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 OF THE 
 
 NORTH R3DINC 
 
 OF THE 
 
 COUNTY OF YORK. 
 
 V^^im^\s^n of tde m\^ si^^octfitfon. 
 
 jS'o. 1.— JVcrwie of the Afisociation. 
 
 1st. This Association shall be called "The 
 Conservative Association of the North Riding ot 
 the County of York." 
 
 So. 2.-^ Members of the Association, 
 
 •2ud. This Association shall consist of all thus* 
 persons, being Conservatives, who are entitled to 
 vDte at elections in this Hiding. 
 
 No, S,--OlIiccrs of the Association* 
 
 3rd. That the oiTicers of this Association shall be 
 a President, a Vice-President, and a Secietary- 
 Treasurer, to be first chosen at the fornialion of I he 
 Association. 
 ^o, ^,-^locat and Central Committees, 
 
 4th That the Association at its first meeting divM 
 appoint Local Conuaittees, composed of the mo>it 
 prominent Consowative electors in each division 
 uf the Kiding ;--«and a Cental CcmmiUee chosen 
 from the Local Committees, and constituted as 
 follows:— 
 
Sii HlMBbera from !lio Towuship of King, 
 
 Fivo 
 
 Fof'T 
 Three 
 Three 
 Thro© " 
 Three «• 
 Three " 
 
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 II 
 II 
 
 WhitRhttroh, 
 Ea><t Gwillianibnry, 
 North GwiUiainbury, 
 Gcor;rina, 
 Villnge of Newiuarkut, 
 
 " Ilflliaitil Lauding* 
 
 " Aurora. 
 
 ti 
 II 
 
 No. ^.—Duties of President, Vice-Presidint—Chainnun. 
 5tli. It shall be the duty of the Prcsklent to take 
 the chair at all meetings of the Association, and 
 in his absence, it shull be the duty of the Vice- 
 President to picsidc ; and both beinj,' absent, any 
 member of the Assc ;;iatiow chosen by the meeting 
 shall be the chairman of said meeting. 
 
 No. (i.^Mectinss of the Association. 
 
 Cth. There shall bo four meetings of the Associ- 
 ation e ory year. The 1st shall be held on the 
 second Wednesday in Febrnavy; the 2tKl on the 
 second Wednesday in June; the 3rd on ihcserond 
 Wednesday in September; the 4th on the tscrond 
 Wedncnday in December. Of all which meetings 
 the members shall receive one week's notice from 
 the Secretary. These meetings to take place at 
 one o'clock each day. 
 
 No.t. "Concerning the Duties of the Secretary-Treasurir 
 
 7th. That the Secretary -Treasurer shall receive 
 and account for all monies in any way the property 
 of the Association, and shall insert in a propter 
 Book all alterations which may from time to 
 time be made in the Constitution and By-laws 
 of the Association. The Secretary also shall 
 make Minutes in a proper Bock of the business 
 transacted at all the meetings of the Association. 
 
3 
 
 A'o. a— Secretary Memhtr of all Committees. Quorum of 
 Central Committee to coimsf of 7 ; Qnmnm of Local 
 
 Cant mil tt'ijs to consist of 3 Members, 
 
 Sth. That the Secretary !*h»ll be ex ofjkio a 
 Meniher of all Conimittees; that !ie shall be 
 I'mpowcrcJ to call tlie Central Comiiiittce toge- 
 ther at all times when in his opinion the Inter- 
 ests of the Association requhc it ; sev(ni xn^nnbcrs 
 of the Cejitral Committee to be deemccl a Quomm 
 lor ♦he transaction of the General Busiiiess of the 
 Asssociation. Five ?.Icmbers of any Local Com- 
 mittee to be deemed a Quorum for the transaetion 
 of anv business aiiccting the Loealily in Avhich 
 .-•aid Local rommittee arts. 
 So. '}.-^!)iifi/ of SvcrcUinj at Maiiit^fs. 
 
 mh. it shall bo the duty of tht* j^eeictaiy at all 
 Moetlii'^s, when the cliair is taken, before any 
 bnsine.<s can bo transaetiHl, to read the Mitmlcs of 
 the last mcetin[]^, and have thorn signed tnul 
 conilrmod by the President or tlie Vice-1-rrsident, 
 or the Cliairnjan, as the case may be. 
 
 So, U),^Atuuial Election of Offixcrn. 
 
 10th. That the Oiiieers of the Assoeiation shall 
 be chosen animally— the Election to take phu-e at 
 the fu-st meeting, to be held i the second V/t-d- 
 nesday in February of each year. 
 So \ \. --'Mode {f Altering a By-Law. 
 
 11th. No alteration in any By-Law of this As- 
 sociation can be made, unless a written notice of 
 the proposed alteration has been lodged with the 
 Secretary at the meeting immediately preceding 
 the one at which it is intended to carry the altera- 
 tion into efiect; and no notice of any intended al- 
 teration of a By-Law can be given to the Secretary, 
 unless at one of the Quarterly INIectings to be held 
 
on the days already provided for by these By-La vs, 
 and it shall be tlie duty of the Secretary to insert 
 the substance and mcanin!^ of the said proposed 
 alteration of a By-Law in the summoub callings 
 the Meuibcrs to the nicct»ng at which it »s pro- 
 posed to alter such By-Law. 
 
 No. 12.— 3Jr«>t/e of Eiutct'uig a New By-Law. 
 
 12th. No new By-Law can be added to the 
 Constitution or By-Laws as now a'Jlopted, 
 unless said proposed Now By-Law has ^m\o 
 through the Forms provided in By-law No. 11, 
 for ttie alteration of a By-lnw, provided also 
 that it shall bo ncccKsary before the Jidoplion 
 of the New By-Law can be legal, that UiO Secre- 
 tary give the same notice in the Summons calling 
 the JMembers of tliQ mectin;^^, at which it is pro- 
 posed to adopt said new By-Law, as is provided 
 by No. 11 in the Sumaioiis to the meeting for the 
 purpose of a! teriii^ a By-Law. 
 
 No, 13. — Duties of Central Committee Drfined. 
 
 13th. The duties of the Central Coiuniittee shall 
 be to consider and decide upon all questions af- 
 fecting the general intcrosls cl the Assuclation, to 
 decide upon a!l political action to be taken by the 
 Conservatives of the Kidiag as a Body. To re- 
 ceive the reports of Local Comniittccs, and to 
 adopt thcni or make sucli suggestions to the said 
 Local Corii mil lees as shall appear to a majority 
 of the sa:d Central Committee host adapted to 
 the united intercfets of the Conservative Association, 
 and generally by its action the Central Committee 
 shall govern the aflairs of the ('onservatives of the 
 Ridiuj^ as a United Body, 
 
No. I i.-^Importunt Duties of Local Comminets. 
 
 1 1th. The duties of the Local Committcca be- 
 ing most iiupoitant, it is alaio^st impossible to dc- 
 fine tlicmiu any IJy-Uiw; anil as upon their el- 
 forts the succf^ss of the Associntioii must in a great 
 degree depend, it is iniportant thut they shonlii 
 bear in view thr? norc^sity for constant vigUauco in 
 tfie diftthargo of their datk-s. It is the dtity ol 
 tire Local Coninilllt'os to Keep alive amongst the 
 inhabitants of the di^^trict in which tliey operate, a 
 sense of the importance of liic obj','Ct of the An- 
 sociatiiy.s, to endcnvor by every means in their 
 power to procure adhLroits to the p.ineiph^.; of the 
 body; to promote ha:in!)siy and good Reeling 
 amon.i^^Kt the Wenihcr.-.-; to pvcpMic au'i tja!;.-rnit Uf 
 the Secretary, from time to time, aecnrate lijsts of 
 tliose vvithhi tlieir ^sphere of action, who hi the day 
 of trial men' be depended upon, as well as snch 
 other inform^Jlion as may in their opinion conduce 
 to the succesti of the ^^reat object the Association 
 has in view. On the Local Committees will de- 
 volve tlie duty of appohiting and procuring teams 
 and Teamsters, by which at elections Voters can, 
 without dimcalty, get to the VuWs, It will be their 
 duty to take npon themselves the energetic dis- 
 charge of those functions in their localities, upon 
 which the fcuceoss of Contested Elections must 
 entirely depend. It will be their duty to inculcate 
 and impress upon the well known and trusty ad- 
 herents of the Conservative cause, the importance 
 of early voting on the first day of Polling, thereby 
 encouraging the zealous, confirming the wavering, 
 and striking terror into the hearts of opponents, 
 thus weakening: and discouraging tliera ; and, in 
 
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 short, it shall be the duty of the Local Coniniitteos 
 to do thes-c and all other lavvfiii things in order that 
 success inny crown tlic eflorts of the Association— 
 all r.oi.Ml CumuiittoCvS to lune the power of addin<( 
 to their nu labors. « 
 
 So. la. — Pt'incifilcH vp'ii whh'h ihe AsHociaiion h Baaed^ 
 and (foon wUkh thn/ nu'tl fhett' Collars to the 3I(Hl. 
 
 I *)lli. Tiic fiind.«nu»nt;il principle of all Conser- 
 vative Associntlons hciu:^ to preserve the I^ritish 
 Constifi:tiun as bv hwcf:i1ablii^;hod. tins, combined 
 
 v/jili llio unaltcra!)!;.' tlclcnniiiiitiou to presrrvi' 
 inviolate iUo cxisii!ji«- ("jnncclion bctwecMi Canada 
 and (Jrt'at Britain, v.'ill ibvm the h:\sh upon wliicli 
 tlio pulitics of thii; A.^sociation wiil be founde<l ; 
 and keeping this principle stcatlily in view, the 
 Association will advocate all nscful, patriotic and 
 progressive measnrcii. 
 
 .V.>. \(i.~. Organization ant Cmstltutlon of Local Com- 
 uiHU'cs ; diifica of their Sccrelai'tcs. 
 
 ICth. Local Committees on commencln,^ opera- 
 tions will select their Pieyklent and Secretarvt 
 and as soon as they arc organized it v/ill become 
 th'j duty of the Secretary so appointed to commu- 
 nicate in writing the names of the Otncers to the 
 Secretary of the Association, in order that he may 
 know the proper persons to address his correspond- 
 ence to in each locality ; as it mast be obvions to 
 all, that without this J3y-Law thorough organiza- 
 tion could not exist. It is hoped that Local 
 Committees will strictly carry this regulation into 
 eflect. 
 
Approvt?(l, conlirmcd and adoptotl at a fnl! moot- 
 nig as t!ic Hy-Lnws of Uic Cunscrvntivc As.s'Kin- 
 lion of liio North liiiUni; of York. 
 
 VVM. INIOSLKY, 
 
 Sfec'Ctihy, 
 
 THOMAS I'YNi:, 
 
 iloLLAN'D La.M>INO, Julv 29, iStll. 
 
 PHINTKC AT THE ICKH HERAT L oyHd;, 'RriHMOSl) Hll.f>.