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Cow-Keeping hy Farm Labourers. 
casualties affecting its members in case of loss of cattle. It shall consist of a 
Treasurer, two Trustees, two Stewards, two Markers, a President, a Secretary, 
a Committee, and an imlimited number of Members. From the date of these 
Rules, no neiv members shall be accepted who may reside above four miles 
from the place where the club is now held. 
" 2. The Society shall meet on the first Monday in every month, at the 
Primitive Methodist School Pioom, Bulkeley : at eight o'clock, p.m., in the 
summer half-year, and seven o'clock, p.m., in the winter half-year. 
" 3. Members who have joined this Club previous to the adoption of these 
Rules shall pay Is. per head as entrance, and Qd. per head, per month, 
contribution. AH new members joining after the date of these Rules shall 
pay the sum of Is. 6c?. per head, entrance, and M. per head, per month, 
contribution, so as to have a full claim on the funds raised by its older 
members. Each member shall be supplied with a book of Rules at a charge 
of 3c?. No member shall be allowed to enter more than six cows, and, should 
any member have more than that number in his or her possession, it shall be 
discretionary with the Marker which six he accepts. 
" 4. Any member neglecting to pay the contribution for four nights shall 
pay a fine of 3(/. for each and everj' beast entered with this Society, and, 
if he or she so neglect payment for five nights, to be excluded, unless other- 
wise agreed on by the Committee. 
" 5. Each member shall pay up all arrears of contributions on the clearance 
club night in May, and shall also pay up their contribution on the first 
club night after the clearance. 
" 6. Any member having resigned or become excluded, and shall again wish 
to become a member, he or she sliall be accepted if there is no former charge 
against them, on payment of the usual entrance fees, &c. 
" 7. Ko member shall be ^entitled to any claim on this Societj' before 
the expiration of fourteen days after entering any cattle. Neither shall a 
member receive any benefit who is also a member of another Society of 
the same kind. 
" 8. The officers shall be elected annually, or old ones re-elected if eligible. 
The Treasurer shall keep the surplus stock of money from year to year, and 
shall pay all losses, &c., when called upon by members producing a cheque 
for amount of claim from the Secretary, and signed by a Steward or Stewards. 
" The Trustees of this Society shall invest in the National Provincial Bank 
such sum as may be considered necessary as a standing stock for the purpose 
of meeting any heavy losses it may sustain, such sum to be invested in 
the name of the Bulkeley Cow Club. The Trustees shall not withdraw any 
of the stock without the sanction of the Committee, but shall be empowered 
to receive the interest arising from stock j'carly, and pay it over to the Club. 
The Trustees shall remain in office during the pleasure of the Society. 
" The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and, eaoh club 
night, shall receive all moncj' from the hands of the Stewards, and shall 
convey it to the Treasurer, together with a note from the Secretary certifying 
the amount. 
" The Stewards shall attend every club night, or in default be fined Is. 
or such sum as may be decided upon, and shall receive from members all 
contributions, entrances, fines, &c. 
" The Secretary shall attencl each club night, and enter all contributions, &c., 
in the pence book and on the members' cards. He shall also attend and take 
minutes of the proceedings at all meetings of the Committee. He shall draw 
out a balance-sheet every year, showing the state of the Society's funds, and 
make out a rate of dividend to each member at any time it is considered 
requisite to divide any surplus stock. 
" The Markers shall be required to be competent judges of cattle, and each 
