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3. New mpmbers shall be proposed in writina; hy a member of 
the Cliib ; and the name and address of everj'^ person thus jiroposed, with 
the name ol' the person proposing him, shall be published in the Notices 
to Members. Unless the eandidat-e shall, within fourtt-en days after the 
publication of his name, be objeeted to by at least two members, he 
shall be duly elected. If two or more members shall lodge with either 
or the Secretaries objections to any candidate, he shall not be elected, 
but the sig;.a ure to the signed objections must be verified by the Scru- 
tineer. Tin; Secretaries and the Scrutineer shall not disclose the names 
ot the objeeicrs. 
4. Any member wishing to resign at the end of the current year 
of the Clul. shall give notice of his intention to one of the Secretaries 
befor(i the 3 1st of December, and in default of such notice he shall be 
liable to the following year's subscription . 
5. The Officers of the Club shall be elected from the members, 
and shah consist of a President, one or more Vice-presidents, 
an • Auditor, a Scrutineer, one or more Secretaries, a Treasurer, a 
Veterinary Surgeon, and a Council of Twenty-four members, and such 
number of Judges as shall from time to time be determined by tho 
Council. The Editor, Secretaries, Treasurer, and Veterinary Surgeon 
shall be e.x-ofjicio members of the Council. Three Members of the 
Council retire annually by seniority, but are eligible for re-election. 
The Editor, Secretaries, and Treasui-er shall "oe elected tricnially. The 
Council and Judges shall be elected in a tnanner hereinafter provided. 
The other officers shall be elected annually at a meeting of the Council, 
immediately after their own election. 
6. The election for the three annual vacancies on the Council, 
and the Judge's, sTiall take place every j'ear between the 15th November 
and the 5th December. The Secretaries shall ascertain which of the 
members are willing to stand for election to office, and shall send to each 
Member of the Club on or about the 15th of November a voting paper 
containing a list of all such members, showing the offices for which they 
are respectively seeking election. Each Member shall make a (X) 
opposite the names of those for whom he desires to vote, and .shall sign 
the paper at the foot, and send it in a sealed envelope "to ihe Scrutineer, 
so that he may receive it before 5th of December. The Scrutineer shall 
prepare a return of the Officers elected, showing the number of votes 
recorded for each Candidate, and send it to one of the Secretaries for 
publication in the Notices to Members for December. The Scrutineer 
shall not reveal to any person how any Member shall have voted.' 
[n the event of an equality of votes the President shall have a casting 
vote . 
7. Dealers in birds shall not be eligible for election to any 
office in the Club, except that of .Jiidge. For the purpose of this 
rule, any member who habitiuilly buj^s birds with the intention of selling 
them again, shall be deemed a bird dealer. Before the annual election 
of officers, the Secretaries shall submit to the Council the list of members 
willing to stand for election to the Secretaryship, the Treasurership, and 
the Council ; and the Council shall remove from the list the name of any 
Candidate who shall be, in the opinion of the Council, a dealer in birds, 
within the meaning of this rule. The decision of the Council or o'f any 
Committee to whom the Council shall delegate its power under this rule, 
shall be final. When a dealer is propo.sed as a Member of this Club, 
the fact of his being a (dealer shall be stated in the Notices to Members. 
8. It shall be lawful for the Council to delegate any oT its 
powers to a Committee. 
9. The Council may appoint an Arbitration Committee, which 
may decide q^uestions at issue between members or associates, when 
