill. 



The annual banquet, held at the Chateau 

 Laurier, witnessed a departure from pre- 

 vious functions of like character in that 

 ladies were present. In fact this was an in- 

 novation for Ottawa. The experiment was 

 most successful, and the banquet was the 

 best ever held by the Association. The 

 chair was occupied by the newly elected 

 President, Senator Gordon, and at the head 

 table were Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Hon. George 

 E. Foster, Minister of Trade and Com- 



