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im ^iimtji, %$MMm, 
 
 REPORT OF AD INTERIM COMMITTEE, 
 
 AKD 
 
 REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO DRAFT 
 
 A CONSTITUTION BASED ON THE REPORT 
 
 OF THE AD INTERIM COMMITTEE. 
 
 HKRALD BTIAM FBES8, 900 NOTRE DAKK STBKKT. 
 
 1864. 
 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO DRAFT 
 A PLAN OF ACTION, BY THE MEETING OF PERSONS 
 INTERESTED IN THE FORMATION OF A LITERARY 
 ASSOCUTION. 
 
 COMMITTEE : 
 
 Rev. Canon Leach, D.C.L., Chairman. 
 Rev. a. DeSola, LL.D., 
 Hon. T. D. McGee, M.P.P., B.O.L., 
 • C. Smallwood, M.D., LL.D., 
 Brown Chamberlin, B.C.L., 
 
 CUARLES HeAVYSEQE, 
 
 Andrew Wilson, 
 
 T. J. "Walsh, B.C.L., 
 
 T. S. Steele, 
 
 J. G. K. Houghton, B.C.L., 
 
 Jacob G. Ascher, 
 
 D..S. Leach, B.C.L., 
 
 II. L. Snowuon, B.C.L., 
 
 Henry J. Morgan, Secretary. 
 
 Tub Speciu' Committee appointed at tlio meeting oi' per- 
 sons interested in the formation of a Literary Association 
 in 3Iontreal, for the purpose of " drafting a plan of action," 
 beg leave to make this their 
 
 FIRST REPORT. 
 
 Your Committee, having well considered the nature of the 
 subject referred to them, would respectfully make the fol- 
 lowing suggestions: — 
 
 1 o . That the objects of the Association be the formation 
 of a literary taste in Canada, the culture and fostering of 
 
letters ; and that, among other things, the giving of medals 
 or prizes for literary works or essays of a superior character, 
 (l)cing native productions,) and the assistance of meritori- 
 ous literary efforts, either within or without the Club, be 
 considered legitimate means of carr}'ing out these objects. 
 
 2 ° . That the name and designation of tho Association 
 be " TiiE Montreal Litebart Clud." 
 
 3 ® . That the Association have a local habitation of its 
 own, to be accessible to its Members throughout the year. 
 
 4 ° . That the Club consist of Honorary, Corresponding, 
 Life and Ordinary Members: That there be a President 
 and three Vice-Presidents, a Recording and a Corresponding 
 
 Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Council of Members, tho 
 
 duties of which latter shall be to exercise a general super- 
 intendence over the affairs of the Association. The office- 
 bearers to be ex officio Members of tho Council. 
 
 5 ® . That all Ordinary Members shall be necessarily of 
 the age of twenty-one years : That adi lission to the Asso- 
 ciatiou be open to all whoso membership will be advanta- 
 geous to the objects of the Association ; but the names of 
 all ciinilidates must be proposed and seconded, in writing, 
 with the names of the proposer and seconder, and hung up 
 in the rooms of the Association for fourteen days before 
 
 election, which is to be by ballot, and of which black, 
 
 balls in shall exclude. 
 
 6 ® . That the funds of the Association bo raised from a 
 yearly subscription to be paid by every Member, together 
 Avith the sums paid by Life Members ; and that the yearly 
 
 subscription be $ , payable in advance, and that tho 
 
 payment of | shall constitute Life Membership. 
 
 7 o . That the literary exercises of each stated Meeting 
 do consist of Essays or Lectures, Discussions or Debates, the 
 subject being, from time to time, appointed by tho Council. 
 
 8®. That no alteration in the Constitution, Rules and 
 By-Laws of the Association be made, unless sanctioned by 
 
a voto of two-thirds of the Members present, specially con- 
 vened at a Meeting called for that purpose, and of which 
 Meeting a fortnight's notice should be given. 
 
 * . That the Club shall have within itself a Permanent 
 or Elective Senate, of which the function shall have reference 
 exclusively to portions of the literary business of the Club, 
 as follows : — 
 
 1. This Senate shall determine the subject or subjects 
 of Essays or Lectures to which a prize or prizes shall be as- 
 signed by the Club. 
 
 2. It shall decide as to the particular Essay or Lecture 
 to which a prize may be assigned. 
 
 3. It shall decide as to the particular works for the 
 publication of which assistance either in the way of pecu- 
 niary contribution or subscription for copies, may be given 
 by the Club ; or, if recommendation alone be thought ad- 
 visable, it shall decide upon the teims of the recommendation. 
 
 4. All works t(» l)e published as the transactions (liter- 
 ary) of the Club must receive the sanction of the said iirenate. 
 
 5. The I^Iembers of this department shall have the ex, 
 elusive right of admitting into their division those who shall 
 constitute its Members and the ground of such admission 
 shall be exclusively literary, viz : The actual publication of 
 Houjc production which the said Members '; lU decide to 
 have been of public utility, or some unpublishi i work con- 
 sidered of sufficient merit and worthy of pul)lication. Ad- 
 mission to be given by ballot, and one, two or three votes 
 shall exclude. 
 
 6. The Members of this department shall be entitled to 
 the designation of " Fellows of the Montreal Literary Club," 
 and these shall be elected only from the ]\Icmbers of the Club 
 generally, whose designation shall be " Members of the Mon- 
 treal Literary Club." 
 
 10 o . When an Honorary Member is proposed, the Mem- 
 ber who makes the proposal shall state in writing the reasons 
 
for the honour proposed to bo conferred ; the proposftl shall 
 lie on the table for one fortnight, the votes shall bo taken 
 by ballot, two out of twenty excluding, and if once excluded 
 the same name shall not, for three years, be again brought 
 forward. 
 
 The whole respectfully submitted. 
 
 (Signed) W.T. Leach, 
 
 Chairman. 
 
 (Signed) Henby J. Morgan, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Montreal, 22d February, 18W. 
 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO DRAFT 
 A CONSTITUTION BASED ON THE REPORT OF AD 
 I^TERlM COMMITTEE. 
 
 The Special Committee appointed to draft a Constitution, 
 based on the Report of the ad interim Committee, as amended, 
 have the honor to 
 
 REPORT 
 That they have caused the Report of the previous Commit- 
 tee, as amended, to be printed and distributed to the persons 
 present at the last meeting. That they have also drawn a 
 Constitution based on the said Report, which they have 
 likewise caused to be printed and distributed with the above 
 Report. 
 
 COMMITTBB: 
 
 Rhv. Canon Leach, D.C.L., Chairman. 
 
 Rbv. Canon Tbosifson. 
 
 T. K. Rambat, Advocate. 
 
 Rkv. Pbof. Cornish. 
 
 T. J. Walsh, B.C.L., Adrocatl^ 
 
 T.L. Steele. 
 
 UtMAi J. MoBQAN, Secrdarif.. 
 
 The following' Articles of a 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 Have been adopted : — 
 
 Autiolb L— This Society bears the name of " Tas HoN' 
 TasuL LrrsRABT Oltib.'^ 
 AjKixoLS.IL—It» object is to idd in thecultvre and foster* 
 
 
ing of Letters among its own Members, nnd in tho com- 
 munity at Iftrgc. 
 
 AnTicLK III. — Tlic Club consists of Ordinary, C Inary- 
 Lifo, Corresiwnding, and Honorary Members. 
 
 AuTicLE IV.— Persons of Twenty-one Years of Ago are 
 eligible as Members. 
 
 AuTiCLE V. — Aclniission to Membership is vested in the 
 Club. Saving tho caao of original Members provided for in 
 Transitory Article No. 1, candidates for admission as Or- 
 dinary Members arc nominated by two members at a regular 
 meeting of the Club, and the nomination is in writing, duly 
 signed by the IMembersi nominating. The notice of nomina- 
 tion is exhibited on the notice-board of tho Club for tho 
 space of fourteen days before the election. 
 
 Article VI.-— Such election is held at a regular meeting 
 of the Club, ami the voting is by ballot. Twenty votes aro 
 required to constitute a valid election ; and one black-ball 
 in five excludes. 
 
 AuTici.E VII. — A rejected candidate is only to be again 
 nominated after one year from the time of his rejection. 
 
 AnTicLE VIII. — Tho fee payable by Ordinary Members is 
 |10 2>er annum, and no Member is entitled to the rights and 
 privileges of Membership while any such fee is unpaid, sav- 
 ing the case provided for in Transitory Article No. 1. 
 
 AiiTiCLE IX. — By the payment of |80, Ordinary Members 
 become Ordinary-Life Members. 
 
 AuTicLE X. — The nomination of Corresponding and 
 Honorary Members is solely vested in the Council, who must 
 be unanimous ; and the election takes place, after the usual 
 notice, at a meetmg of the Club. The voting is open, and a 
 simple majority of the votes cast decides. 
 
 AnTicLE XI. — Corresponding and Honorary Members pay 
 no sul iscription, and are not liable for any of the expenses of 
 the Club. They cannot put any candidate in nomination, 
 nor vote at any election for the admission of any candidate, 
 nor for the election of tlie Office-Bcorers nor the Council of 
 the Club, nor hold any office therein, nor bo Memben of 
 
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 Council, nor nre they flij^iblc ns Follown; but tlicy nro 
 entitled t<» nil the other privileges of Ordinary Mondntrs. 
 
 Aktici.k XII. — The officers of the C'luh nre .1 President, 
 thre(! Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. 
 
 Article XIII. — The business of the Ciub is transacted by 
 a Council consistinjif of the otHccrs of the (Jlub, a Treasurer, 
 and ten other Members. The presiding officer only to vote 
 wlicii tliere is a tie, or when a unanimous vote of tin Council 
 is re(|uired. 
 
 Auticlk XIV. — The Officers and other Mendu'rs of Coun- 
 cil arc elected from the Ordinary and Ordiimry-Life Members 
 at the annual meeting of the Club. The vote is by ballot, 
 and a simple majority of the votes cast at suid meeting ren- 
 ders such election valid, 
 
 AttTici.K XV.— It is the duty of the Council to attend to 
 all the ordinary, literary and business transactions of the 
 Club. 
 
 Abticlk XVI. — If ft vacancy occur among the ten Members 
 of Council, or in the office of Secretary or Treasurer, it is 
 the duty of the Council to till up the vacancy from among 
 the Ordinary or Ordinary-Life Members eligible ; ami, if the 
 office of President become vacant, the Vice-President who 
 was elected by the greatest number of votes becomes Presi- 
 dent ; but no vacancy among tlio Vice-Presidents is lilled 
 until the next annual meeting. 
 
 Anxici.K XVII. — The Fellows form a pernmncnt body 
 within the Club, in number not exceeding twenty-one. 
 They are selected, in the manner hereinafter provided, from 
 these ^lendjers of the Club who have earned for themselves 
 a good literary reputation, or done good service in the cause 
 of Letters. 
 
 AuTit'LE XVIII. — The Fellows are elected by the Club, 
 from the Ordinary ami Ordinary-Life Members, on the nom- 
 ination of the Hoard of Fellows, and the voting is carried 
 on at any meeting, after due notice, in the same manner as 
 in the election of Members of Council. The election to the 
 original Fellowships is regulated by the transitory Articles 
 Nod. 2 and :{. 
 
 AuTKLE XIX. — When any vacancy occurs in the body 
 
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 of Fellows, it is the duty of the Fellows to numiuatc three 
 Members of the Ordinary or Ordinary-Life Members to the 
 Club for election to till such vacancy ; and, in like manner, 
 for every vacancy, three Ordinary or Ordinary-Life Mcnibcra 
 must bo nominated. From the persons so nominated by the 
 Fellows, the Members of the Club, entitled to vote, elect one 
 to till each vacancy. The votin<^ is by ballot, and a simple 
 majority of the votes cast decides. A vacancy is when, by 
 death, resignation or other cause, the number of Fellows is 
 diminished from the highest number it has ever attained. 
 
 AuTKLE XX. — The Fellows determine the subject or sub- 
 jects of Poems, Treatises, Essays or Lectures, to which a prize 
 or prizes may be assigned by the Club ; as also, the particular 
 Poem, Treatise, Essay or Lecture, to which a prize may be 
 assigned. They decide as to the particular works for the i)ub- 
 licaiion of which assistance, either in the way of pecuniary 
 conlrilnitionor subscription for copies, may be given, and the 
 Club alone determines what assistance, if any is given ; 
 \nd, if recommendation alone l»e thought advisable by the 
 b'elhnvs, they decide upon its terms. All works to be pub- 
 ished, as the literary transactions of the Club must receive 
 .he sanction of the Fellows. 
 
 AuTKi.K XXL — The Fellows shall nut hold any otticc 
 
 in tlK' Club, or be Menjbers of the Council ; and if any 
 
 ^Hiee-Beaier or Member of Council be elected a Fellow, he 
 
 ihall thereupon cease to be such Othce-Bearer or Member of 
 
 Council. 
 
 AuTiCLK XXIL — The i)roceedings and mode of voting of 
 the Fellows arc regulated l>y such rules as they nuiy, from 
 time to time, adoi)t for their own guidance, and such as do 
 not conflict witli any Article of this Constitution. 
 
 AiiTiCM-: XXIII. — The proceedings and mode of voting of 
 the Council are regulated by su{;h rules as the said Council 
 may, from time to time, adopt for their own guidance, and 
 as do not contiict-with this Constitution. 
 
 AuTKLE XXIV. — The other affairs of this Club are regu- 
 lated by such By-Laws as the Members may adopt, and 
 such as do not conflict with this Constitution, 
 
 Auticm; XXV. — This Constitution can only be altered 
 
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 or amended at the annual meeting, on notice given of 
 the alteration or amendment i)roj[)osed, at least one year 
 before the meeting at which it is i)ropo8ed to make tho 
 alteration and amendment in question, and on tl;e vote of 
 at least two-thirds of the Members present at such meeting ; 
 and the terms of no Article not mentioned in such notice can 
 be altered or amended. 
 
 TRANSITORY ARTICLES. 
 Article I.— Tlie original list of Members will be closed 
 witliin one hour from the adoption of this Constitution, when 
 all who have signed the Constitution and roll of Members, 
 personally or Ijy proxy, shall become Members of the Club, 
 and they shall the. j^rocceil to vote for the OlKce-BearerB 
 and ton Members of Council. 
 
 Tlie names of the original ^lembers who shall not pay 
 their subscription into the hands of the President within ten 
 days from the date of this Constitution, shall lie struck from 
 the roll and cease to bo Members of the Club. 
 AuTiCLK IF.— The llrst six Fellows shall be :— 
 The Loud Ilisiior op Mo>ti{eal, 
 Siu W.M. E. Lo(jAN, Knt., F.R.S., 
 TiiK Hon. T. 1). McGkk, i3.C.L., 
 The Hon. P. J. O. Cuauvkau, LL.D., 
 J. W. Dawson, LL.i)., F.R.S., 
 Thk Rkv. Canon Lkacii, D.C.L. 
 AnTicLR m.—The six Fellows so elected at the first meet- 
 ing of the Club (and any others who may be elected as hcre- 
 inatter, or by the Constitution is provided,) may, from time 
 to time, add to their number until the original twenty -one 
 Fellowships are tilled up, by nominating to. the Club for 
 election three Ordinary or Ordinary-Life 3Iembers for each 
 Fellowship to be so tilled. The voting for the candidates 
 thus proposed to he by ballot, and a simple majority of the 
 votes cast decides. 
 The whole respectfully submitted. 
 
 (Signed,) W. T. 
 
 (Signed,) IIenuy J. Morcjan, 
 
 ISci'retnn/. 
 Montreal, 22th February, 1804. 
 
 LEAcn. 
 Chairmun.