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dosirnus to l5ocome niomhers shall go through the =-ame form of 
election as (ither 'Candidates, hut shall not pay an entrancb foe. 
4. Any mrmher wishing- to resign at the end of tWe current 
year of the Cinlb shall 5?ive notic3 of his intention to one of the 
Secretaries before the 31st of December, and in default of such 
notice he shall ba liable to^ t!*3 following year's siibscription. 
5. The Oflicers of the Club shall he elected from the 
members, and sha'l consist of a President, one or more Vico-.presi- 
dents, an Auditor, a Scrutineer, one or more S(ecretaries, a 
Treasure)-, a Veterinary Surgeon, and a Council of Eighteen mem- 
bers, and such nunil)er of Judges as shall from time to time he 
determined hy th.; Conucii. The Edito;-, Secretaries. Ti-easurer, 
and Veterinary Sui-gcon shall be cx-offic'o members of the Council. 
Three members of the Courcil retire annually by seniorily, i)ut are 
eligible for re-election. The Editor, Se.-retaries, and Treasurer 
shall be elected t'.iena'ly. The Council and Judges shall be elected 
in a manner hereinafter pi-ovided. The other ofTicers shall be 
elected annually at a meeting of the Council, inmiediately after 
their lown election. 
6. The le'.ectiin To;- the three annual vacancies on the Council, 
and the Judges, shall take place every year between the 15th 
of November and the f.t'i of Decembei-. The Secretai-ies shall ascer- 
tain which of the members are w'illing to stand for election to 
office, and shall send to each member of the Club on or a'vout 
the 15th of Novemher a voting paper containing a list of all 
such members, showing th^T offices for which they are respectively 
seeking ehction. Each memher shall make a (X) opposite the 
names of those foi- wh,-:m he desires to vote; and shall .sign thh 
paper a.t the foot, and send it in a sea-led envelop© to the Sci'u- 
tineer, so that be may receive it before 5th of December. The 
Scrutineer shall prepare a return of the officers elected, showing the 
number of votes recorded fny each candidate, and send it to one 
of the Secretaries for ])u1)lication in the Notices t-) Members for 
Decemlier. Tha Scrutineer shall not reveal to any person how any 
mi-ml>er shall have voted. In th)3 event of an e(|uality of votes 
the Tresident shall have a casting vote. 
7. 'Dealers in birds shall not he eligihle for election lo 
any office in the Club, e.xee|-.t that of ,Judg<e. For the pui-pose of this 
ru'e, any member 'who habitually buys birds with the intention of sell- 
ing them aga n, shall be deem»l a biid dealer. Before the annual 
(lection of officers, the Secretaiies shall submit to the Council the 
list of members willing to stand for election to the Seci-etaryship', the 
Treasurership, and the Council: and the Council shall remove from 
the li«t the name of any candidate who shall be;, in thp opinion of 
the Council, a dealer in hirds, within the meaning of this rule. The 
decision of the Council or of any Committee to whom the Council 
shall <lelegate its ])ower under this rule, shall be final. When a 
dealer fs ])ro|)o.sed as a niemter of the Club, the fact of his freing 
a dealer shall 'be .stated i i t'le Notices to Members^. 
8. It shall be awful for the Council to delegate any of 
its power to a Committee. 
0. The C;.uncil may appoint an .Vrbitration Conmiittee, which 
may decide (juestions at issue bi'tween memters of associatei, when 
requested to do so by both i^arties. Any decision of such Com- 
mittee shall he final. Excej-)t to the extent permitted by th'is 
rule, the Club and its officers shall tlecline to concern themselyes 
with disputes 'Retween members. ' , 
