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IRules. 
r. The objects of " The Forkign Bird Club " sliall be the mutual 
eiicouragenient and assistance of tlie members and associates in the keeping, 
breeding, and exliibiting of Foreign Birds, and the improvement of Shows 
in regard to them. 
2. The Chib shall be composed of members and associates. Every 
member shall pay an entrance fee of 2 6 and an annual subscription of 10/-- 
Ever}' associate sliall pay an entrance fee of 2/6 and an annual subscription of 
5/-. Associates shall have such of the privileges of members as the Council 
shall from time to time direct. Subsci iplions shall be due and pa\ able in 
advance on the 1st of March in each jear. If any member's or associate's 
subsci iptious shall be more than three months overdue he shall be suspended 
from all the benefits of the Club, and if more than nine mouths overdue, 
notice of his having ceased to be a member or associate of the Club, and of 
the cause, may be published in the Notices to Members; and on such 
notice being published he shall cease to be a member or associate 
accordingly, but his liability for the overdue subscriptions shall continue. 
3. New members shall be proposed in writing by a member of the 
Club and new associates by either a member or an associate ; and the name 
and address of every person thus proposed, with the name of the person 
proposing him, shall be published in the Notices to Membeis. Unless the 
candidate shall, within fourteen days after the publication of his name, be 
objected to by at least two members, he shall be duly elected. If two 
or more members lodge with either of the Secretaiies objections to any 
candidate he shall not be elected, but the signature to the signed objections 
must be verified by the Scrutineer. The Secretaries and the Scrutineer 
shall not disclose the names of the objectors. Associates desirious to 
become members shall go through the same form of election as other 
candidates but shall not pay an entrance fee. 
4. Any member or associate wishing to resign at the end of the 
current year of the Club shall give notice of his intention to one of the 
Secretaries before the ist of February, and in default of such notice he shall 
be liable for the following }ear's subscription. 
5. The officers of the Club shall be elected from the members and 
shall consist of a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, an Auditor, a 
Scrutineer, one or more Secretaries, a Treasurer, a Council of twelve 
members, and such number of Judges as shall from time to time be 
determined bv the Council. The Secretary or vSecretaries and the Treasurer 
shall be ex-officio membeis of the Council. The vSecretary or vSecretaries. 
and Treasurer shall be elected tiieunially. The Council, and the Judges 
shall be elected annually by the members in manner hereinafter provided. 
The other officers shall be elected annually at a meeting of the Council 
immediately after their own election. 
6. The election of the Council and Judges shall take place every 
year between the 15th of January and the 5th of February. 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 
January, a voting paper containing a list of all such members, showing 
