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 CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS 
 
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 RULES OF ORDKK 
 
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 LITEEARY SOCIETY. 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 This Society shall be known as the *' McGill 
 College Undergraduates Literary Society,*' 
 hereinafter described as " the Society." 
 
 ARTICLE IL 
 
 Students attending the classes in any of the 
 Faculties of McGill College shall be eligible for 
 election as ordinary members of the Society. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 The honorary members shall consist of those 
 who have at some time been members of McGill 
 College, or who hold a degree from any other 
 
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 recognized University, who, having been nomi- 
 nated at one meeting, are elected at the next by a 
 majority of two-thirds (^) of the members pre- 
 sent at any such meeting. It shall be the privi- 
 lege of honorary members to take part in all 
 discussions, debates, and other proceedings of the 
 Society, but they shall not be entitled to vote 
 upon any question affecting in any way the Con- 
 stitution of the Society. They shall be exempted 
 from the payment of all fees ; but their number 
 may not at any one time exceed twenty. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 The object of the Society shall be, the mutual 
 improvement of its members by means of debates, 
 essays, readings, etc. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 No question of a religious nature shall be dis- 
 cussed. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 The officers of the Society shall be elected by 
 ballot at the first meeting of the Society in each 
 session, shall consist of a President, two Vice- 
 Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and an As- 
 sistant-Secretary, who, together, shall constitute 
 the General Committee. 
 
 
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 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 Four members shall constitute a quonim of the 
 General Committee. 
 
 ARTICLE VIIL . 
 
 A Special Committee of five shall be appointed 
 every two months during the session to chooes 
 subjects for debate, and appoint speakers for each 
 side, each side being allowed to choose its awn 
 leader. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 Three members shall form a quorum of the 
 Special Committee. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 The President, or, in his absence, one of the 
 Vice-Presidents, in order of seniority, shall preside 
 over all meetings of the Society, enforce the due 
 observance of the Constitution, decide all questions 
 of order, announce the results of all voting, and 
 give the casting vote in case of a tie. 
 
 In the event of the absence of all the above- 
 mentioned officers, the meeting shall elect a Chair- 
 man. • ♦ 
 
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 ARTICLE XI. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Secretary, with the 
 help of the Assistant-Secretary, to preserve an 
 accurate record of the proceedings of the Society, 
 by entering the Minutes of each meeting in a book 
 kept for that purj)ose, and reading them at the 
 next meeting ; to call special meetings at the re- 
 quest of five members ; and to conduct all corres- 
 pondence. 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive 
 and account for all moneys belonging to the 
 Society ; to pay, under the direction of the General 
 Committee, all expenses incurred by the Society ; 
 to notify members in arrears ; and to submit a 
 financial statement of the affairs of the Society 
 when called upon to do so by the Society. . 
 
 ARTICLE XIII. 
 
 The amount of the subscription for which each 
 member shall be liable shall be determined by the 
 Society according to its exigencies. 
 
 ARTICLE XIV. 
 
 Any member who shall not have paid his sub- 
 scription one fortnight after the day appointed 
 
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 shall be prohibited from taking part in any dis- 
 cussion of the Society or from voting, nor shall 
 he be eligible for any office, until such time as he 
 shall have paid his subscription. 
 
 ARTICLE XV. 
 
 Special meetings may be called at any time by 
 the Secretary, upon requisition of five members. 
 
 Notice posted upon the bulletin board at least 
 one day before any such meeting shall be deemed 
 due notice. 
 
 ARTICLE XVI. 
 
 The regular meetings of the Society shall be 
 held every Friday evening during the College 
 session, at half-past seven o'clock, unless other- 
 wise arranged. 
 
 ARTICLE XVII. 
 
 The By-Laws, Rules of Order, or any part of 
 the Constitution, may be repealed, amended, or 
 additions made thereto, at any regular meeting of 
 the Society by a ^s majority of the members pre- 
 sent, two weeks' notice of motion being necessary. 
 
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BY-LAWS. 
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 The following shall be the order of business at 
 ordinary meetings : 
 
 1. Reading of the Minutes. 
 
 2. Business arising out of the Minutes. 
 
 3. Communications received. 
 
 4. Business from the General Committee. 
 
 5. Nominations and elections for officers and 
 Committees. 
 
 6. Unfinished business. 
 
 7. New business. 
 
 8. Notices of motion. 
 
 9. Programme. 
 
 II. 
 
 The above order of business shall be observed 
 till half-past eight o'clock, when the programme 
 will be taken up, and all business unfinished at the 
 above-mentioned hour shall be resumed at the 
 conclusion of the programme, or at the next meet- 
 ing, under the head of ** unfinished business." 
 
 III. 
 
 The President, or any three members of the 
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 meetings of the said Committee at such times as to- 
 them may seem proper. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Any member being appointed and notified but 
 fails to take the part assigned him without giving 
 a satisfactory reason shall have hii name entered, 
 in the minutes as a defaulter. 
 
 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 I. 
 
 Any member, on rising to speak, shall address 
 the chair, confine himself to the question under 
 discussion, and avoid personalities. 
 
 II. 
 
 No speaking shall be in order unless there be a 
 motion before the meeting. 
 
 III. 
 
 A week's notice of all motions shall be given in 
 writing to the Secretary, except votes of thanks^ 
 and motions to reconsider, to adjourn, to close 
 the debate, or to divide, or to suspend a whole Or 
 any part of the Constitution. 
 
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 IV. 
 
 No member shall speak more than once on any 
 question except in explanation, and no new matter 
 shall be introduced upon such explanation. A 
 reply shall be allowed to a member, who has 
 opened a debate or moved a substantive motion 
 other than those enumerated in Rule III, but not 
 to the mover of an amendment. 
 
 When a member is speaking no one shall inter- 
 rupt him, except for the purpose of calling him to 
 order. ' . 
 
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 If any member be called to order, he shall 
 immediately take his seat until the point be 
 settled. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Any member who, having been called to order, 
 still persists in speaking contrary to the ruling of 
 the chair, or in making a disturbance, having been 
 warned and afterwards named by the chair, shall 
 be prohibited from taking part in any debate, dis- 
 cussion or election during the remainder of that 
 fitting. 
 
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 Any member who shall have been adjudged 
 guilty of any reprehensible conduct shall be liable 
 to be suspended for any length of time by a vote 
 of two-thirds of the members present at any meet" 
 ing ; due notice having been given to all members 
 and the accused party. 
 
 IX. ^ ■• •, ■ .' ■ 
 
 No motion, amendment or discussion shall be 
 in order after the Chairman has risen to put the 
 question. 
 
 X. 
 
 No motion, amendment or discussion shall be 
 in order when a motion simply to adjourn is before 
 
 the Society, but a motion to adjourn to a special 
 time may be amended or discussed. 
 
 XI. 
 
 When a member is speaking, a motion being 
 read, or a vote taken, no member shall walk out 
 of or across the room, or make any noise. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Only one amendment to an amendment shall be 
 in order, and no irrelevant amendment shall be 
 permitted. 
 
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 Seven members, including the Chairman^ shall 
 form a quorum of the Society. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Any member may on any point appeal to the 
 Society from the decision of the chair. The 
 Chairman shall thereupon put the question : — 
 " Shall the decision of the chair be sustained ?" 
 
 XV. 
 
 In the debates the leader of the affirmative shall 
 open the debate, followed by the leader of the 
 negative. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 The time of each speaker shall be limited to 
 fifteen minutes. ' 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Each debater, except the leaders, shall speak 
 once only ; the leader of the affirmative being 
 allowed ten minutes to make reply, and the leader 
 of the negative five minutes to close the debate. 
 
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 LIST OF OFFICERS. 
 
 1 880-8 1. 
 
 President, — W. Hunter. 
 
 ist Vice-President, — R. A. E. Greenshields. 
 
 2nd Vice-President, — H. Street. 
 
 Secretary, — L. M. England. 
 
 Assistant Secretary, — J. D. Cameron. 
 
 Treasurer, — R. A. Kennedy. 
 
 1881-82. 
 
 President, — J. R. Murray. 
 ist Vice-President,--G. C. Wright. 
 and Vice-President, — Arch. Lee. 
 Secretary, — R. A. E. Greenshields. 
 Assistant Secretary,— W. H. Turner. 
 Treasurer, — A. A. Mackay. , 
 
 1882-83. 
 
 President, —J. R. Murray. 
 
 ist Vice-President,— G. C. Wright. 
 
 2nd Vice-President, — W. Loch head. 
 
 Secretary, — A. A. Mackay. 
 
 Assistant Secretary,— J. K. Unsworth. 
 
 Treasurer. — E. D. F. Holden. 
 
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 1883-84. 
 President,— G. C. Wright. 
 I St Vice-President,~A. H. Colquhoun. 
 2nd Vice-President,— N. P. Yates. 
 Secretary,— W. Loghead. 
 Assistant-Secretary,— J. p. Gerrie. 
 Treasurer,- E. D. F. Holden. 
 
 1884-85. 
 
 President,— A. H. U. Colquhoun. 
 ist Vice-President,— N. P. Yates. 
 2nd Vice-President,— R. Henderson. 
 Secretary,— S. Moore. 
 Assistant Secretary,— T. Henderson. 
 Treasurer,— E. P. Mathewson. 
 
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