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 LEGAL CLUB 
 
 SIPABLISHBD pBBljUAF^y, 188$. 
 
 ^^ Oratio Vincit Omnia,^* 
 
 WINNIPEG: 
 PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY. 
 
 1884. 
 
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 LEGAL CLUB 
 
 eSTABIilSHBD PSBr^UAI^Y, 188^. 
 
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 WINNIPEG. 
 

 W. K. i'EKDUE. 
 
 UlGB-^I^ESIDENTT : 
 O. H. WALKKR. 
 
 II. TURNBULL. 
 
 (90MMIJIIJIIEE OP (QANAGEMENOT 
 
 F. WADE, 
 E. i DAVIS, 
 
 C. L. SHAW, 
 W. H. LONC;, 
 
 D. S. WHITMAN, 
 W. A. GALLIHER. 
 
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LAWS. 
 
 '[Rv: sociF/rY. 
 
 I. The Society shall be called -Thk Winnh-kc 
 Lkgal Club." 
 
 •> ^rhe objects of this Society shall be the promotion 
 of the study of the Law, the cultivation of public s])eaking 
 and reading, and the writing of essays on legal and other 
 subjects of general interest. 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 3. 'Hie Society shall consist of Ordinary and Honc^r- 
 ary members. 
 
 4 Ordinary Members shall consist of such Barristers, 
 -Utorneys, Law Students and Articled Clerks of ^Lanitoba 
 and other Provinces of the Dominion, and officers of the 
 Superior and County Courts of Manitoba as shall sign the 
 roll and pay the i)roper fees. 
 
 5 Honorary Members shall consist of the Judges of 
 the Court of Queen's Bench and County Courts, and the 
 Benchers of the Law Society. 
 
 6 Each Ordinary Member shall i)ay an admission 
 fee of one dollar, which shall be his subscription for the 
 session in which he is admitted, and, at or before the 
 second meeting of each session thereafter, an annual 
 subscription of one dollar, and shall contribute any 
 further sum that may be imposed upon him b> the 
 Society to meet its reiiuirements. 
 
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 7. Any Member allowing his fees to rumain uni)ai(l 
 lur one )ear shall cease to l)e a Member, nnd no Member 
 shall vote or take any i^art in the jjroreedin^^s while his 
 fees are in arrear. 
 
 OFI'lCh:RS. 
 
 8. The Offuers of the Society sliall consist of a 
 President, (who shall be a J>arristei,) a \'i( e-President, a 
 Secretary-Treasurer, and a Committee of Management. 
 
 1). The Committee of Management shall consist of 
 six meml)ers, who, together with the other officers of the 
 Society, shall constitute and be called the Executive 
 Committee. 
 
 10. Candidates for office shall be nominated at least 
 one week ])rior to election. 
 
 11. The election of Officers shall take place yearly, 
 by ballot, at the third regukir meeting of the session, and 
 every Officer shall continue in office until his successor 
 is a])pointed. 
 
 12. In case of a vacancy occurring in any office 
 candidates shall be nominated to fill such vacancy at the 
 next regular meeting tliereafter, and the election shall 
 take place at the meeting next after such nomination. 
 
 13. The Session shall commence on the first day of 
 September and end on the last day of June in each year. 
 
 DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 
 
 14. The President, or, in his absence, the Vice- 
 President, (if not appointed reader, essayist, or debater 
 for that evening), shall preside at all meetings of the 
 Society. 
 
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 15. In case, at any meeting, no member he present 
 who is quaHficd to act as Chairman under the preceding 
 section, a Chairman chosen by the members present 
 shall j)reside. 
 
 16. The President may, in his discretion, appoint 
 any member present at a regidar meeting to take the 
 chair in his place. 
 
 17. Hie Secretary-I^reasnrer shall keep full and cor 
 rect minutes of the business transacted at all meetings of 
 the Society, and shall record therein the names of the 
 Officers present at every meeting and the number ot 
 members present, and shall report annually at the meet- 
 ing held for the election M' Officers, upon the general 
 condition of the Society. 
 
 18. He shall be ex officio a member of all Commit- 
 tees, and shall act as their Secretar) . 
 
 19. He shaJl arrange the business of the meetings 
 and bring it before the Society in the order hereinafter 
 prescribed. 
 
 20. He shall conduct all Society correspondence, 
 and give due notice of all meetings of the Society. 
 
 21. He shall at every meeting read the minutes of 
 the previous meeting. 
 
 22. In case of the illness or absence of the Secretary 
 the Society shall appoint some member to perform his 
 duties pro tem. 
 
 23. He shall receive and account for all the m.oneys 
 belonging to the Society ; and he shall be responsible 
 for all moneys so received by him. 
 
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 24. He shall at the annual meeting for the election 
 of Officers furnisli a statement of the financial affairs of 
 the Society, certified by the Executive Committee. 
 
 25. All recoids in possession of any officer of the 
 Society shall be open to the insp action of any member 
 thereof. 
 
 26. Every Officer of the Society shall, at the conclu- 
 sion of his term of office, deliver to his successor all 
 books, documents and funds in his possession belonging 
 to the Society, and such successor shall thenceforth dur- 
 ing his term of Office be responsible for the safe keeping 
 of the same. 
 
 COMMITTEES. 
 
 27. The Executive Commtttee shall select the sub- 
 jects for debate, and shall, except for public debates, 
 appoint a leader on the affirmative and a leader on the 
 negative side of the question ; all members so ai)pointed 
 shall receive at least one week's notice of their appoint- 
 ment and of the subject selected by the Committee for 
 discussion. 
 
 28. The Committee shall hand to the Secretary, and 
 the Secretary shall announce the question for discussion, 
 at the meeting next preceding the meeting appointed for 
 such discussion. 
 
 29. The Committee may appoint Readers for each 
 meeting of the Society, giving them at least one week's 
 notice of such appointment. 
 
 30. Four members of the Executive Committee shall 
 form a quorum. 
 
 31. Any officer absenting himself from three con 
 secutive meetings without giving to the Society a satis- 
 
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LfAWS OP She 'OtJlNNIPEG LlEGAL (qLUB. 
 
 factory reason therefor shall be held to have vacated 
 his office. 
 
 MEETINGS. 
 
 32. Ten members shall form a quorum. 
 
 33. Meetings may be held in each Session to which 
 the Public shall be invited, and the members of the 
 Club shall appoint the times for holding the same, and 
 the members to take part therein. 
 
 34. Such api'ointment shall be made at least two 
 weeks before the day named for such ])ublic debate. 
 
 35. The President, or Vice-President, or any five 
 members of the Society, may, by written requisidon to 
 the Secretary, require him to call a Special Meeting of 
 the Society for the purposes mentioned in such requisi- 
 tion ; the Secretary shall give two days' notice of such 
 meeting and shall state in such notice the purposes for 
 which such meeting is called. 
 
 35. The Society shall meet every Saturday evening 
 during the Session at 8 o'clock 
 
 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
 
 37. The order of business at Ordinary Meetings 
 shall be as follows, (subject however to any alteration 
 that may be made for the evening by a vote of the major- 
 ity of the members present) : 
 
 1. Calling the Membership Roll, 
 
 2. Reading the Minutes of last Meedng. 
 
 3. Reading Communications. 
 
 4. Notices of Motion. 
 
 5. Motions of which notice has been given. 
 
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 6. Business from the Executive Committee and 
 
 arising out of the Minutes and Comniuni- 
 cations. 
 
 7. (ieneral Business. 
 
 8. Balloting for Officers. 
 
 9. Reading Essays and Selections. 
 10. Debates. 
 
 ,S8. In every debate the question shall be argued on 
 the affirmative and negative sides alternately commencing 
 with the affirmative, and the leader of the affirmative 
 shall have a general reply. 
 
 31). In the absence of any member ai)pointed on 
 the debate, his place may be sui)plied by a volunteer. 
 
 40. Except at public debates, there shall be allowed 
 for the reading of essays twenty minutes, tor the reading 
 of selections ten minutes ; to the leaders on the debate 
 fifteen minutes each, to tlie other speakers ten minutes 
 each ; the leader of the affirmative shall also be allowed 
 ten minutes to reply. 
 
 41. At the close of the debate the Chairman shall 
 sum up the arguments and in giving his decision shall 
 have strict regard to the weight of the arguments 
 advanced by the speakers of the resj^ective sides. 
 
 42. The Chairman shall have power to decide ques- 
 tions of order, subject to an aj)peal to the meeting, a vote 
 of two-thirds of the members [)resent being necessary to 
 sustain such appeal. 
 
 43. No motion shall be put from the chair unless 
 submitted in writing, with the names of the mover and 
 seconder, except a motion to adjourn, to lay on the table, 
 or the ])revious question. 
 
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 44 No member shall address the meeting unless a 
 motion is before the chair, except when general l)usmess 
 is being transacted. 
 
 45 When a member intends to speak or submit a 
 motion he shall rise in his place and, respectfully addres- 
 sing the chair, confme himself to the subject and avoid 
 |)ersonalities. 
 
 46 Should more than one member rise to si)eak at 
 the same^ time,, the Chairman shall at onc:e and without 
 appeal determine who is entitled to the fiuor. 
 
 47. On a point of order being raised while a member 
 is speaking, the member speaking shall at once take his 
 seat the p>3int o( order shall be stated by the member 
 raising it, and the Chairman shall without further debate 
 decide thereupon. 
 
 48 In business discussions each meml)er shall l)e 
 allowed to speak twice, but no member shall spi^ak tor 
 the second time until all the members desiring to speak 
 once shall have done so. 
 
 49. No amendment can be received after an amend- 
 ment to an amendment. 
 
 50. The following motions shall be put from the 
 chair immediately without debate : 
 
 To adjourn simply. 
 
 To lay on the table, 
 
 The previous question. 
 51 A motion to adjourn simply shall always be in 
 order except (1) In interruption of a member speaking. 
 (•>) When members are voting. (:'>) \Mien an adjourn- 
 mentwas the last preceding motion. {^) ^Vjien it has 
 been decided that the previous questu;n shall be put. 
 
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 52. The previous question shall be put in this form, 
 "Shall the main question be now put ?" If this is carried 
 no further motions or amendments or debate shall be 
 permitted, but the main question shall be put without 
 delay. 
 
 53. All questions, unless otherwise provided for shall 
 be determined by a majority of votes. 
 
 54. The Chairman shall, with the assistance of the 
 Secretary, ascertain and declare the result of every ballot. 
 
 55. The Chairman shall be entitled to vote only on 
 an equality of votes, in which case he shall have the 
 castinof vote. 
 
 56. The yeas and nays upon any question shall be 
 recorded on the Minutes when called for by tv»^o members. 
 
 57. No amendment to the Minutes shall be allowed 
 after their adoi)tion, and no resolution to expunge any 
 part of them shall have any other effect than the erasure 
 of the record, nor shall any motion to expunge be in order 
 until their adoption. 
 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
 
 58. No alteration of the Constitution of the Club 
 shall be made except at the third meeting in the month 
 of October, and at least two weeks' notice in writing of 
 the proposed alteration shall be given to the Society, and 
 such alteration shall only be made upon a vote in favor 
 of the same of two thirds of the members present at the 
 meeting when the motion for such alteration shall be 
 made. 
 
 59. Amendments may be moved to a motion for the 
 alteration of the Constitution, on the evening when such 
 
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 motion is discussed, without notice of the amendments 
 nroposed, i)rovided that such amendments are i)art ot the 
 !>ri.:inal niotion, or do not substantially alter the ongmal 
 motion. 
 
 60 By a two-thirds vote of the members i)resent at 
 any meeting, the operation of any article or articles of 
 this Constitution may be suspended for that meetmg. 
 
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^mes of ^(tnbets. 
 
 ^^nreau, J. ' 
 
 Calder, J. (;. 
 
 ^'Ode, J. 1). J) 
 
 ^;^ark, O. H. 
 
 Chambers, f h 
 
 ^^^^vis, E. P. 
 
 Hodge, R. 
 
 f'"ortin, G. E. 
 ^Talliher, VV. '\ 
 Hovvden, J. H.' 
 Haney, J. R. 
 
 Kennedy, \\; ]' |. 
 '^^^"g, \V. H. 
 Marshall T. H 
 Moss, R. 
 
 Mci^hili 
 
 jp«, A. I': 
 
 McBeth, R. (;. 
 Mclntyre, H. R 
 McPean, A I 
 t crdue, U^ }<:. 
 
 i'l-enderi/ast, ] 
 nnce, A. 
 
 ^^obinson, T. 
 
 '^ urnbull, H. 
 ^Valker, G. H 
 ^V^ade, R C. 
 ^Vilson, R. f. 
 ^V'hitman, J), ^s. 
 
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 son, C. P. 
 
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