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Kach candidate for admission shall be [pro- posed by one member and seconded by another, by a proposal in writing, stating the candidate's usual residence, rank, profession or other descrii)- tion, Avhich shall be inserted in the book of candi- dates, and signed by both mover and seconder, and the name of such candidates shall be sul)mittecl to the Committee at their next ensuing meeting, and if approved by the Committee, such candidates shall be balloted for at the next ballot, which shall take place after the lapse of two weeks from the time of such pro])osal. Kulu8 ami Jjleffulatiang ^/ Provided, the names of the candidate and his proposer and seconder have l)een posted in the Reading Room under the hand of the Secretary, at least two weeks before the day of ballot. No ballot shall be valid unless fifteen members actually ballot, and one black ball shall exclude. No mndidate who shall have l)een rejected on a ballot shall be eligible to be proposed again within twelve months. No person shall be admitted a member unless of the full age of twenty-one years. 4. A list shewing the names of the persons eligible to be balloted for on that day, shall be exhil)ited in the Reading Room on each day on which a ballot is to take ])lace. The ballot shall take place betw^een tlie liours of four p.m. and seven p.m., on the first and third Saturdays of each month, and each member voting shall write his name on a card to be provided for that pur- pose, and such card shall l)e placed by such mem- ber in a separate box ; -and the Secretary, or in his absence, one member of the Committee, shall open the ballot box and declare the result ; and any member may vote by proxy at such ballot - such proxy being a special Broxy given for such vote only. Should less thai/f^ttiiij ballots be cast the candidate shall be agiyni balloted for on the next Saturday on which a ballot is held, and so on each succeeding Saturday on which a ballot is held, until mm^ ballots shaU be cast. . ijf the Kir.tnria t'luU. 5. On the admission of each now member the Secretary shall notify the same to him, and furnish him with a printed (:()|)y of the Rules and Kei^ula- tions, and recjuest him to remit the amount of his entrance fee and subscri|)ti()n to the Treasurer. 6. I'he entraiVe fee shall be five Ylollars, and the annual subscrVtion five dollars ; tl^ latter pay- able in advance on n^,^' first day of Janu\)' in each year. 7. No member shall be allowed to ballot for a candidate, or be [)ermitted to vote on any occasion whatever, or enjoy any of the privileges of the Club, who has not paid his entrance fee, or has been in ^rrear for liis annual subscription lor four weeks. 8. Any meni^r failing to pay his enkraiue fee or sul)scri])tion ™hin eight weeks fronlthe time the same shall bec\ne due, if he resides im Canada, shall be reported t(\ the Committee by tie vSecre- tary, who shall cau* his name to be erasVd from the list of members u\ess the delay can be \istified to the satisfaction of tV.' Committee. 9. 'I'he name of ev-erm member failing to lay his annual subscription by the first day of February shall be exhibited in thet/.lub Room. 10. All entrance fees Vn<^l annual subscriptions shall be paid to the rreas^[er. 8 Hulcs and Mcytilutioiis IT. Any member wlio may be absent from Canada during the whole i)eriod for which the annual subs(:ri])tion is |)ayable, ma}' be considered a supernumerary meml)er, and be exempt from subscription during the continuance of such ab- sence ; bui any member availing himself of this indulgence must notify the same by letter to the Secretary, who shall insert his name in the book of supernumerar)^ members. Any such memh>er shall be re-admitted to all his privileges upon his return being notified in writing to the Secretary, and such notification to be given within one month after his return to (Canada, and upon payment of his subscription for the current year ; and failing in such notification and payment within the time before limited, unless the delay can be justified to the satisfaction of the Committee, such member shall be considered to have v.ithdrawn from the Club. I?. Any ordinar) member shall ha\e the ])rivi- lege of introducing a friend resident elsewhere than in Hamilton for a penod not exceeding one month, provided the name of such jjers^on has (with the written recommendation of an ordinary member), been submitted and approved of by the Commit'*,'; and the person so admitted shall thereafter be a privileged member of the Club for one month, subject to such regulations as the Committee may from time to time prescribe, an 1 A y^:- (if the Victoria i^'lub. the jjavmeiit of one dollar as his snbHcri] tion to the Chil). 13. Any member, at his sole ex])ense, shall have the privilege of introducing a friend into the Club to breakfast, lunch or dinner, and all other privi- leges of the Club, ])rovided the nair.e of such friend be first inscribed in the (Uiest Hook, and that he does not reside in the (!ity of Hamilton ; Init on no i)retencc whatever shall any resident of the City, who is not a member of the Chib, be admitted therein. 14. The Committee shall have authoritv to make such arrangements as they may think most conducive io the convenience of the members of the Club with the keeper of any licensed saloon in connection with the rooms of the Club, for supply- ing the members .of the Club with luncheon, din- ner and other meals, and the use of a billiard room, until such times as the Clul) may have such conveniences of its own. A bill-of-fare, with the prices to l)e approved of by the Committee, to be daily (Sundays excejjted), exhibited in the Reading Room of the Club. -ilr 15. Any member whose dues are all paid shall be at liberty to withdraw from the Club, on his written api^lication to that effect, sent to the ('om- mittee before the annual meeting of the (Jlub. 10 Mnlo.a imU I|. Any member who shall withdraw, resign or be expelled, or whose name shall be erased from the list of members for any cause in accordance with the regulations of this Club, shall cease to be a member of the C^lub, and shall forfeit t/>so facto all right or claim thereon, or in or to its property or funds, except in respect of any debt the Club inav owe him for moneys advanced or lent to the Clubh- and any meml)er who shall be expelled shall for- ever thereafter l)e ineligible to be re-admitted a member of the Club. 17. 'l^liat the number of members of the Club be limited to forty, and all tlie affairs of the Club shall be managed l)y a President, Vice-President and three other members of tiie Clul), who shall comi)ose a Committee of five, now to be chosen and shall hold office until the first Tuesday in January, 1878 ; and on that day and thereafter the President, Vice-President and Committee shall be elected by l)allot at the Annual (;eneral Meetini>- of the Club, and shall thereafter fei««*H4w*fNi**PiiiiiiM- *^~r!^ •'tnHui a ClJaiiumn miii appoint a Secretarv and Ireasurer, or one person to hold both offices as they think best ; and the said Committee shall have full power to make such regulations for the conduct of the business entrusted to them, and all other matters consistent with these Cleneral Rules and Regulations as they shall think fit, and ' th i i imiM fnuin lii i i ' L % m .' •*. v) X nf tlu^ X^ictaria 81ub. U !4i«W-!§wHrtr«w^'^hall record such regulations mkkL o.^-^..r^^i»->^n>f^ j}-^ ^ book to be kept fo^ that purpose for the information of the members. Each mem- ber of such Committee who may be present shall have a right to vote, and, in the event of a tie, the Chairman, for the time, shall have a casting vote. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-Presi- dent, shall take the Chair nt all meetings, and in the absence of both, some member of the ('om- mittee other than the Secretarv and Treasurer shall be the Chairman. 1 8. 'I'he Committee, on a unanimous vote, may add the name or names of the Secretarv and I'rea- surer (if members of the Club), as rx officio mem- bers of the Committee. 19. The vSecretary and Treasurer in all matters to be under the direction of the Committee, anfl their books and accounts are always to be o])eri to the inspection of the Committee, and all moneys to be paid out are to be paid under the order of the President or the Chairman of the Committee. 20. If any member elected to ser\e on the Com- mittee resign, or a vacancy occur, the Committee shall have power to choose a (jualified member to act in his stead until the annual meetini> next ensuing. 21. The Committee shall meet fortnightly, or at .if % 12 Kiih^s and KoQiilaHnns siuh other })eriocls as they may deem exi)edieiit, to transact current ])usiness and to audit the accounts, and three shall be a ([uorum. 22. Jt shall be the duty of the Committee to take immediate cognizance of any infraction of the Rules and Regulations of the Club. 23. There shnll be a general meeting of the Club on the fu-st Tuesday in January in each succeeding year, for the |)ur})ose of electing the President, Vice-President and the Committee for the succeed- ing year, at which meeting it shall be the duty of the Committee to present a rej)ort and abstract of the state of accounts and general concerns of the Club for the i)ast year, together with an estimate of the receipts and disbursements of the current year. 24. The annual financial statement of the year shall distinctly shew the total amount of revenue that should l)e received from members subscribing for the year, and the net amount of subscriptions paid up, together with the l)alance due for sub- scriptions for the year ; further, that the amount of subscriptions due be also shown, and the names of the members by whom they are due. 25. 'I'he annual statement shall show the amount of assets and liabilities of the Club ; and the ac- counts of the Club, when presented by the Com- > of the iMr.trtrta t'liib. 1:5 »i mittee, shall be audited l)y a :.'emi)er (not being a member of the C'ommittee), who shall have been appointed by the Club at the last preceding ( Gene- ral Meeting of the Club, and the auditor already elected shall audit the accounts for the current year. 26. The Committee shall have power at all times to convene an Extraordinary Meeting of the Club on giving seven days' notice, to be posted up during that period in the Reading Room, specify- ing the object of such meeting in the form of a resolution, at which meeting no subject shall l)e discussed l)ey()nd that specified in the notice. (!o\mtry members to l)e notified by circular. 27. The Committee, on being reijuested in writing by seven members of the Club, shall call a general meeting, giving a weeks notice thereof (such notice to specify the object of the meeting), by posting the same in a conspicuous j)lace in the Reading Room, and notifying the Country mem- bers by circular. 28. A cpiorum of eleven (jualified members shall be necessary to constitute any annual or s[)ecial meeting of the Club. 29. 'I'he C!lub shall be open every day for the reception of members at 1 2 o'clock noon. H Hulcs arrtl rficyulatmn^ 30. No member shall on any pretence, or in any manner whatsoever, receive any profits, salary or emolument from the funds of the Club, except the Secretary or Treasurer, if a member of the Club be appointed to those offices or either of them ; nor shall any member give any money or gratuity to any of the serv^ants of the establishment upon any ])retence whatever. It being understood that this rule is not intended to preclude any member of the Club from selling property, or goods, or stocks, or other money securities to the Club, or buying any of the same from the Club. 31. No member shall take away from the Club, u}jon any pretence whatsoever, any newspaper, ])amphlet, book, map or other article, the property of the Institution. 32. Any cause of complaint that may arise is to be written and signed by the member so complain- ing in the Complaint Book provided for that purpose, or by letter to the Secretary, which com- ])laint must be specially noticed by the Committee at their fortnightly meeting ; and any overcharge, inattention or improper conduct on the part of a servant is to be stated by letter under the signature of such member. 33. All members are to pay their bills for every expense they may incur in the Club before they leave the house or rooms. i of the Victoria tsJhtli. U 34. No member is on any account to l)ring a clog into the Club. 35. Any member wilfully infringing the Rules and Regulations of the Club, or being guilty of conduct unbecoming gentlemen, shall be Mal)le to suspension from all the privileges of the Club on a vote of two-thirds of the whole Comn\ittee, subject to an appeal to a general meeting of the Club, to be called by the member suspended, within one fortnight after he has received notice of the resolu- tion of suspension ; and if such notice is not given, or if the suspension is sustained at the general meeting so called, the member so suspended shall be considered to be expelled. 36. Any article of these rules may be altered, amended or suspended for any length of time, or any new rule or regulation introduced, by consent of two-thirds of the members present at any meet- ing specially convened for that purjoose, provided such alteration, amendment, suspension or new rule shall have been specified in the notice sum- moning such meeting. Bv Ordkr. Hamilton, 2d January, 1877.