CONSTITUTION AND BYE-LAWS. 357 



established coursing clubs throughout the kingdom, of more than 

 one year's standing, as may be composed of not fewer than twenty- 

 four subscribers. These clubs to have the right of voting in 

 alphabetical order, after due notification of their enrolment, from 

 time to time, to the secretary of the National Club : and members 

 thus selected to enter office at the May Meeting of the National 

 Club. 



That all coursing clubs throughout England, Scotland, and Ire- 

 land, composed of not fewer than twenty-four members each, shall 

 have the right each to elect one or more members to the National 

 Club in alphabetical rotation, and that before the 25th of March, 

 in each year, they shall notify their enrolment and the list of their 

 members to the secretary of the National Club. 



The secretary of the National Coursing Club shall, after the 

 Summer Meeting in each year, inform the several coursing clubs, 

 in alphabetical order, which of them are entitled to fill the vacan- 

 cies in the numbers of the National Club. Such clubs shall pro- 

 ceed to the election of representatives, whose names must be 

 returned to the Secretary of the National Club before the 1st of 

 January in each year. 



It is to be understood that the alphabetical rotation is always to 

 be followed in regard to the election by coursing clubs ; and that, 

 wherever the line is drawn in any one year, the next club in alpha- 

 betical order will head the list for the following year. 



All complaints, of whatever description, or any matter in dispute 

 connected with coursing, can be referred to the National Club for 

 arbitration or adjustment ; and no declaration or limitation by any 



