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Un daa aymbdiaa aulvanta apparahro aur la damlAra Imaga da ahaqua mioroflcha. salon lo eas: la symbola -«* aignlfia "A 8UIVIIE". lo symboioTsignifio'*FIN". laa eartoa. ptanahaa. tablqaux. ate., pauvont Airo filmte A dos tau« da rMuetlon dINAranta. Lorsqua lo doeumdnt oat trop grand pour Atro roproduH on un soul oNehA. H oat fHmd A portir do rangia supArlaur gaueha. da gauaha A droHa. at da haut an baa. m pronant la nombro d'Imagaa nAeassalro. Laa diagrammaa auhmnta MuatrantlamAthodoy i ^ '^;2;:\,. 9 1 /> J 6 mm*: *--*4 fAS REWSEa^^AND AfOOPTED NOV. ISftrlSSi ,, p ii I f . ■rM %• TORONTO : \ %!:^ i*> '■H '^.•i '' ..( Om>^ nS^tiNG GqMpany, Kino 3TMSi(r KAMt. ■' i X l M t ' } ' •ivMl^MN . ur iMi. .. 11 ' III! ♦i II »» tii » M .0- " . .ii H i> ■ n il t. ii:< '^L^iSf'^MU ■W Ontario SociETf of Artists ,,^ Oi^ti pMNtiNO CoMrANv, XimgSt. Eavt: '•■.iS8a.v -■ -■■,«>-,■ ■ V -.i ■: ,*■., • •.?., HSSTSl ,' * ' f '■■ ,"... '1^ -i "% /N' V. -■ " » ■ * ■ • '; Hp*-'-;- ' ' . >\ * "•'7''.' 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OBJBCrrS, CONSTITUTION AND RULES, AS tt^^SED AND ADOPTED NOV. tt|» ilBs. f*!i X fhe objects of the Societ]^ are the encouiige- meiit and fostering *of original art in the country, the promotion of the interests of the members by muttud help and co-operation, and, as a means to the foregoing ends, the holding of Annual Ejchibi- tions, an Art Union in connection therewith, and the establishment of a National Gallery and a School of Art «> ' % .-•> * * 'M V ' I- -Kl ■f'4 ^ * \ )■ : ^ 'p^-=^ ■^ ; ■ . \ ■ V-. ■»: \: »k; 1^- CONSTITUTION. \ ARTlCLfi I.-lfBllBBRSHlP. The members must be professional artists ; all who follow art as a profession being eligible as candidates— namely: painters, sculptors, architeotl^ artistic-engravers and draughtsmen-designers. £vny candidaUfor membership must be proposed and seconded by members at a regular meeting of the Society, the proposer and second^ vouching for ^^is eligibility in all respects. He must also, unless l^is ability as an artist is well known to the members genenilly, submit not less than three s|$ecimen works to be forwarded and removed at^his own risk and expense. Elections f^r membership must take place at a regular meeting of the Society, and shall be by ballot, requiring an affirmative vote of two-thirdsof the members presents. The Secretary shall then notify the candidate of his or her ad- mission, send a copy of the Constitution and Rules of the Society, and on receipt of the entrance fe^, together with the fee for the current year, the name of the candidate shall be placed upon the rolL ; Ladies joining hereafter, i^ile admissible as membefii to the Society, shall have no vote at the ■ ;" business iiieeting&' -r^:,-^-^^-;^^^;^;--^^^ '*^o ARTICLE II.-PBBS AND LIABILITY. Each member ahall pay an entrance fee of ten dollars and an annual fee of ten dollari, the latter being due on the first day of January in each year — and shall further be responsible for ^ny ad- ditional sum' that may, by the ma|prity at a regu- lar meeting (after notice of motion at a previous regular meeting), be considered necessary for the management of the Society. ^ — Tfie Secretary to give written notice to all mem- bers of such notice of motion within the space of one week after such notice is given. "-n^ . Members whose fees are two years in arrear shall be considered as having resigned ; which shall alio be the case if a member fail to exhibit at the annual exhibitions for two successive years. , . ^UITICLB III.-OPPICBRS. ' The officers shall consist of a President, Vice- President (who shall also be Treasurer), a Secret tary, and an Executive Council The Secretary shall be paid such salary as may from time to time be agreed upon, ^and the others shall be honorary. Two Auditors shall also be appointed,' who shall be entitled to such remuneration as may be deemed sufficient by the meeting at which they were elected. The Ext€uti6e Catmcii shall consist of five mem*^ ben, namely :^j^|M| by election, and {ix #«^> ■i \ ,P >>~ ml^ H^KlAll^lF^' the Vice-Preiident and the Secretary. Three diall fonn a quorum. > They shall hare power to act in all bustnets which does not necessarily come before the Society for action* • -♦ They shall examine qualifications of all nominees for membership, and report to the Society. , In the ifiterim between the regular meetings, they shall have, power to expend, for extraordinary purposes, the Societ/^unds to the amount of not mpre than one hundred dollars. " % All' disbursements on acunt of the Society must come before the Executive Committee for approval, and when passed^ the accounts shall be initialed for payment. The President and Vice-President shall, unlets excluded by resolution, be ex qficio members of all committees. J7k Secretary shall perform all the duties us^al to his office^ and shall keep regular record o{%' ceipts and disbursements in proper books of ac- count, which shall be open at all reasonable times for the inspection of each and every member of the Society, and he shall furnish a full report at every regiUar business meeting. He ^hall receive and bank, to the credit of the Treaswer^ all moneys paid into the Society. ^: . ' Tke Vio'Presidemty as Treasurer, shall be cti^ todian of all the funds of the Society, which are vf ^M X « ■/:^r^^$m^ "sV ; 1 i. f' >.^' 1%' be deposited to his credit i^ Treasurer in tome one of the chartered t>anks of the Province, and only paid out upon cheques signed by him and the Secretary. ■ • AU Offiars are to be elected annually by ballot. They shall be nominated at the April meeting, or at some other convenient meeting, to beheld not. less than seven-days prior to the regular annual meeting.:,:'.;.;,-; -.j^^^-^:^ ..•^■■; ARTICLE m^MfiBTINGS. ♦ iA .-- 7 The regular annual meeting shall take i^ce in the month of May, if possible during the first week of the Exhibition, so as to afford members not re- siding in Toronto the best oppcMTtunity of attend- ing., At this meeting the President shall preside, and as Jiull a statement of the transactions of the Society for the past year as may be practicable shall be presented by the officers. The officers for the ensuing year shall then be elected. Hegular monthly meetings are to be held on the first Tuesday of each month, exeept in July August and September. ; ; - .: ■ . ■.■■■■■■■:■>• ; :'■■:''-■■ ■ ■ " •■ ■ '<'■■: SpecuU nUeetings shall be called at any time by the Secretaiy, if directed by the President or Vicer President, or upon a requisition signed by five mem^ bers of-.the 'Society.; ^.y/-'7-;./.,;'7*;^^;:^;'-..-^ # Written notice shall be sent by the Secretary to embors of the time and place of each meet- \ .** / ■ '■ '■;;■ \. ' ,T-'- /: t .1* ^■\, / ■ '■ '■;;■ ing, sufficiently in advance of the. time to enable them to attend. The President or Vice-President shall preside at all ordinary business meetings, but if both be ab- sent, a chairman shall be chosen from among the m^bers present. * .» - . Rvucs.: 'Hnjt iBt,— Order p/ dumess at pfeetings shall be ^.as follows:---- ■;■■:••■:..: '■ 1. Signing ot names by members present in the book kept for that purpose. '4 3v Reading of minutes of ^vious ineeting* 3. Correspondence read afid (considered. ^ 4. New members proposed.^v^ 5. AcccMints. / , .6. Reports of committees. 7; Unnnished business or notices ot motion. 8. Gene^ business. Rule ttid^-^Quorum. For the transaction of ordinary business five shall be a quorum. For election of members, ^n shall be a quorum. For any alteration of Qj^titutiOn or levy of money upon the members, as provided in Article a, ten shall be a quorum ; and no such motion shall be adopted of which notice has cdl been given at a previous --meetii^l* ...t^,v„^-.^^:_.^..:|^-._.,-i,. .„ Rule 3rd.— All motions must be in writing, with the names of mover and seconder, and be decided h% a inajority 0f mendbers^ present, ascertained by ' . m l-y- 'cR 1!> '^ show of haiids, the chairmim having « casting vote ; except the admission of new members, provided fo^in Article i of Constitution. *kule 4th.— All questions of order shall be de- cided by the chairman ; but any member present may appeal from his ruling, in which 'case the question shall be put without debate, " Shall the ruling of the chairman be sustained?^ and decided in fiivor of the majority. i ARTICLE V.-COUNCIL Of THE SCHOOL „_;1.:1:, .OFjARTv,- ■^' ^'^^^ ;•■•■'■ .■ Thw Society shall be tepriiented on the Council of the School of Art by seven members* and the President and Vice-President, and four members present at a meeting shall form a quoruoi. ARTICLE VL-EXHIBITIOHi The Annual Exhibition shall be held during thet month of May, or as near that time as circum- stances may permit The pictures shall be hung by a committee com- posed of members of the Society, whose award ujJbn all poiiits left to their decision shall be final, and who shall be guided by the following rules :—^ I. All works exhibited must be original, and must be such as have not been previously exposed to public view in the City of Toronto, except in the artist's studia / 9, The Hanging Cc^nmittee shall be de<^ed at ^ April meeting. -, . . v t ' i ' -fi'^-: - ..r » 'c^,— « ii^w^^i^f-g^ " ^•^fK^^v^um'^l^^ ' -^^^.^T^,' » " "0 >n . ' .f>r II 3. Colore photogn4)hs shall not be admitted, nor any picture of which the outline is not drawn by hand without the wd of the camera. 4. Every picture or sculpture must be the artist's own work, and if for sale, his own property. 5. No artist shall exhibit more than twenty pictures ; but two, three or four small ones may be put in one frame, priced separately, and counted by the Hanging Committee as one picture. ♦ 6. Not more than four portrait pictures shall be ex^bited by one' artist .^^ ;-.: ZJTT^^^r-^^T":^^'— 7. Every exhibitor of paiiitings or sculpture must send with his works to the Hanging Committee a list, with tilies and prices, in the form which will be furnished by the Secretary, and which shall con- tain the following declaration, signed by the artist : *'I declare the works in the subjoined list to be original, my own work, and those for sale my own property; that none of them have been previously exposed to public ;riew in thp City of Toronto except in my studio, and that none of them are colored photographs, and in all the outline is drawn by hand witfiout the aid of the camera,"- S^Thevahieofallinctures taken as Art Union prizes shall be credited to the artists whose work thc^ are, and no picture shall be delivered to any pim^haser (enxpt by the onier of , the artist to> whom it bdongs) until paid for in full. >**, ■'*»*»' 'I '■^tS'i I» a ARTICLE VIL-ART UNION. 1.' The Art Union shall be styled the "Art Union of Canada.** a. . It shall be managed by a committee consist- ing of ten members, and ix ojfido the President and Vice-President of the Society, wjho shall elect a chairman from their number. Five df the com- mittee shall be artists, chosen by the artist mem- bers ; and five shall be' honorary mernb^, chosen by the honorary members. . 3. Four shall be a quoriii(^^^^^~^-^:^i 4, The nominations as far as ri^Ufdsthe^tnt members shall be made at the regular meeting prior to the annual meeting of the Society. % / The elections to be by ballot, and shall take, place at the annual meeting of the Sdciety. 5. There shall be a paid Secretary, who shall also be the Accountant, and two Auditors shall be . appointed, one of whom shall be an auditor of the Society, and the other appointed by the honorary members.. : ■■■\'' '■ -v- '-v- ; . FRESENT CONDITIONS OF SUBSCRIPTION. t. The amount of each subscriptidii tb^ the Art Union shall be five dollars annually, oii payment of nhich the subscriber shall receive one member's ticket and coupon attached vn^^^^ v t; The Art Union ticket entitles the subscriba'^ to four admission tidcets to the Annual jSxhibition;i 3i coupon attached to each ticket, exchangeable lit \ i A t s •• r - the Society's rooms for an original sketch, the work. oC « member of the Society, or it can be applied at the same value on the purchase of any drawing in / tl^elArt Union Portfolio, or (by arrangement with the secretary) towards the purchase of any picture for sale in the gallery and executed by a member of the Society. 3.1 All opportunity of obtoining a prize at the ann^ drawing of Art Union pristes in May, which will/be held as early as possible after the opening of the Annual Exhibition. X Members of the Society are requested to send in to the Secretary sketches for the Art Union, affixing a price to each, which must be either three ddlars or some multiple thereof. Such sketches. : must be original, and signed with the artist> name. These sketches, when received by the Secretary, shall be submitted! for api^roval to a committee appointed for the piirpose, and, if approved, shall be duly registered. y-^ * ^ Where the price is $3.00 the sketch shall be exr changeable for one cbupon ; if $6.00, twp coupons, and sotoh for each multiple Ait Union sketches '^ can t»nly be redsiyled from memb^ of the Society, and, as they ure sold, the proceeds shall be cre ^ r ^ .^-■\: RBOULAtlONS GOVERNINO SELECTION OF PRiZBSi ■'t. the holder of a Prize Ticket shall have the option of choosing his prize from among those paintings or odier works in the current or any subsequent Exhibitions that are of the same value as said ticket ; the amount of same, however, shall in no (»9e be applicable to the purchase of more tlmii one work of ait • — ^ - -- - -; , 3. Should a work of greater vahie than the amount of the prize be setected, then such amount shaU be i^^»Bedin patt pi^tii^t thereoC^e4)akaee a^Bed by tfli prisel^^ 1 «?-■ 1 \iiiuid« the ftill amount of the priae be not expended, the sum «o unexpended-jshtll be carried to the reserve fund of the Society. 3. No arrangement shall be made between a priie-holder and an exhibitor, or any party on his or their behalf, in the selection of a work of art, by which a prize-holder may fobtain the return of a portion of the amount of the prize or other valuable consideration. The catalogue, in all cases, to be held to iU the iralue of a ittcture. 4rPrize4iolders unable lo attend pertonally tb ' make choice of their prize, may nominate « some person whose residence in or: near Toronto will en- able him to attend the Exhibition. ARTICLE VIlL-PROVIDfeNT FUHa •. ■ : . ' ■' ^ '■-■' '^ ' ,• '- Certain sums donated by the Society, or by in- dividuals, shall be set apartji a Provident Fund. The objectof this fund is that of aflb^ ance to arti^s or their families who inay be in '-: ;distress.' -' ,■■-■:-: ,y' ./:[ :^\ ':':•?:. :'.-■■■■:-:■ -J/ All moneys belonging to this fund shall be de- posited in a Chartered Bank, or invested in such stocks or iMOmtiiw w mi^ 1^^ ,■■ Society. ':f'r'-- , ''""'[ -y Giants ftok the fr«w^ Fiind shall pnly W iuade by authority f^ a legiilar meeting of the Society, or a meeting spedaUy convened for the •^v ;■>■■ . ' .' \'« ' ■ ' ». ■ • . . ■ ■ ■■: ^ \ .. ■. . ; . -'V purpose, consisting of not less than seven members, and shall require an affirmative vote comprising two4hirds of the members present Thif Constitution may only be amended by a two-thirds 'affirmative vote at a regular meeting of the Society, notice of the proposed amendment having t^n given at the next previous business meeling.^ '.>'■■■,■■■'■ .:.■■.-:■■■'%-' 4 r fj ; V "/ *•- ~: .< '">' ■ ' .'f *- ■'':S> •te;',-tijy,. ^,\.;^,?st.,->?Ti^- '^: -x*'-* '■"^ 'km >' .r-«Sii-. ■ - ¥«ff»7^?T»wsp^ _, ^^^ ^"^^mmwiw.