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FOREST AND STREAM 
June, 1920 
HELD 
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SHELLS 
FRANK TROEH 
The Famous Amateur Trap- 
shooter, whose portrait is 
shown above, has won more 
Championship titles than any 
other shooter in the world. 
His record of 
200 Straight 5"," 
made at time he won the 
American Amateur 
Championship 
has no parallel in the Amateur 
class and can never be beaten. 
Champion of the World, 
won at Olympic Club event, is 
a title to which none dispute 
his right. 
‘‘Perfect from Primer to Crimp* 
Send for ** Four Aces and a King 1 * 
Mention this Magazine 
THE TOWN RIFLE CLUB 
FURTHER PARTICULARS REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION 
THAT WILL MAKE^MARKSMANSHIP A NATIONAL SPORT 
[By CAPTAIN ROY, SATINNEY, Associate Editor of FOREST AND STREAM 
HAVE received letters 
from every State in 
the Union, since open- 
ing the subject of 
smallbore shooting in 
the March number, 
asking for further 
particulars regarding 
what to do and how 
to do it, as the ques- 
tion most often re- 
p e a t e d is: “How 
should I go about or- 
ganizing a club?” So I shall leave the 
smallbore skirmish run for the next is- 
sue and give the data that is immediate- 
ly required. The three elements that 
constitute a successful rifle club are a 
sound organization, a place to shoot and 
suitable equipment. Like most com- 
munity movements, the matter starts 
with a meeting of those most interested 
in the subject and the first task that 
confronts this committee is to draft an 
outline of the proposed organization. 
This is best accomplished by drafting a 
skeleton set of by-laws that can be al- 
tered and amended to suit local condi- 
tions and here is the outline supplied by 
the American Smallbore League: 
Name and Object: The name of this 
organization is and its object 
is to promote smallbore rifle shooting as 
a national sport. 
Membership: Any person over 
years of age may become a member upon 
the affirmative vote of the Executive 
Board. 
Officers: There are five officers who 
shall be elected at the annual meeting 
to hold office for one year, and until 
their successors are elected to wit: 
1. The Executive Officer is the direct- 
ing head and has the general control and 
management of the affairs of the or- 
ganization. 
2. The Secretary is ex-officio clerk of 
the Executive Board, shall keep a record 
of all meetings and perform such other 
duties as may be assigned him by the 
Executive Board. 
3. The Treasurer shall collect all 
monies due the organization and expend 
the club’s funds as directed by the Ex- 
ecutive Board, keeping a proper record 
of all receipts and expenditures. 
4. The Ordnance Officer has charge 
of all ammunition, arms and equipment 
owned by the club, shall keep a record of 
the sale of cartridges to the members 
and turn the money so obtained over to 
the Treasurer. 
5. The Statistical Officer shall keep a 
record of all firing done during matches, 
meetings and qualification courses, and 
obtain proper targets and see that they 
are- on the range when needed. He shall 
also, in conjunction with the Ordnance 
Officer, have charge of and be respon- 
sible for the range built and maintained 
by the club. 
Executive Board: These five officers 
ex-officio compose the Executive Board 
and are authorized and empowered to 
conduct any and all business that may 
be either necessary or advisable to prop- 
erly carry on the work of the club, they 
may meet whenever and wherever they 
see fit and three members constitute a 
quorum necessary for the transaction of 
business. This Board also has the power 
to cancel the membership of any member 
whose conduct is, in their judgment, det- 
rimental to the best interests of the or- 
ganization. 
Meetings: The annual meeting shall 
be held during the month of on a 
day fixed by the Executive Board and 
the Secretary shall mail a notice of the 
time and place of this meeting to each 
member at least one week prior to the 
day fixed. Special meetings of the mem- 
bers may be called by the Executive 
Board whenever they deem such action 
necessary. One-third of the members in 
good standing shall constitute a quorum 
for the transaction of business. 
Dues: The initiation fee is $. . . . and 
the dues are $ . . . . a year, payable on 
April first, and no member shall be per- 
mitted to vote, use the range or exercise 
any of the rights and privileges of mem- 
bership until such dues are paid. 
Amendments: The members may alter 
or amend these by-laws at any annual 
or special meeting by a majority vote of 
those present. The Executive Board 
may, from time to time, make such fur- 
ther rules and regulations as they deem 
necessary to properly conduct the activi- 
ties of the organization, and these rules 
and regulations shall have the same force 
and effect as these by-laws. 
To some this set of by-laws may seem 
rather short, but it is a fact well recog- 
nized by lawyers and executives that the 
simplest documents are the most effec- 
tive. By vesting the Executive Board 
with full authority to act, the members 
are simply enabling these men to handle 
the organization for the best interests of 
all concerned, for if you cannot trust the 
honesty and judgment of those in charge 
the whole proposition is doomed to fail 
in any event. In drafting a set of by- 
laws it is wise to remember that capable 
men will not take up a proposition that 
is all sewed up with arbitrary regulations 
and intricate provisos, because “red tape” 
only serves to hinder progress and breed 
dissatisfaction. The burden of making 
the club a success is placed squarely on 
the shoulders of the Executive Board and 
that is quite enough, without trying to 
tell them in advance exactly how the job 
should be done. The Executive Officer 
should be either an experienced rifleman 
or a man sufficiently interested in the 
game to become thoroughly informed on 
the subject, and each member of the 
Executive Board must be an active shoot- 
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