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 BOAED OF TRADE 
 
 LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 
 ACT OF INCORPORATION 
 
 BY-LAWS 
 
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 Incorporated 1886 
 
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 SAM HUGHES, ** VICTORIA WARDER, PRINTER 
 
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 BOARD OF TRADE 
 
 LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 
 ACT OF INCORPORATION 
 
 BY-LAWS 
 
 ETC. 
 
 Incorporated 1886 
 
 LINDSAf : 
 SAM HUGHES, ** VICTORIA WARDER," PRINTER 
 
 1887 
 
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 OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 
 
 Pkesident, 
 
 Vice-President, 
 
 Secketaby-Treasurer, 
 
 John Dobnon, E.-k^ 
 John Kennedy, Es<,>. 
 F. H. DoiuiiN. 
 
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 R. Sylvester, C. E. L. Porteois, 
 
 Thos. Beall, Rout. Bryans, 
 
 J. D. Flavelle, a. Campbell, 
 
 W. M. Robson, C. D. Barr, 
 
 E. GRECrOBY, J. H. Soothkran, 
 
 S. Hughes, F. C. Taylor, 
 
 MEMBERS 
 W. McDonnell, T. B. Dean, 
 
 A. McDonnell, 
 R. oYlvester, 
 R, Touch BURN, 
 Thos. Beall, 
 
 J. DOBSON, 
 
 J. Kennedy, 
 G. W. Beall, 
 J. A. Williamson, 
 J. G. Edwards, 
 James Keith, 
 F. C. Taylor, 
 W. Flavelle, 
 R. Smyth, 
 W. McBurnev, 
 E. D. Ordr, 
 A. Campbell. 
 J. W. Wallace, 
 T. H. Soother AN, 
 L. Macuire, 
 
 R. Bryans, 
 
 D. Ray, 
 
 W. M, Robson, 
 
 C. E. L. PoRTKors, 
 
 J. H. Lennox, 
 
 J. L. Winters, 
 
 Jno, Anderson, 
 
 S. Irwin, 
 
 J. Britton:, 
 
 J. D, Fla\kllk, 
 
 J. R. Dun DAS, 
 
 S. A. McMl-RTKY, 
 
 R. p. Spratt, 
 Sam. Hughes, 
 
 El». (}KR(i<)RV, 
 
 Jas. Hamilton, 
 C. D. Bark, 
 Thos. Robson. 
 
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 CT OF NCORPORATION. 
 
 CHAPTER 51, 37. VICT. 
 
 An act to nuthori/e the incorporation of Boards of 
 Trade in the Dominion. 
 
 [Assemed to 26th May, 1874, and 12th April, 1S76.] 
 
 Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of 
 the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, 
 enacts as follows : 
 
 1. Any number of persons not less than thirty, 
 being merchantr., traders, brokers, mec4ianics, manu- 
 facturers, managers of banks or insurance agents, 
 being residents of any village, town, city, county, or 
 (»f any district (which word "district" is hereby de- 
 fined to bo u district established for judicial purposes 
 by the Legislature of the Provmce wherein the same 
 is situatt) hiiviiig a population of not less than two 
 thousand five liundred, may associate themselves to- 
 gether as a Bojird of Trade, and appoint a secretary, 
 with all the ])rivileges and powers conferred by, and 
 subject to all the restrictions of this Act. 
 
 2. The persons associating themselves together 
 as a Board of Tradi. under this Act shall, under their 
 hands and seals, make a certificate specifying the name 
 assumed by the association, and by which it shall be 
 known, the nau)e as hereinbefore defined, of the village, 
 town, city, county or district in which the same is 
 situate and its business transacted, and the name of 
 the person by them elected secretary to the said Board 
 of Trade. 
 
 3. Such certificate shall be acknowledged before 
 a notary public, commissioner appointed tor receiving 
 affidavits, or justice of the peace, by the secretary of 
 
ACT OF INCORPORATION 
 
 the said Board of Trade, and shall be foiwarded to the 
 Secretary of State, who shall cause the same to bo 
 rec(jrdod in a register to be kei)t for that purpose; and 
 a Cfii-iy thereof duly certilied by the Secretary of State, 
 sliall bo evidence of the existence of such association. 
 
 4 The persons named as corporators in the said 
 certificate, and such other |tersous as may afterwards 
 join theui, aro hereby authorizid to carry. into effect 
 the objects for which such association was constituted, 
 and to exercise the powers and privileges conferred by 
 this Act; and they and their aHSo'^iates, successors and 
 as.si){ns, by the name and style specified in the said 
 certificate, shall be deemed u body corporate, with 
 power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, 
 defend and be defended, contract and be contracted 
 with, to make and use a common seal, and change and 
 alter the same at pleasure, to purchase, hold, sell and 
 convey any real or personal estate necessary for the 
 objects of such association : and the usual place of 
 meeting of said corporation shall be held to be the legal 
 domicile thereof, where service of any notice or process 
 may be made.* 
 
 5. The officers of such Boards of Trade shall be 
 a President, Vice-President, and Secretary, who, to- 
 gether with not less than eight other members, shall 
 constitute a Council, to be called ''The Council of the 
 Board of Trade of ("adding the name as hereinbe- 
 fore DEFINED, OF THE VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, COUNTY 
 
 OR DISTRICT,") who shall have the powers and perform 
 the duties hereinafter mentioned; and when the fore- 
 going provisions hav^ been complied with, it shall be 
 coini)etent for a majority of the persons rained as cor- 
 porators in the said certificate, to hold a meeting for 
 the election of a President, Vice-President, and mem- 
 bers of the said Council, and to make and enact such 
 by-laws, rules and regulations as are mentioned in the 
 eleventh section of this Act, without the notice required 
 in the proviso of the said section. 
 
 6 The members of the said corporation shall hold 
 general quarterly meetings in each year, at some place 
 within its jurisdiction — of which notice, naming the 
 time and place, shall be given by the Secretary of the 
 Council for the time being at least three days previous 
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 AS may bo thoujjht necessary by the said Council ; and 
 at the first (luarterly meeting to be held in each year, 
 the members ol the said corporation present, or a 
 majority of them, shall then and there elect in such 
 •vvay as shall be fixed by the by-laws of the corporation, 
 from amonj{ the members of the corporation, one 
 President, one Vice-Presid«nt, and the Secretary, and 
 not less than eight other members of the Council, who, 
 with the President, Vice-President, and Secretary, 
 fihall form the Council of the said corporation, and 
 shall hold their offices until others shall be elected iu 
 their stead, at the next first quarterly meeting of the 
 ensuing year, as aforesaid, or until they snail be re- 
 moved from office, or shall vacate the same under the 
 provisions of any bj'-laws of the corporation : Provided 
 always, that if the said election shall not talce place at 
 such first quarterly meeting as aforesaid, the said cor- 
 poration shall not bo thereby dissolved, but such elec- 
 tion may be had at any general meeting of the said 
 corporation, to be called in the manner hereinafter 
 provided, and the members of the Council in office 
 shall remain members until the election shall be had. 
 
 7. The President and Vice-President shall, before 
 entering upon the duties of their office, take and sub- 
 scribe the following oath before the Mayor of any such 
 town or city as aforesaid, or before any Justice of the 
 Peace :-- 
 
 " I swear that I will faithfully and truly perform my 
 "duty as of the Board of Trade, and that 
 
 *' I will m all matters connected with the discharge of 
 "such duty, do all things, and such things only, as I 
 * ' shall truly and conscientiously believe to be adapted 
 "to promote the objects for which the said Board was 
 " constituted, according to the true intent and meaning 
 " of the same. So help me God." 
 
 8. If any member of the said Council shall die 
 or resign his office, or be absent for six months con- 
 tinuously from the meetings of the said Council, it 
 shall be lawful for the said Council at any meeting 
 thereof to elect a meeting of the said corporation to 
 be a member of the said Council, in the place of the 
 member so dying or resigning, or being absent ; and 
 such new member shall bo so elected by a majority of 
 the members of the said Council present at any meet- 
 ing of the same, in case there is a quorum present at 
 
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 ACT OF INCOKPORATIOjr 
 
 Buch meeting ; and the member so elected shall hold 
 office until the next annual election and no longer, un- 
 less re-elected. 
 
 9. At any annual or general meeting of the said 
 corporation, whether for the purpose of electing mem- 
 bers of the Council or for any other purpose, a majority 
 of members present at such meeting shall be compe- 
 tent to do and perform all acts which, either by this 
 Act or by any by-law of the said corporation, are or 
 shall be directed to bo done at any such general meet- 
 ing. 
 
 10. Any member of the said corpumtion, intend- 
 ing to retire thercfrpm or resign his inembcr»hip may, 
 at any time, do so upon giving to the Secretary in 
 writing, ten days' notice of such intention, and dis- 
 charging any lawful liability whicii may be standing 
 upon the books of the said corporation against him at 
 the time of such notice. 
 
 11. It shall be lawful for the said corporrtion, or 
 the majority of them present at any general meeting, 
 to make and enact such by-laws and regulations, and 
 from time to time to repeal, alter and amend the same, 
 for the government of the said corporation, providing 
 for the admission, subscriptions, imposing of penalties 
 and expulsion or the retirement of members, and for 
 the management of its Council, officers and afl'airs, and 
 for the guidance of the Board of Arbitrators herein- 
 after mentioned, and fixing the date and place of the 
 regular meetings of the said Council, and all other by- 
 laws in accordance with the requirements of this Act 
 or the laws of Canada as such majority bhall deem ad- 
 visable ; and such by-laws shall bo binding on all 
 members of the said corporation, its ofticcrs and ser- 
 vants, and all other persons whomsoever lawfully 
 under its control: Provided that no by-law shall bo 
 made or enacted by the said corporation without notice 
 in writing thereof having been given by one member 
 and seconded by another member at a previous meet- 
 ing, and duly entered in the books of the said corpora- 
 tion as a minute of the said corporation. 
 
 12. Each and every person then resident within 
 the jurisdiction, and being or having been a merchant, 
 broker, trader, mechanic, manufacturer, manager of a 
 bank or insurance agent, shall be eligible to become a 
 
 
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 member of the said corporation ; and at any ^'eneral 
 meeting of the said corporation it shall be lawful for 
 any nieoiber of the said Council or of the said corpora- 
 tion to propose any such person as atoresaid as a can- 
 didate for beconiinu a member of the said corporation, 
 nnd if such proposition shall be carried by a nmjority 
 of two-thirds of the members of the said corporation 
 then present, he shall thenceforth be a member of the 
 said corporation, and shall have all the rights and be 
 subject to all the obligations which the other mnmbers 
 possess or are subject to : Provided always, that any 
 I>erson not being a merchant or trader, br(»ker, 
 mechanic, manufacturer, manager of a bank or insur- 
 ance agent, shall Ix^ eligible to l)ec(inie a member of 
 the said corporation in maimer afctres.iid, in case such 
 person «hall be rocommetided by the Council of the 
 Board of Trade at any such meeting. 
 
 13. It shall be lawful for the said Council, or a 
 majority of them, by a notice inserted in one or mere 
 newspapers jmblifhud within the jurisdiction, <me day 
 jirevious to the said meeting, or by a circular letter 
 signed by the Secretary (jf the said corporation, of each 
 member, and mailed one day previous to the said 
 meeting, to call a general meeting of the said corpora- 
 tion for any of the purposes of this Act. 
 
 14, It shall be competent to the said Council to 
 hold meetings from time to time, and to adjourn the 
 same when nece.ssary, and at the said meetings to 
 transact such business as may, by this Act ov by the 
 by-laws of the corporation, be as-iigned to them ; and 
 such meetings of the Council shall be convened by the 
 Secretary, at the instance of the President, or upon 
 the re<|ue8t of any two members of the Council: and 
 the said Council shall, in addition to the powers hereby 
 expressly conferred on them, have such powers as shall 
 bo assigned to them by any by-law of the corporation, 
 except only the power of enacting or altering any by- 
 law, or admitting any member, which shall be done in 
 the manner provided for by this Act, and no other: 
 and any five or more members of the Council, lawfully 
 met, shall be a quorum, and any majority of such 
 quorum may do all things withui the powers of the- 
 Council, and at all meetings of the said Council, and 
 at all general meetings of the corporation, the Presi- 
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 T>e absent, any member of the Coimcil then present 
 who laay be chosen for the occasion shall preside, and 
 in all cases of equality of votes upon any division, have 
 a casting vote. 
 
 15. lb shall be the duty of the Council to frame 
 such by-laws, rules, and regulations, as shall seem to 
 the said Council best adapted to promote the welfare 
 of the said corporation, and the purposes of this Act, 
 and to submit the same for adoption at a general meet- 
 ing of the said corporation called for that purpose, in 
 the manner hereinbefore provided. 
 
 16. All subscriptions of members due to the said 
 corporation, under any by-law, all penalties incurred 
 under any by-law, by any person bound thereby, and 
 all other sums of money due to the said corporation, 
 shall be paid to the Secretary thereof, and in default 
 of payment, may be recovered in any action brought 
 in the name of the said corporation ; and it shall only 
 be necessary in such action to allege that such person 
 ia indebted to the said corporation in the sum of 
 money, the amount of such arrearage on account of 
 such subscription, penalty or otherwise, whereby an 
 action hath accrued to the said corporation by virtue 
 of this Act. 
 
 17. On the trial or hear' ; of any such action, it 
 shall bo sufficient for the said corporation to prove that 
 the defendant at the time of niakinir i-uch demand was 
 or had been a member of the said corporation, and 
 that the amount claimed by such subscrijjtion, j enalty 
 or otherwise was standing unpaid upon the books of 
 the said corporation. 
 
 18. The meetings of the members of the Council 
 shall be open to all memhers of the said corporation 
 who may attend at the samt, but who shall tal.e no 
 part in any proceedings thereat ; and minutes of the 
 proceedings at all meetings, whether of the said 
 Council or the said corporation, shall be entered in 
 books to be kept for that purpose by the Secretary of 
 the said corporation ; and the entry thereof, shall be 
 sigied by the President of the said Council or such 
 other person who at the time shall preside over any 
 such meeting, and fluoh books shall be open at all 
 reasonable hours to any member of the said corpora- 
 tion, free from any charge. 
 
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 19. At the same time and times as are hereby 
 appointed for the election of the said Council, and in 
 the same manner, it shall be lawful for the members 
 of the said corporation to elect from their number 
 twelve persons, who shall form a board, which shall 
 be called "The Board of Arbitration," and any three 
 of whom shall have power to arbitrate upon, and make 
 their award in any commercial case or difft^reiice 
 which shall bo voluntarily referred to them by the 
 parties concerned : and whenever such parties shnll 
 agree to bind themselves, by bond or otherwise, to sub- 
 mit the matter in dispute between them to the decis- 
 ion of tbd said Board of Arbitrators, such submission 
 shall be understood to Ije made to any three members 
 of the said board, who may, either by the sp«»cial order 
 of the said board, or by virtue of any general rules 
 adopted by them, or under any by-law, of the said 
 corporation touching the consideration of any cases so 
 submitted, be appointed to hear, arbitrate and decide 
 upon the case or cases so submitted to them ; and such 
 decision shall be binding upon the said board and the 
 parties making the submission ; and any such submis- 
 sion shall be according to the form set forth in the 
 schedule to this act, or in words to the same effect. 
 
 20. The several members of the said Board ot Arbi- 
 tration shall before they act as such, take and subscribe 
 before the President or Vice-President of the said cor- 
 poration, an oath that they will faithfully, impartially 
 and diligently, perform their duties as members of the 
 said Board of Arbitration, and such oath, shall be kept 
 among the documents of the said corporation. 
 
 21. Any member of the Council of the said cor- 
 poration may, at the same time, be a member of the 
 said Board of Arbitration. 
 
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 22. The three members appointed to hear any 
 case submitted for arbitration, as aforesaid, or any two 
 of them, shall have full power to examine upon oath 
 (which oath any one of such three members is hereby 
 empowered to administer) any party or witness who, 
 appearing before them shall be so examined and shall 
 give their award thereupon in writing ; and their decis- 
 ion, or that of any two of them, given in such award 
 shall bind the parties according to the terms of sub- 
 mission and the provisions ot this Act. 
 
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 23. It shall be lawful for the Council of the said 
 corpumtion to appoint five persons tc constitute a Board 
 of Examiners to examine applicants for the ofKce <jf In 
 spector ot flour and meal, or of any other article subject 
 ttj inspection, and for the sail Council to do all si. h other 
 jicts, matters and things connected with the inspection 
 ot fl(jur and meal or any other article, and have as full 
 power and be subject to the same conditions as those 
 conferred upon and required of the Councils of the 
 lioards of Trade by virtue of the Act thirty-sixth 
 Victoria, Chapter forty-nine, intituled "An Act to 
 "amend and consolidate, and to extend to the 
 "whole Dominion OF Can AD/ the Laws respectino 
 "the Inspection of certain staple articles of 
 "Canadian products;" and the said Examiners and 
 Inspector shall also be subject to all the conditions, 
 requirements, oaths, matters and things (touching 
 their office) set forth in the said Act. 
 
 24. Any person who may, by law in other cases, 
 make a solemn affirmation, may make such solemn affir- 
 mation in any case where by this Act an oath is re- 
 (juired ; and any person hereby authorized to administer 
 an oath, may, in such case as aforesaid, administer 
 such solemn affirmation; and any person who shall 
 wilfully swear or affirm falsely in any case where an 
 oath or solemn affirmation is required or authorized by 
 .this Act, shall be guilty of wilful perjury. 
 
 ^ 25. It shall be competent for any Board of Trade 
 diily ' registered as aforesaid under th^ provisions of 
 tliiii Act, to become affiliated with the Dominion Board 
 of Trade, on duly complying tvith all the terms and 
 retjuireuients of that organization, and to be repre- 
 seiileu at all its ordinary or special general meetings, 
 which may be held from time to time; Provid6d al- 
 ways, that tl ^ delegates or representatives to the -said 
 Domir'ion Board of Trade shall be elected at a general 
 ineating, duly convened, of the said Board desiring 
 such affiliation as aforesaid. 
 
 26. Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights of 
 Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, oi of any party 
 or person whomsoever, such rights only expected as 
 are herein expressly mentioned and afiected. 
 
 27. Each, all and every of the provisions of this 
 Act shall apply to the incorporation and management 
 
 
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 of the commercial institutions styled "Chambers of 
 Commerce" now existing or which hereafter may be 
 called into existence in the Dominion of Canada, as 
 fully and eflectually as if the words "Chamber of Com- 
 merce" or "Chambers of Commerce" appeared therein 
 in lieu and place of the words "Board of Trade," 
 (jr "Boards of Trade," wheresoever the same appear 
 respectively. 
 
 Form of a submission to the Board op 
 Arbitration. 
 
 Know all men, that the undersigned 
 and the undersigned (if there be more parties, that is, 
 more separate interests, mention them,) having a 
 ilifTerence as to the respective rights of the said parties, 
 in the case hereunto subjoined, have agreed and bound 
 themselves under a penalty of dollars, to per- 
 
 form the award to be made by the Board of Arbitra- 
 tion of the Board of Trade of the in 
 the case aforesaid, under the penalty aforesaid, to be 
 paid by the party refusing to perform such award to 
 the party ready and willing to perform the same. 
 
 In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto 
 set their hands and affixed their seals at the 
 on the day of A.D,, 18 
 
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 CD., 
 
 'L.S 
 
 E.F., 
 
 L.S 
 
 Form of Oath to be Taken by Members of the 
 Board of Arbitration. 
 
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 I swear that I will faithfully, impartially and dili- 
 jjently perform my duty as a member of the Board of 
 Arbitration of the Board of Trade of the 
 
 ; and that I will in all cases in which I shall act 
 as arbitrator, a[ive a true and just avard, according 
 to the best of my judgment and ability, without fear, 
 favor or affection, of or for any party or person whom- 
 soever. So help mo God. 
 
BY-LAWS 
 
 or THE 
 
 As anMnded ftnd adopted March 30th. 18S7. 
 
 1. Section 12 of the Act of InccrporHtion (37 
 Vic. 51) shall be held to define who may become mem- 
 bers of the Board of Trade for the Town of Lindsay, 
 
 2. Candidates may be proposed at any meeting 
 of the council, or general meeting, or special general 
 meet:.iig of the Board; but in all cases candidates must 
 be proposed by a member of the Board and seconded 
 by another nenaber. 
 
 3. The election of candidates shall be by ballot 
 at the next general or special general meeting of the 
 Board that may be held after the nomination of the 
 candidate, and the election shall be carried by a ma- 
 jority of two-thirds of the members then present. 
 
 4. Immediately after the election of a candi- 
 date, the Secretary shall notify him, by circular, of 
 his election, and so soon as he has paid his fees for the 
 current year, he shall have, at the next meetina:, or 
 thereafter, all the rights, and be subject to all the obli- 
 gations which the other members may possess or be 
 subject to ; uid thereafter the regular payment of his 
 fees shall entitle him to membership. A candidate on 
 being elected shall sign the roll of members. The 
 annual fee shall be $5 and the same shall be due and 
 payable on the first day of January of each year, and 
 if the fee is not paid by the first of February a -nember 
 shall not be permitted to vote or to take part in any 
 proceeding of the Board, and if the amount is still un- 
 paid by the first of March next, the member's name 
 
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 shall be reported to the Council for their action. All 
 nieinbera of the Board shall be notified by the secretary 
 of names of candidates for membership when giving 
 notice of each annual, quarterly or special meeting of 
 the Board. 
 
 5. .Section 10 of the Act of In 'Corporation (37 
 Vic. 51) shall be held to be the proper proce^dincjs for 
 any member to take who may wish to resign his mem- 
 bership. The By-laws of the Dominion Board of 
 Trade for 1887 shall be the Rules of Order for govern- 
 ing the proceedings of this Board, and at meetings of 
 this Board the business shall be proceeded with in the 
 following order : 
 
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 RULES OF ORDER 
 
 OF THE 
 
 
 
 Rule 1. Governing order of proceedings at meet- 
 ings. 
 
 (a) Reading minutes of last meeting and a})- 
 
 proval or amendment of the same. 
 
 (b) Presentation of petitions ancf com- 
 
 munications. 
 
 (c) Reports of Standins; Committees. 
 
 (d) Reports of Select Committees. 
 
 (e) Unfinished business of previous meet- 
 
 ings. 
 
 (f) Now business. 
 
 Rule 2. If a chairman is appointed he shall only 
 preside until the arrival of the President or Vice- 
 President. 
 
 Rule 3. Unless there be a quorm of five mem- 
 bers present no business shall be transacted. 
 
 Rule 4. All questions relative to the priority of 
 business shall be decided without debate. 
 
 Rule 5. The President, Vice-President, or 
 Chairman shall preserve order, and shall decide all 
 questions of order, subject to appeal to the Board. 
 
 Rule 6. The President, Vice-President, Chair- 
 man may vote with the other members on all questions 
 and any question on which there is an equality of votes 
 shall be deemed negatived. 
 
 Rule 7. After the question havmg been put from 
 the chair, all members present shall vote thereon, un- 
 less excused by the Board, or exept such as are direct- 
 
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 ly interested, and shall keen their seats until the votes 
 are taken. 
 
 Rule 8. When two or more members rise at the 
 same time, the President, Vice-President or Chairman 
 shall name the member who is first to speak. 
 
 Rule 9. When the President. Vice-President or 
 Chairman, is called upun to decide a point of order, 
 his decision shall be final except by appeal to the 
 Board. All motions shall bo put in the order in which 
 they are moved. Amendments to motions shall be put 
 to vote the last made amendment being taken first. 
 And it shall be the duty of the President, Vice-Presi- 
 dent or Chairman, whenever he shall conceive that a 
 motion which he has received and road may be contrary 
 to those rules, to apprise the Board thereof immediate- 
 ly' before the question on such motion is put. After 
 the question is finally put from the chair no member 
 shall speak thereto, nor shall any motion be made until 
 after the result is declared; and the decision ot the 
 chair as to whether the question has been finally put 
 shall be conclusive. 
 
 Rule 10. A member, being called to order, shall 
 immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; if 
 there be no appeal, the decision of the chair shall be 
 final ; but if the member appeal from the decision of 
 the chair, the Board shall decide the case without de- 
 bate. 
 
 Rule 11. Any member may of right require the 
 question under discussion to be read for his information 
 at any time during the debate, but not so as to in- 
 terrupt a member while speaking. 
 
 Rule 12. No member shall speak beside the ques- 
 tion in debate nor shall he in any manner interrupt the 
 proceedini<s of the Board or any member who is speak- 
 ing. 
 
 Rule 13. No member other than the one pro- 
 posing a question or motion shall speak more thi^ once 
 on the same question without leave of the Board except 
 in explanation of a material part of his speech, which 
 may have been misconceived; but then he is not to 
 introduce any new matter. 
 
 Rule 14. Every member previous to his speak 
 
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 RULES OF OHiniTt*' 
 
 ing, shall rise from his seat, reaiieetfully jiddreBS him- 
 sel*^ to tho PreaiUeiit, Vico-PresKient «>r Ch;U>rtiian; hd 
 shallcontiue himsolt strictly^ to the lufitlex under dis^cuss- 
 
 ion, and shall sic down as soon as h- is dune aUeakiug. 
 
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 Rule l5. 'No 'rhotfoh shall be put;' ot' tleliated 
 unless the saiuo is secotided; when seconded it bhall be 
 stated by the President, Vice-President orChainnai^ 
 before debate, and everv sucli except amotion toadjourn, 
 shall be reduced to writing. 
 
 Rule lf5. After a resolution is stated by the 
 President, Vice-President or Chairman, it sliall be 
 deemed in possession of the Board, but may, by per- 
 missKm of the Board, be withrawn at any time before 
 decision or amendment. 
 
 Rule 17. When a blank is to bo tilled up and 
 different sums or times are proposed, the question shall 
 be taken first on the largest sum or the longest time ; 
 and when a questiim is under debate, the only motions 
 in order shall be— Ist, to adjourn ; 2d, the previous 
 question ; 3d, to lay on the table ; 4th, to postpone 
 indefinitely ; 5th, to adjourn to a certain day ; 6th, to 
 refer; 7th, to amend. 
 
 Rule 18. A motion to adjourn the Board shall be 
 always in order, except ; 1st, when a member is in pos- 
 session of the Hoor ; 2d, when the Yeas and Nays are 
 being called ; 3d, when the members are voting ; 4th, 
 when it has been decided that the previcms questif^n 
 shall be taken ; and a motion to adjourn simply cannot 
 be amended, but a motion to adjourn to a given day, 
 may be, and is open to debate. 
 
 Rule 19. A motion to lay a question on the table 
 simply is not debatable ; but a motion to lay on the 
 table and publish or any other condition, is subject to 
 amendment and debate. , 
 
 Rule 20. A motion to refer to a standing com- 
 mitter shall take precedence of a similar motion for a 
 Special Committee ; and a motion for commitment 
 until it is decided, shall preclude all amendments of 
 the main question. 
 
 Rule 21 . A motion to amend an amendment shall 
 be in order, but to amend an ami^ndraent to an amend- 
 
 
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 ment shall not be entertnined. An amendment modify- 
 ing the intention of a motion shall be in order, but an 
 amendment relating to a different subject shall not be 
 in order. The paragraph to be amended shall first be 
 read as it stands, then the words proposed to be struck 
 out and those to be inserted, and finally the paragraph 
 as it would stand if so amended. 
 
 Rule 22. A question may be reconsidered at any 
 time during the same meeting, and when once made 
 and decided in the negative, shall not bo received be- 
 fore the next meeting of the Board ; and no question 
 shall be re-considered more than once, nor shall a vote 
 to re-consider be re-considered. 
 
 DUTIES OF COUNCIL 
 
 Rule 23. The Council shall direct the Secretary 
 in the discharge of his duties ; shall fix the salary of 
 that officer and of all other persons employed by the 
 Board ; shall supervise all purchases and contracts for 
 the Board ; shall audit all bills and accounts ; and claims 
 against the Board ; and shall direct payment of the 
 same, and shall have authority to execute all measures 
 deemed proper by the Board to promote its objects. 
 
 Rule 24. The Council shall have full power to 
 appoint committees who shall report to the Council ; 
 and the Council may at any time relegate any matter 
 to a special committee for a report, which shall be 
 made to the Council. 
 
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 ALTERATION OR AMENl .!^NT 
 
 Rule 25. These by-laws may be amended or re- 
 pealed by a vote of two-thirds of tho members present 
 at a meeting of the Board ; provided that notice of the 
 subject matter of such proposed amendment shall 
 have been given m writing by one member, and se. 
 oonded by another member at a previous general meet- 
 ing, and duly entered in the minutes of the Board. 
 
 STANDING COMMITTEES 
 
 1. The Council may appoint any three members 
 of the Board of Arbitration to hear, arbitrate and decide 
 upon any case or cases which may be submitted to them; 
 
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 or if the parties in dispute are unwilling to submit their 
 case to the committee of three so appointed, th«y may 
 choose other three members from the Board of Arbi- 
 tration whom they may agree upon, such agreement to 
 1)6 communicated to the Secretary in writing, signed 
 by all the parties in controversy. 
 
 2. Parties desiring the services of such a com- 
 mittee shall notify the {secretary to that effect in writ- 
 ing, and shall file an agreement with hiui, signed by 
 the parties in controversy, binding themselves to abide, 
 i)erfonu, and fulfil the final award which shall be made 
 touching the matter submitted without recourse to any 
 other court or tribunal. Neither party shall postpone 
 the trial of a case longer than ten days after it has been 
 submitted, unless good cauHe can be shown therefor 
 satisfactory to the referees. 
 
 3. Arbitration fees and all additional costs that 
 may be incurred shall be paid by either of the parties 
 in the case as may be decided by the committee hear- 
 ing the same, and shall be included in their award. 
 
 MEETINGS OF THE BOARD 
 
 Meetings of the Board shall be held on the second 
 Tuesday in February, May, August and November at 
 7.30 o'clock p.m. B^harp. The first named of these 
 meetings shall be the Annual Meeting. Should any 
 of these dates appointed for meeting pix)vc to be a 
 legal lioliday the meeting shall be held on ti?e day fol- 
 lowing. 
 
 The election of officers for the current year shall 
 take place at the annual meeting. 
 
 The election of cheers — President, Vice-President, 
 Secretary and Council shall be by ballot. 
 
 Members of the Board of Arbitration shall bo 
 elected by ballot. 
 
 DUTIES OF SECRETARY 
 
 1. The Secretary, acting as Treasurer, shall col- 
 lect fees, keep an account of all moneys received and 
 expended for the use of tha Board ; shall duly deposit 
 the funds in an incorporated Bank ; and shall make 
 
 
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 disbursements only upon vouchers approved by the 
 Council. His accounts shall be produced for the in- 
 spection of members at every annual meeting, and 
 annually an Auditing Committee, consisting of two 
 members of the Board, one of whom shall be named by 
 the President, the other to bo appointed by the Coun- 
 cil, shall audit his accounts and report at the annual 
 meeting. 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to give 
 notice of and attend all meetings of the Board and of 
 the Council, and to keep a record of their doings ; to 
 conduct all correspondence ; and to carry into execution 
 all orders, votes and resolutions not otherwise com- 
 mitted ; to keep a list of the members of the Board ; to 
 notify officers and members of the Board of their elec- 
 tion ; to notify members of their appointment on com- 
 mittees ; to furnish the chairman of each committee 
 with a copy of the vote or resolution under which the 
 committee is appointed, and at his reijuest give notice 
 of the meetings of the committee ; to give notice of and 
 attend meetings, and keep a record of the doings of 
 the Standing and Special Committees when required so 
 to do ; to superintend the rooms of the Board, and 
 t^enerally devote his time in such a manner as the 
 Council shall deem most conducive to the objects for 
 which the Board was created. It shall also be his duty, 
 under direction of the Council, to provide such articles 
 of furniture, stationery, books, maps, periodicals, 
 newspapers and other supplies required to carry into 
 effect the provisions of the Act of Incorporation, By- 
 laws, orders and resolutions of the Board.