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P.ritisli connection ; the adyancpiiieiit of Canailian iiiteie>ts and industries, hy tlie advocacy of the adoi> tioi) of a national system of tanti' and finance calculated to {jroniote and protect then; strict enfoicenient of the Elecfon Law and the Act respecting tho Indepen- dence (>F Parliament : to uphold and maintain the union of tlie Provinces ; to unite the various classes, creeds and races formiiif; the po|)ulation of the Dominion : to di-seniinate amoiifiit the niemheis .)f the Association and our political friends in t!ie Town and T(.uii>liip a thoroujrh knowledjie of the political affairs of tli9 country, and to iirouiote the lliKiougii (»ru;ani/.ation of our party, so as to secure union .anii harmi>ny of action amoiii.' its momliers. ARTICLE II L 'i'he members of the Association shall consist of Active Members, Life Members and Honorary Members. Active Meml)er> shall be such i)ersons as desire to belong to the Liberal Con- servative Party for the promotion of Article 2. and who pay an annual subscription of 2!}c,. * Lile Members shall be such pi?rsons as shall contribute not less than !J5.00 towards the funds of tiie Association. Honorary Members .sjiall be jirominent members of the Party, non-residents of the Town or Township, who desire to .assist the As.sociation and "who are elected I)y the Association at an ordinary meeting thereof. AIMTCLE IV. The Oilicers of the Association shall consist of a President, four Vice-Presidents from tho lownshii) and one from the Town, a Seciotary, and a Treasurer. SiocTinx L>. — The E.\ecutive Committee shall coiL^ist of the Officers of the Asso- ciation and two members thereof from each Ward in the Town and Township. «i;CTioN a— The Noniiiiatinti Committee .shall consist of the Ofticers and Y.xccu tive Commitleemen of the Association, and any Senator. Member or e.\. Member of either Lcfiislalnre. residing in the constitutencv, and who is in accord with the OliSQIt? lLL. !•: A.SSOCIATI«N 1 connection ; • or the iulop- R and protect the Indepen- Rcs ; to unite oniinion : to im1 fVioiHls in tlifl ciiiiiitiy. 10 union mikI iife Members Liberal Con- subscription ! tiuui $5.00 lonresiflents o are elected 'e- Presidents of the Asso- n-ijiip. x-Menilier of M\i with the ARTICLE V. Assodat:r^'Si^^^,i^:;T"Uf U^^il^r^ beeo„.e Me.«bers of the -'5c., in advance, a. K^ SpeciHeli. ^' """' ^'"'"'^ "" '"'""='' ^"'"'-'•iP'i"" of didarjt-'IL'ir '/"" '1'' '"''"'r'""' ''''^' "^^'"''^'' **'"'" »S''^« '« *^"l'l'«'t ll.e can- didate ot the I'a.'ty, and to ., ,y hi, annual subscrii.tion. missfo™ •'-^^i-">l>«- ior Lite nu.st pay their .subscriptions previous to ad- AliTICL!': \I. Nc.S^ini':!S^-.S^ the As.sooat.on, to be held on the Second Thursday in January o? each vear ^ AliTICLE Vli. / (»c.oTi'"^^''f"''''®P'T''''"^ '^'^" '"^«' "" tlH'Thir,! Tuesday of' April ,Iulv -.nd 'STen;"!,nf '"'■' [•"'"■ !•'"'" '""' J''^'^'« "^ "'^^ ">^'.v he called together by the i lesident. an.j ni.MV .■idjou.n fro^n time to time as occasion mav ref,uire ^ AimCLE VIII. The E.xecutive Committee for the respective Municipalities shall meet at several Vice-Presidents. J " ' ^■•■•■■■iico I'll llic IfSp times aiul i)laces as may be ajjpointed by tlr uch AHTICLE IX. 'thedut.y of the E.xecutive Committee shall be to attend to all matters of iho Association durmg the mtervals between its General Meetin -s ,,, t" see g»»t h« placed tie eon viVv;.. ''''.^'^ '" ''"I'l""* ''le nominees thereof ,. re correctly fslu^perlyS;. ' '■' '" "''^ ^«'»'""t-'^ to appoint Coun.sel to see that this ARTICLE X. to the Vv!l!.r!r"'' ?'° ^-^^'"•"'^■<' Committee for each Municipality shall be to rei.ort ^ OcISr^ac,^^^^ matters of interest an.l importance in their lespectiv. ,li\M";n,s to have a cow o } nei^rTde^n ;T ^''^•"'"' '' " -rectly made out. so thaUnX eS o an election a dehnite idea ol our strength may be a.scertained and to keen tb« Executive ( omm.ttee well poste.l in all matte.'s concerning the Roll and Voters' Lists m their division Each men,ber of the Subcommittee Si kee Book of Membership. an,l en,leav..r by all lawful means to induce ,11 vote s fSdh ^o tl?e Liberal-Conse.v.ative cause to become members and sign he ro 1 ' "'^ ARTICLE XI. V\J,^ "'!"''. ''.^"'*' *^."!>' "'' tl'P .'Secretary, immediatelv after a vacancy occurs in the Lach candid-ite must be piojiosed and semnrlpd by .--,„« ,„^^i.-. -f .. nmiee and when tl.P kpvo,„1 .,,.J.„. .,.„ I . ," '" , V. ■•-'';• »'ym!,t-r ,,t wic i.om taken, and the •opped out ; n "^ ?[^r ?^'''^^ '--'^ "- 'o«;sVntimb..;;vo^ shall 'be d a new ballot shall then he tak th e nomination shall be made un en. and so ininmus on until the candidate is selected, wh len Eucli candidute proposed shuU sign a written paper, ujad Uis proposer and seconder shall iigiee in (Joiiiuiinee that he will abide by the noiuiuaiion of the Coiujuittee, and will support the ..juiinee of the I'arty honestly and to the best of his iutiuenco an