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on which occasion the committee for the succeeding year shall be elected. 
The members of the committee may be re-elected, but it shall be competent 
for any member of the club to nominate any other member to serve on the 
committee. The election to be decided by a majority of votes. 
6. Each member to draw the beer in order, according to the number of 
his allotment ; on failing to do so, a forfeit of one penny to be paid to the 
club. 
7. The member who draws the beer shall be in attendance at the club- 
room every week-day at six o'clock : if he is not there at a quarter-past six, 
he shall be fined threepence ; if he does not attend at all he shall be fined six- 
pence. He is to remain until ten o'clock, but in the event of no member 
being present at nine o'clock, he may shut up the room at that hour. 
8. The member whose turn it is to draw the beer shall receive from the 
previous member the oath book, sixteen shillings and sixpence, and half a 
barrel of beer, and shall deliver over these articles to the succeeding member. 
He shall also pay over to the brewer the sum of sixteen shillings and sixpence, 
and order half a barrel of beer. Any neglect of this 'rule shall make bim 
liable to a penalty of five shillings, for which sum he shall be sued in the 
•County Court, as well as for any deficiency in the amount of money entrusted 
to him. 
9. Any member selling beer shall be expelled from the club. 
10. Any member giving beer to any one except to his wife and children, or 
to his brother and sister, will be fined one shilling. 
11. Any member drawing beer on a Sunday morning shall be liable to a 
penalty of one shilling, to be paid to the club. 
12. Any member drawing beer after ten o'clock, except on a quarter night, 
when half an hour longer will be allowed, shall be liable to a penalty of six- 
pence, to be paid to the club. 
13. Any member making, or causing others to make, any disturbance or 
row in the club-room, will be fined threepence. 
14. Any member swearing, or repeating an oath in the club-room, or under 
the verandah outside the door, shall be liable to a penalty of twopence each 
time, to be paid to the club. 
15. Any member getting vegetables in the garden-fields after nine o'clock 
on a Sunday morning, by Rothamsted time, will be fined sixpence. 
16. Any member not paying his money before ten o'clock on the quarter 
night will be fined threepence ; if not paid within one month from that date, 
he will cease to become a member of the club, and will forfeit his garden ; he 
can then only enter the club by a fresh election and the payment of a fine of 
one shilling. 
17. Any member not keeping bis allotment-garden clear from seed-weeds, 
or otherwise injuring his neighbours, may be turned out of his garden by the 
votes of two-thirds of the committee, after receiving proper notice. 
18. Any member wishing to give up his allotment, must give notice to 
the committee, and the succeeding tenant can enter on any part of the allot- 
ment which is uncropped at the time of notice of the leaving tenant. 
19. The committee shall meet four times every year for transacting the 
business of the club, namely, on the first Monday in January, the first 
Monday in April, the first Monday in July, and the first Monday in October, 
from seven to eight o'clock in the evening. Any member not attending, 
except in the event of illness, shall pay threepence to the funds ; and no 
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