THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



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said directors shall be elected at the regular annual meeting of the Club, to 

 be held the second Friday in January. 



2. The Board of Directors shall prescribe rules regulating the affairs 

 and conduct of the Club as, in their judgment, may from time to time be 

 found necessary and proper, and may prescribe the form of proxies. 



3. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum. 



4. At the first meeting after their election, the Directors shall organ- 

 ize by the election, from their own number, of a Chairman and Secretary- 

 Treasurer. The angler taking the largest fish during the year shall be 

 Honorary President for the following year. 



5. All officers and directors shall be actual residents of the State of 

 Oregon. 



6. The Board of Directors shall have the power to designate the mem- 

 bership of the weighing committee, which membership shall be unlimit'*^, 

 and as deemed necessary by said Board. The weights fixed by the official 

 weighers shall be final unless protest be made in writing and delivered to 

 a member of the Weighing Committee within one hour after fish is first 

 weighed. 



ARTICLE n. 



1. A bronze button shall be presented to each angler landing a salmon 

 weighing twenty pounds or more. 



2. A silver button shall be presented to each angler landing a salmon 

 weighing thirty pounds or more. 



3. A gold button shall be presented to each angler landing a salmon 

 weighing forty pounds or more. 



4. No person shall receive more than one button of prescribed quality. 

 Each angler, upon taking a fish of the required weight, will be awarded the 

 proper button, upon a payment of an initiation fee of $1.00, and if a button 

 of higher value is earned at any time, it will be given in exchange for the 

 one held previously. 



5. A permanent cup shall be provided by the Club and at the end of 

 each season the name of the angler taking the largest fish shall be engraved 

 thereon. 



CLUB RULES. 



1. The line used must not exceed a standard nine-thread linen line. 



2. Rod to be made of any material, except solid bamboo cane, to be not 

 shorter than five feet over all, and to weigh not more than six ounces. 



3. The leader shall not be more than thirty-six inches in length. Reel 

 and spoon to be unrestricted. 



4. Anglers competing for membership or prizes must submit their 

 tackle for inspection to one of the Weighing Committee when catch is 

 weighed. 



5. Anglers must bring fish to gaff unaided, the fish must be reeled in, 



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