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 AND 
 
 REGULATIONS 
 
 OF THH 
 
 SAINT PATRICK'S 
 BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, 
 
 OP 
 
 TORONTO, 
 
 ESTABLISHED JANUARY, 1841, 
 
 TORONTO: 
 DONLEVY & McTAVEY. PRINTERS, CHURCH STREET 
 
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 SAINT PATRLCK'S 
 
 BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 
 
 Liberal Ihishmen in Toronto have long deplored the want of a 
 truly JNational Society, which would unite their countrymen of all 
 sects and denominations in the promotioji of benevolent objects ; and 
 at the same time, lead to that harmonious social intercourse amongst 
 them, which none but those who have been long absent from their 
 native land, know how to appreciate. This want, it is now proposed 
 to supply, by the formation of the Saint T./fRicK's Benevolent 
 
 feOCIETY. 
 
 The objects of the Society will be, 1st.— To afford advice and pe- 
 cuniary assistance to their distressed fellow-countrymen. 
 
 2nd.— To promote kindly feelings amongst its' members, and at 
 the same time, to cherish a recollection of the beloved land of their 
 nativity. 
 
 3rd.— To celebrate, in a becoming manner, the annual festival on 
 the anniversary of Ireland's Patron Saint. 
 
 It js hoped that all true lovers of their country— all who sympathize 
 with her m.slortunes, and feel indignation at her wrongs, can loin to- 
 gether in promoting the above objects, without treading on what will be 
 considered forbidden ground— Colonial Politics. 
 
 It IS to be regretted, that in this City heretofore, every attempt to 
 attain the end contemplaied by the projected Society, has proved a 
 lailure. It is possible that the present effort may be equally unmc- 
 I cessful; but the founders of the -Saint Patrick's Benevolent 
 I bociETY icel, that they have taken every precaution to prevent such 
 ■ I ""^f "' ,,^"^ ^^^ey fo"flly anticipate, in the words of the immortal 
 j iJara ot their country, that — 
 
 .... , "Their Winter is past. 
 
 And the hope that lived through it, will blossom at lust.'^ 
 
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 OFFICERS. 
 
 DOCTOR BALDWIN, President. 
 
 CAPT. ECCLES, 1st. Vice President. 
 
 COLONEL JAMES BALDWIN, 2nd Vice President. 
 
 WILLL\M BALDWIN, Esq., Treasurer. 
 
 M. J. O'BEIRNE, Esq., Secretary. 
 
 Mr .DENNIS HEFFERNAN, Assistant Skcretabt, 
 
 Rev. Mr. McDONAGH, Chaplain. 
 
 COMMITTEE. 
 
 Ml. M. SCOLLARD, 
 
 Mr. T. J. O^Neill, 
 Dr. Bradley, 
 Mr. J. Beatty, 
 Mr. J. Fitzgerald, 
 
 Mr. C. DONLEVY, 
 
 Mr. J. Murphy^ ] 
 Mr. T. Ryan, 
 Mr. J. Shannan, 
 Mr. J. O'HiGOiNs, 
 Mr. E. McSherry 
 Mr. M, HiGGiNs. 
 
'resident. 
 
 CCRETABT. 
 
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 fAN, 
 QOINa, 
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 3!N». 
 
 RULES AM) RE(a:LATIONS. 
 
 1st. The Officers of the Society shall consist of a 
 President, two Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary 
 Assistant Secretary and a Committee of twelve, to be 
 styled Committee of Management, of w^hom five shall 
 form a quorum. 
 
 2nd. The election of all Officers shall take place 
 annually, that is to say, on the last Tuesday in F ?brua- 
 ry, and shall be determined (with the exception of that 
 of the President) by a majority of the meetinff. The 
 1 resident to be elected by a majority of two-thirds : in 
 each case the members voting by ballot. But in the 
 event of two-thirds not being found in favour of any 
 candidate for the Presidentship, a committee of seven 
 shall be appointed by the meeting bv ballot, who shall 
 elect a President by ballot. 
 
 3rd. The Chaplain of the Society shall be chosen 
 and appointed by a majority of the Society at the peri- 
 odical meetmg ; for the appointmeut of Officers the 
 votes being taken viva voce. 
 
 4tlh A meeting of the members shall be held on the 
 iirst Tuesday in every month for the purpose of ad- 
 mitting new members and making such other arrange- 
 ments as may be deemed expedient for the benefit of 
 the bociety. 
 
 5th. A subscription of ten shillings shall be paid 
 by every member, annually in advance to the Trea- 
 surer for the purposes of tlie institution, and no person 
 shall be considered a member if his subscription remain - 
 unpaid for one month ; but in order that every facility 
 maybe afforded to Irishmen of humble circumstajices 
 desirous of uniting with their fellow countrymen, in a 
 laudable and benevolent institution, it is deemed expe- 
 dient that any member upon the recommendation of 
 

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 any two other members shall be allowed tlie privilege 
 of paying his subscription by two instalments of live 
 shillings in advance, and tive shillings at the »?xpiration 
 of six months. 
 
 Gth. Tlie national limitation of admission shall bo 
 confined to Irishmen, or their descendants to the fourth 
 generation •, all above the age of eighteen shall bo 
 eligible as competent members, and those between the 
 ages of fifteen and eighteen, sliall be eligible as proba- 
 tionary members, paying a subscription of live shillings 
 in advance, but shall not be entitled to vote. 
 
 7th. Any member of the society wish";!igto introduce 
 a new member shall, at a monthly periodical meeting, 
 give notice of such his intention, at the same time 
 mentioning the name of the candidate, and at the next 
 subsequent monthly periodical meeting the admission 
 of such candidate being then proposed and seconded 
 shall be determined by a majority of two-thirds of the 
 mei.ibers present, voting by ballot. 
 
 8th. One-third of the members resident in Toronto 
 shall at any meeting form a quorum, and in the ab- 
 sence of President and Vice Presidents the meeting- 
 shall elect a temporary Chairman. 
 
 9th. The Committee of management shall be em- 
 powered to grant pecuniary assistance to distressed 
 Irishmen and their families at their discretion, and they, 
 the committee, shall lay before each monthly periodi- 
 cal meeting a written report of their transactions for 
 the preceding month. 
 
 10th. The other officers of the Society, viz: — the 
 President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer and Secretaries, 
 shall not by right ex-officio sit in Committee, but the 
 Committee of management shall have the power to re- 
 quire the attendance of Treasurer and Secretary with 
 books and papers, reasonable notice being given to 
 them accordingly. 
 
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1 the privilogc 
 Iments oi' live 
 the »?xpiration 
 
 ssion shall he 
 •5 to the fourth 
 teen shall he 
 ^ hetween the 
 ihle as proha- 
 f live shillings 
 Dte. 
 
 rrto introduce 
 iical meeting, 
 le same time 
 id at the next 
 he admission 
 md seconded 
 -thirds of the 
 
 it in Toronto 
 fid in the ab- 
 1 the meeting- 
 shall be em- 
 to distressed 
 ion, and they, 
 [ithly periodi- 
 msactions for 
 
 )ty, viz: — the 
 J Secretaries, 
 ittee, but the 
 power to re- 
 3cretary with 
 iing criven to 
 
 Meetings all observations shall 
 
 nth. The Secretary shall enter in a book kept for 
 that purpose minutes of all resolutions and other trans- 
 actions of the Society. 
 
 r2th. The Treasurer sl.j.11 submit to the annual 
 meeting an explicit statement of the financial affairs of 
 the Society, and such statement shall undergo a pre- 
 vious examination by auditors appointed by the Com- 
 mittee, to whom the necessary vouchers shall be sub- 
 mitted. 
 
 13th. No money shall be expended by the Trea- 
 surer without an order signed by the Chairman and 
 Secretary of the Conmiittee of IManagement on behalf 
 of and by authority of the Committee, and all the mo- 
 ney collected by the Treasurer beyond the sum of 
 jcIO shall be deposited by him in such bank as the 
 Committee shall direr* 
 
 14th. At Gt 
 be addressed t' 
 
 15th. The s r discussion must be strictly 
 
 attended to and . sion on any proposition be- 
 
 ing concluded, the t'ie»xv.ent or Chairman elect, as the 
 case may be, shall put the question to the meeting, to 
 be decided by a majority, the President or Chairman 
 having the casting vote. 
 
 IGtli. Every resolution proposed to the meeting 
 nmst be 'seconded and reduced to writing, and an 
 amendment being moved and seconded, must be dis- 
 posed of before the original question be put. 
 
 i7th. All local politics of the day as well as all re- 
 ligious subjects shall be strictly excluded. 
 
 18th. No persouL' allusion shall be allowed and any 
 reference to arguments used by members who have 
 spoken must be made with the utmost courtesy of ex- 
 pression. 
 
 19th. The President or Chairman shall not take 
 part in the debate upon any question, but he shall bo 
 
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 at liberty to deliver his dentimcnts thereon before 
 putting it to the vote. 
 
 20th. All qucstionsof order shall be decided by the 
 President, but if .iny exception be taken to hi.s decis- 
 ion a motion may be made and seconded that the Pre- 
 sident do leave the chair, on which motion no discuss- 
 ion is to take place, but the President is iui thwith to 
 retire, the Vice President shall then preside during the 
 »:.scussion of the question of order, Vrhich question 
 shall be decided by a majority of the members present j 
 the Vice Pr^isident is to deliver no opinion, on the mat- 
 ter but merely to put the question to the vote , this 
 rule will apply equally to the Vice President in the ab- 
 sence of President, or Chairman elected pro tempore 
 in absence of President and Vice Presidents, 
 
 2h;t. It is not deemed expedient that there should 
 be any impcrotive rule requiring the attendance of the 
 members of the society at any place of public worship 
 on the anniversary of Ireland's Patron Saint, nor that 
 the Society as a body shall march in procession in cele- 
 bration of any passing occurrence or in commemora- 
 tion of any past event. 
 
 22nd. On occasion of the death of any me Tiber the 
 Secretary being made acquainted therewith, shall noti- 
 fy the same to the other members, requesting their at- 
 tendance at the funeral of the deceased. 
 
 23rd. Any member who shall behave in a disorderly 
 munnerat any of the meetings of the Society, shall be 
 liable to be expelled that meeting by the President or 
 Chairman j and if the same member again interrupt the 
 good order of any subsequent meeting, he may upon 
 motion made and secrnded to that effect, be expelled 
 the Society by a majority of two-thirds of the members 
 present at the next sub.2quent periodical meeting, vo- 
 ting by ballot •, also, any member who shall be guilty 
 of immoral or improper conduct at any time shall be 
 
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 liable to be expelled in the same manner as aforesaid ; 
 and such members so expelled shall forfeit all claims 
 upon the Society, ■ > 
 
 24th. Should any officer of tlie Society neglect his 
 duty, or conduct himself otherwise improporly, he 
 shall upon notice given by any mGm];cr at a mont!iiy 
 periodical meeting specifying the cause of complaiat, 
 and upon motion made and scC'.>ri(loa at the next perio- 
 dical meeting be impeached, and upon conviction, be 
 liable to be reprimanded b; '.h 3 Prcsi-Iei t or Ci:'>iirrnan, 
 as the case may be, or ren;jvcd from r.flico accor '?:ig 
 to the decision of the meeting, to be dcteriniried ' y a 
 majority of two-thirds of the members present, voting 
 by ballot. 
 
 25th. That no alteration shall be made in any en the 
 rules and regulations of the Societv exceoi at tiie an- 
 nual general meeting-, and any member v/ishiiio to 
 propose an alteration shall give notice of such his in- 
 tentions at a monthly periodical meeting inimedli tely 
 preceding the annual meeting, specifyinsr tlie rule or 
 rules which he may wish to alter, amend or unru'. and 
 what he means to propose as amendment oriuUHulate, 
 if any, in lieu thereof *, provided alwn ->^, ihux th» ^ rule 
 shall not preclude the Soeiety at a .reueral meelmg 
 from the privilege of suspending a 1 .du i>ro tenipore 
 upon any extraordinary emergeacy. 
 
 26th. A copy of the rules and regulati:>ns of the 
 Society shall be furnished by ihe Seci 3tury at cost 
 price to each member of the Society. 
 
 26th. Each member on admission shall read the 
 rules and regulations of the Society, and in the pre- 
 sence of the Secretary subscribe the following pledge : 
 
 I, A. B. member of the Saint Patrick's Benevolent 
 Society do hereby pledge myself to ccnform to, and 
 maintain to the utmost of my ability all ruleb and re- 
 gulations which now are, or shall be hereafter adopted 
 
 for the government of the Society, and I do further 
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 pledge myself that I will discountenance upon all oc- 
 casions, so far as in me lies, both by precept and ex- 
 ample every cendency to intemperance and disorder. 
 
 Robert Baldwin, 
 James Fitzgerald, 
 John O'Higgins, 
 F. O'Day, 
 M. J. O'Beirne, 
 Michael Reynolds, 
 M. A. Higgins, 
 T. J. 0'^feill, 
 Doctor Baldwin, 
 William Baldwin, 
 John O'Brian, 
 James Connell, 
 William Murphy, 
 Daniel Fox, 
 Dr. Bradley. 
 Thomas Real, 
 Captain Eccles, 
 Michael Holloran, 
 James Cummings, 
 
 D. Heff*'rnan, 
 Colonel Baldwin, 
 James McMahon, 
 
 Jnmes Scallion, 
 
 Philip Connel), 
 
 Patrick Madden, 
 
 James Conway, 
 
 James Walsh, 
 
 Doctor McCormack, 
 
 Thomas Boas, 
 
 John Walsh, 
 
 M. Scollard, 
 
 F. Hincks, 
 
 John Crosier, 
 
 Charles Donlevy, 
 
 P. McTa.ey, 
 
 Michael Colgan, 
 
 Robert Kennedy, 
 
 James Beatty, 
 
 Thomas Ryan, 
 
 Edward McSherry, 
 
 James Feehan, 
 
 John Flaaagan, 
 
 M K M B E R S. 
 
 Martin Waldrou, 
 
 John Connolly, 
 
 Peter Nangle, 
 
 G. W. Egelso, 
 
 Patrick O'Neill, 
 
 John O'Keifl; 
 
 John Murphy, 
 
 Michael John McDonell, 
 
 John Doherty, 
 
 Michael Hays, 
 Jamos Neysey, 
 
 John McDermot, 
 
 John Cullum, 
 
 Alexander Watson, 
 
 Edward McFeeley, 
 
 John Hanton, 
 Patrick Brady, 
 Patrick Roch, 
 Darby Ahern, 
 Matthew Codd, 
 
 Hornard Short,, 
 
 Cornelius McMahon, 
 
 James Shannon, 
 
 Daniel Foley, 
 
 James Codey, 
 
 Thomas O'Connor, 
 
 Rev. Edward Gordon, Niagara. 
 
 James Fitzpatrick, 
 
 -'ohn McLoan, 
 
 James McDonagh, 
 
 Edmund Codey, 
 
 Luke Kelly, 
 
 William Smith, 
 
 Michael Meigan. 
 
 Matthew McDonagh, juvenile M. 
 
 Patrick McGetrick, 
 
 John McCarty, 
 
 Wm. Brennnn, 
 
 John McManus, 
 
 Andrew Smith 
 
 Patrick Russell. 
 
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