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or aliout the 15th of November, a voting- paper containing a list of all such 
nicmlnTs, showinj;- llic offices for which lliev are respectively seeking election. 
l''..Kii McniliiT ^hall make a (x) opposite tiic names of those for whom he 
(Icsii'es to vote, ;imi siiall siijn the paper at the foot, and send it in a sealed 
envelope to the Scruiinccr, so that he may receive it before 5t]i December. 
The Scrutineer shall prejiare a return of the officers elected, showing the 
number of voles recorded for each Candidate, and send it one of the Secre- 
taries for |)ul)Hrriiion in the Notices to Members for iriecember. The 
Scrutineer shall not rc\ eal to any person how any Member shall have voted. 
In the event of an equality of votes the president shall have a casting vote. 
7. Dealer^ in birds shall not, be eligible for election to any office in 
the Club, except that of judge. I'or the purjjose of this rule, any Member 
who habitually buys birds with the intention of selling them aga'n, shall be 
deemed a bird dealer. Before the annual election of officers, the Secretaries 
>hall submit to the Council the list of Members wilh'ng 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 of any Coinmittee to whom the Council shall 
delegate its power under this rule, shall be final. When a dealer is proposed 
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 of its powers to 
a committee. 
(). The Council may appoint an .Arbitration Committee, which mav 
decide questions at issue between Members, when requested tt) do so by both 
p.irties. Any decision of such Committee shall be final. lixcept to the 
extent permitted by this rule, the Club and its officers shall decline to concern 
themselves wiih disputes between Members. 
10. The Council shall have power to alter and add to these Rules, but 
shall give the members notice of any proposed alteration or aUaition, and in 
the event of six members objecting thereto within fourteen days, the proposed 
alterations or additions shall be submitted to the votes of the Members. 
I'ailing such objection the alteration shall date from its adoption by the 
Council. 
IJ. Neither the oflice of Scrutineer nor that of .Auditor shall be held 
for two consecutive years by the same person. The Scrutineer shall not be a 
Candidate at any Election at which he acts as Scrutineer. 
13. If any office becomes vacant at ariy time than at the end of 
the current >ear of the Club, the Council shall have power to appoint any 
Member to fill the vacancy. 
14. The decision of a majority of the Council shall be final and 
binding on the Club, but a resolution passed by the Council shall be acted 
upon unless there be an absolute majority of the Council (and not merely of 
those voting) in its favour, 
