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 RULES 
 
 AND 
 
 REGULATIONS 
 
 OF TIIW 
 
 OSGOODE CLUB 
 
 ADOPTED AT A MEETING 
 
 HELD ON THE 8TH DECEMBER, 1848. 
 
 TORONTO: 
 
 PRIJJTED BY SCOriE AND BALFOUR, ADELAIDE BUILDINGS, KINO STREET. 
 
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 1. That this Association be composed of members 
 of (he Law Society of Upper Canada only. 
 
 2. That the Association shall be called and known 
 by the name of «• The Osgoode C[u&." 
 
 3. That the office bearers of the Club shall be, a 
 President, and three Vice Presidents, who shall have 
 taken a degree in the Law Society ; a Secretary and 
 Treasurer— all of whom shall be members of the Club. 
 
 4. That the President shall preside at all meetings 
 of the Club at which he shall be present ; in his ab- 
 sence the chair shall be taken by the Senior Vice 
 President present; and in case neither the President, 
 nor any of the Vice Presidents, shall be present, then 
 the meeting shall be presided over by a Chairman pro 
 hac vicCf chosen by the Club. 
 
 5. That the Secretary of the Club -shall be required 
 to keep a register of the names of the members of the 
 Club ; to keep minutes of each of its rnyetings ; to read 
 the miimtes of the preceding raeetbig at each meeting 
 of the Club, and to announce the order of proceedings 
 as it appears on the minutes. 
 
 6. That the Treasurer shall receive the fees or funds 
 of the Club, and apply them aa he shall be directed by 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS ^^^ 
 
 !l or abscnoo of the Secretary, to perform h.s 
 
 diilies. 
 
 7. T..at .Ue Secretary and four """"'=- "J/J^^"'' 
 ,0 be appointed annually-thrce of whom shall be a quo- 
 ui- hall form a Committee for the manaseme.t « 
 Tamrirs of the cob, and for carrying into effec any 
 
 Regalation or By-Law which may be -J^^ J^ 
 Club • and shall render an annual statement o. .ts fman 
 e ''lease of theprotractodillnessorabsenceoa^y 
 
 „C .be members of the Committee, the --m-g n^em ^ 
 bers shall appoint another --^-; . ^^^^^'^ ; 
 supply his place till the next annual election of offlcers. 
 8. That there shall be two Sessions of the Club in 
 every year for .ho making and amendmg the Reg la 
 Tns nd transacting other r.ecessary afTa.rs and bus 
 ness of the Cl«b-to commence en the second Monday 
 in anuary, and the second Monday in July, respec- 
 ^X known as .be Winter and Summer Ses- 
 1ns, and which shall each contim.e for the space of 
 
 one week. . 
 
 9. That the Presidenl, or any two of the V.ce Pres>- 
 aents, shall, on the requisition of five or more mernbe 
 onhe'ciub, made tohim or them inwran,g-d.^th^^ 
 
 Secretary to summon a special meetnrg of the Club 
 .ransacting -he business mentioned in the requ.sU.on. 
 
 10. That the election of all officers of the Club, ex- 
 ..._. „,, «„,™t-v. shall take place annually on the 
 ;i;::n;ng:fth; Winter Session, and that the Secre- 
 
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OF TIIK OSOOODE CLUB. 
 
 tary shall be elected on the first days of the Winter and 
 Summer Sessions, respectively. 
 
 11. That during the Sessions no meetings for the 
 usual exercises of the Club shall be held. 
 
 12. That the hour for opening all meetings of the 
 Club, throughout the year, shall be 7 o'clock, P. M. 
 
 13. That the Club shall meet on every Monday 
 throughout the year, except during the Sessions, when 
 so many meetings, and on such days, shall be held, as 
 may be determined at the meeting next preceding each 
 Session, respectively. 
 
 14 That any member of the Law Society may be- 
 come a member of the Club on producing the Treasure 
 er's receipt for the subscription for the current half 
 year to the Secretary, who shall thereupon enter his 
 name on the register of the Club. 
 
 15 That every member of the Club shall pay to the 
 Treasurer thereof, on or before the last day of every 
 Session, a half yearly subscription of Ten Shillings. 
 
 16 That any member failing to pay his half yearly 
 subscription during the Session, shall cease- to be a 
 member ; and that it shall be the duty of the Treasurer, 
 within one week after the termination of each Session, 
 to notify the names of defaulters to the Secretary, who 
 shall thereupon remove their names from the register 
 
 of the Club. 
 
 17. That any member may withdraw himself from 
 
 __ - . ..-.-_ u:. ,ioairo to the Secretary, who 
 the Club by siaiuig u« — - 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
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 shall thereupon make a minute of it in the register of 
 the Club, which shall be signed by such person, from 
 which period he shall cease to be a member. 
 
 18. That all right of precedency, as between mem- 
 bers of the Law Society who liave taken a degree and 
 those who have not, shall, as to this Club, be suspended. 
 
 19. That the usual exercises of the Club, after the 
 reading of the minute?, save during Session, shall be 
 
 as follows: 
 
 I. Motions and notices of motion. 
 
 II. Stated Exorcises. 
 
 I. Reading of Essays. 
 
 II. Law Arguments. 
 
 I. Those appointed by Com. of selection. 
 
 II. Those fixed on motion. 
 
 III. Volunteer Exercises— in a similar manner. 
 
 20. The President and Vice Presidents, whh such 
 other members of the Club as they may choose, shall 
 form a Committee for the selection of subjects for the 
 second order of the day : which Committee shall, at 
 each Session, form a syllabus of subjects for original 
 essays and debates for the ensuing half year, to be in- 
 serted in the Case-book of the Club ; and that at each 
 meeting the Secretary shall announce the subjects for 
 the essay to be read, and the qneslion to be discussed, 
 at the second meeting thereafter; that thereupon the 
 President, or other presiding ofTicer, shall appoint the 
 rx^rann in r«a.d the essav, and two persons to argue on 
 each side of the question for discussion. The Secre- 
 
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 tary shall then give copies of the several subjects to 
 those so appointed. 
 
 21. That voluntary essays may be read by any mem- 
 ber who shall have given one week's notice thereof. 
 
 22. That the meeting to be held in the first week of 
 each month shall be open for the discussion of ques- 
 tions, appointed as provided in the succeeding rule. 
 
 23. That any member may, upon motion at the meet- 
 ing held a fortnight previous to the open one, have such 
 subject appointed for discussion as he may propose ; 
 that in case none shall be so appointed, then the pre- 
 siding officer shall nominate one. 
 
 24. That the proposer of any subject for discussion at 
 «uch open meeting shall, if it be adopted, have the 
 right of naming his supporter, and shall be required to 
 furnish four copies of the motion to the Secretary, for 
 the use of the different parties. That the presiding offi- 
 cer shall nominate the persons to support the opposite 
 side of such question. 
 
 26. That the leader on the affirmative side of the 
 question shall commence the argument, to be followed 
 oy the leader of the negative— and so alternately for 
 the other parties. The leader on the affirmative to 
 have a general reply. 
 
 26. That all the votes of the Club for the election of 
 officers, or other purposes, shall be given by ballot. 
 
'""^r'Z'ZM^y difference of opinion arise at 
 any meeting upon Ihe constrnction of these rules, the 
 presiding officer shall decide. 
 
 28 That no By-Law, altering, amending, repealing, 
 or in any manner affecting the foregoing Rules and 
 Regulations, shall be made except at an ordinary or 
 extraordinary Session, and of which proposed alteration 
 two week's notice shall be required. 
 
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