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THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



RULES.


1. —The name of the Society shall be “The Avicui.Turae Society.”

Ami its object shall be the study of Foreign and British Birds. Poultry,

Pigeons and Canaries shall be outside the scope of the Society.


2. —The officers of the .Society shall be elected annually by the mem¬

bers in manner hereinafter provided, and shall consist of a President, a

Vice-President, a Treasurer, a Secretary, an Auditor, a Scrutineer, and a

Committee of 12 members. All officers shall be ex officio members of the

Committee.


3. —Each member shall pay an annual subscription of 5/- to be due

and payable in advance on the 1st of November in each year. New mem¬

bers shall pay an entrance fee of 2/6. Any member whose subscription or

entrance fee shall be four months overdue shall cease to be a member of

the Society, and notice of his having ceased to be a member and of the

cause, shall be inserted in the Magazine.


4. —New members shall be proposed in writing; and the name and

address of every person thus proposed, with the name of the member pro¬

posing him, shall be published in the next issue of the Magazine. And

unless the candidate shall, within two weeks after the publication of his

name in the Magazine, be objected to by at least two members, he shall be

deemed to be duly elected. If five members shall object to the candidate

he shall not be elected. If two or more members (but less than five) shall

lodge with the Secretary objections to any candidate, the Secretary shall

announce in the next number of the Magazine that such objections have

been lodged (but shall not publish the names of the objectors), and shall

request the members to vote upon the question of the election of such

candidate. Members shall record their votes in sealed letters addressed to

the Scrutineer, and a candidate shall not be elected unless two-thirds of the

votes recorded are in his favour; nor shall a candidate be elected if five or

more votes are recorded against his election.


5. —The Magazine of the Society shall be issued on the first day of

every month, and forwarded, post free, to each member. The Secretary

shall have an absolute discretion as to what matter shall be published in

the Magazine (subject to the control of the Committee). The Secretary

shall refer all matters of doubt or difficulty to the Committee. The decision

of the majority of the Committee shall be final and conclusive in all matters.


6. —The election of officers shall take place every year between the

ist and 14th of Odtober. All candidates must be proposed by one member

and seconded by another member (in writing), before they are eligible for

election ; but this shall not apply to officers willing to stand for re-election

to the same office. All such proposals which have been duly seconded

must be sent to the Secretary before the 14th of September. The Secretary

shall prepare a voting paper containing a list of candidates, showing the

offices for which they are respectively seeking election or re-elefition, and

shall send a copy of such voting paper to each member of the Society,

with the October number of the Magazine. Each member shall make a

cross (X) opposite the names of those for whom he desires to vote, and shall

sign the voting paper at the foot, and send it to the Scrutineer in a sealed

envelope before the 14th of October. The Scrutineer shall prepare a written

return of the officers elected, showing the number of the votes recorded for

each candidate, and send it to the Secretary before the 21st of October, for

publication in the November number of the Magazine.


7. —It shall be lawful for the Committee to delegate any of their

powers to a Sub-Co.mmittee of not less than three.


8. —The Committee (but not a Sub-Committee) shall have power to

alter and add to the Rules, from time to time, in any manner they may

think fit.


9. —The Committee shall have power to expel atiy member from the

-Society at any time, without assigning any reason-



