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the question, the Secretary shall thereupon prepare a special 

 ballot with such question printed thereon, and the mailing of 

 such ballot and the canvass of the vote on such question shall 

 be conducted in all other respects in the same manner as the 

 annual election of Directors is conducted. A majority vote of all 

 the ballots cast shall decide the question. The Board shall, upon 

 the written request of fifty members of the Club, submit to a 

 vote of the Club such question as they may propose. 



Article XXIV. — Construction of By-Laws. 

 On all questions as to the construction or meaning of the 

 by-laws and rules of the Club, the decision of the Board of 

 Directors shall be final, unless rescinded by the Club at the 

 annual meeting or at a special meeting convoked for that purpose, 

 or by vote as provided for in the preceding article. 



Article XXV. — Amendments to By-Laws. 

 These by-laws are fundamental, and shall not be altered, 

 amended, suspended, or repealed, in whole or in part, except by 

 a two-thirds vote of all the ballots cast at any annual or special 

 election, which ballots shall be so printed as to enable the mem- 

 bers voting to express their wish as to the adoption or rejection 

 of any proposed amendment or alteration. Such proposed 

 amendment or alteration must be printed in full, and mailed 

 to each member with his ballot, and shall only be submitted 

 to a vote of the Club when presented in the manner indicated 

 in Article XXIII for presenting questions to be voted on. 



