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1981

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^ioNSTITUTION.

Name.

1. The name of this Association shall be " The Union

Club."

Object.

2. The Association is organized for social, literary and
artistic i5urposes ; and to establish and maintain a Club-
house, which shall contain a Reading-room, Library and
Art-gallery, Billard and Card-rooms, and such other
appurtenances as may be deemed expedient and proper.

Management.

3. The management of the Club shall be vested in a
Committee of twelve of its members, to be known as the
Board of Governors ; which shall be divided into four
equal classes, and the term of office of the oldest class
shall expire on the first day of December of each year, or
when their successors are elected. Members to replace
the outgoing class and to fill vacancies in the other classes,
shall be elected by the Club at the Annual Meeting. A
majority of all the votes cast shall be necessary to elect a
member of the Board of Governors.

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Ofliceps.

4. The B(:»ard of Governors shall elect each year from
its own nuuiber, and before the fifteenth day of Decem-
ber, a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer,
and a House Committee of three members.

The Board shall also appoint a Committee on Literature
and Art, consistinjjj of three members.

Powers of the Board of Oovernops.

5. The Board of Governors shall have general charge
of ^he alliiirs, funds and property of the Club ; shall carry
out the objects and purposes thereof, subject to this
Constitution, and to such amendments as may be made to
the same ; and at the Annual Meeting shall make a report
of its proceedings during the previous year, and render a
full statement of the condition of the Club.

The Board shall have power to make regulations for the
admission, suspension and expulsion of members : to call
special meetings of the Club : to make rules for the ad-
mission of strangers ; for the use of the Club by the mem-
bers, and for their conduct in the Club-rooms ; and to fix,
and enforce or remit, penalties for the violation of such
rules.

The Board shall hold regular monthly meetings. Any
member who shall absent himself from three consecutive
meetings (regular or special), unless he shall present at
the next regular meeting a satisfactory excuse for his ab-
sence, shall cease to be a member of the Board of Gov-
ernors. A majority of the members shall constitute a
quorum. The proceedings of the Board shall be secret and
confidential ; and no member shall be questioned as to
the action of the Board on any subject whatsoever.

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Duties of the House Committee.

0, It shall bo tho duty of tho House Coiinuittee to hold
weekly meetings ; and, under the direction andccjutrjl of
the Board o( Governors, to manage the Clulj-rooms; to pur-
chase all supplies and furniture ; to reg'date prices ; to
attend to alterations and repairs ; to a})point and dismiss
all employees ; to keep the rooms and premises of the Clul>
in good condition ; to enforce obedience to the rules ; to
receive and redress complaints ; and to make monthly

reports to the Board of Governors.

Duties of tlio Committee on Literature and Art.

7. The Committee on Literature and Art, under tlie
direction and control of the Board of Gt)vernors, shall
have charge of the Reading room, Library and Art-galler}- ;
shall have power to solicit and receive donations ; shall
make all proper efforts to enlarge tho Library and Art-
collection ; and shall expend such sums of money, as may
be voted therefov by the Board of Governors, upon the
purchase of newspapers, periodicals, books and works of
art.

Members.

8. Candidates for membership — regular and non-resid-
ent — must be proposed and seconded by two members, in
their own handwriting in a book kept for that purpose,
at least ten days previous to a meeting of the Board of
Governors. No member of the Board shall propose or
second a candidate. Non-resident members shall not be
entitled to vote, and must reside at a distance of not less
than fifty miles from the City of Quebec.

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Fees and Duos.

0. Tho entranco feo for rf»j?ular members shall bo One
iiiiiKlrod dollars ; and for non-reaidont mombors, Fifty
dollars. The Annual dues shall bo Twonfcy-live dollars
for regular, and Twelve and a half dollars for non-resident
members, payable on tho first day of December of each
year. Non-resident members may at any^ time become
regular members, by declaring the intention to do so, and
by paying an additional ontranoo fee of Fifty dollars. No
member shall receive any salary, emolument or profit from
tlie funds of the Club. ^

Meeting's.

10. The annual meeting shall be held on the second
Saturday of November at eight p.m. A special meeting
shall be called by the Board of Governors at any time,
on the written request of ten members of the Club j
which request shall specify the object of the meeting.
Twenty members shall constitute a quorum. At the an-
nual meeting two Auditors shall be elected for the follow-
ing year.

Amendments.

11. Notice of proposed amendments to this Constitution
shall be furnished to the Secretary at least fifteen days
before the meeting at which it is proposed to consider
them ; and the Secretary shall post the same in a con-
spicuous place in the Club-house, at least seven days be-
fore the meeting. A two-thirds' affirmative vote of those
present shall be necessary to make any change.