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OFFICERS OF THE UPPEH CANADA CLUB. 
 
 JAMES NEWBIGGING, Chairman, 
 
 JOHN BARWICK, 
 
 JOHN SAWERS, 
 
 WILLIAM B. JARVIS, 
 
 ROBERT W. HARRIS, Secretary. 
 
 Cteastttct. 
 
 JAMES NEWBIGGING. 
 
 JAMES F. SMITH. 
 GEORGE MONRO, 
 C. A. HAGERMAN. 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 1. The name sliall be The Upper Canada 
 Club. Its members are not meantime to exceed 
 one hundred and twenty, and they shall consist of 
 all persons who will be duly elected agreeable to 
 the second Article of these Regulations. The 
 object shall be to promote social and friendly in- 
 tercourse amongst its members, and the strangers 
 admitted to its privileges. 
 
 n. Candidates for admission must be proposed 
 by two members of the Club, and chosen by ballot. 
 The name of the candidate and members propos- 
 ing him shall be inserted, seven days previous to 
 election, in a book kept for that purpose in the 
 Reading Room of the Club ; and the election shall 
 be held on the firsc Monday in every month, be- 
 tween the hours of six and eight o'clock in the 
 evening. Not less than seven members to form a 
 ballot. Two black balls in five to exclude ad- 
 mission. Rejected candidates shall not be again 
 proposed for a year thereafter. All ballots to be 
 sui)enntcnded by one or more Officers of the Club. 
 
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 III. The entrance and subscription on admis- 
 sion shall be ten pounds, Halifax currency, and 
 the annual subscription thereafter shall be two 
 pounds ten shillings, payable on the third day of 
 January, next ensuing. Notice of admission to 
 be given by the Secretary to the member elected, 
 who shall not be entitled to the privileges of the 
 Club till his dues are paid. Any member failing 
 to pay his annual subscription before the twenty- 
 fifth day of March, in each year, (and after having 
 been applied to for the same,) shall cease to be a 
 member of the Club, and his name shall be erased 
 from its books ; but he may be re-admitted upon 
 assigning to the Managers such reasons as they 
 shall deem satisfactory. 
 
 IV. The regulation and government of the 
 Club shall be assigned to a Board of Managers, 
 consisting of five persons, with full powers to pro- 
 mote the objects of the Club, provide a Club 
 House, purchase Furniture, and to superintend 
 and transact all the affairs of the establishment : 
 such Managers shall meet when necessary for 
 current business — They shall be elected annually 
 
 by a ballot, which shall remain open in the Read- 
 ing Room of the Club, from ten till two o'clock 
 
 on the day of the anniversary, (third January.) 
 
 At the meeting on that day the votes shall be 
 
counted, and the names of the Managers tor the 
 ensuing year declared, vvlio shall assume their 
 office, with power to fill any vacancy in their num- 
 bers that may occur during the year — They shall 
 elect one of their number Chairman, who shall 
 preside at all meetings of the Club at which he 
 may be present, and in his absence, one other of 
 the Managers shall be Chairman — They shall 
 elect from their body an Honorary Secretary, who 
 shall supervise the accounts, keep minutes of all 
 the proceedings of the Club, give notice to mem- 
 bers of their election, or default of payment of 
 subscription, &c., and have charge of all books, 
 journals, and papers of the Club. They shall 
 also elect from their body a Treasurer, who shall 
 collect and keep an account of all monies belong- 
 ing to the Club, and pay all drafts signed by (at 
 least) two other members of the Board of Man- 
 agers. The Managers elected at the first general 
 meeting (twentieth March,) will hold their offices 
 till third January next. 
 
 V. There shall be three Trustees elected at the 
 first general meeting, (twentieth March, 1837,) 
 who shall invest in their names the permanent 
 fund and property of the Club; and when a por- 
 tion of the same shall be required for its purposes, 
 ihey shall pay the requisite amount to the Trea- 
 
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 surer, on an order signed by two of the Managers. 
 The Trustees shall also audit and sign the ac- 
 counts of the Treasurer, to be afterwards submit- 
 ted to a meeting of (at least) three Managers 
 including the Treasurer. 
 
 VI. Any officer can be removed from office by 
 the affirmative votes of two-thirds of the members 
 present at a meeting of the Club, called for the 
 specific purpose, and at which not less than twelve 
 members shall be present. 
 
 VII. A meeting of the members of the Club 
 shall be held at six o'clock, on the evening of the 
 first Monday of every month, for the general des- 
 patch of business ; and on the third day of January, 
 at two o'clock, in every year, (except if the day 
 fall on Sunday, then on the Monday following,) 
 the Anniversary Meeting shall be held for decla- 
 ring the election of officers, receiving the accounts 
 of expenses &c. for the past year, and all other 
 matters of importance connected with the Club, 
 which may be submitted for the consideration of 
 the members present. Special Meetings may be 
 called by the Board of Managers, on giving five 
 days notice in writing to all the members, stating 
 the specific object ; and the meeting shall confine 
 its discussions to that object only; the notice shall 
 
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 also be posted in the Club Room five days prior 
 to the meeting. The Managers shall also call 
 Special Meetings, on a requisition in writing signed 
 by at least eight members, specifying the object 
 under the preceding limitations, and the notice 
 shall also contain the names of the members at 
 whose request the meeting is called. 
 
 VIII. Officers serving in His Majesty's Army 
 or Navy, or other persons of distinction, whose 
 residence in Upper Canada is temporary, may be 
 invited by the Managers, and considered as Hon- 
 orary Members, their names being entered on the 
 books accordingly. Strangers, introduced by two 
 members and approved by the Managers, their 
 names being entered in a book kept for that pur- 
 pose, shall enjoy all the privileges of the Club for 
 one week, renewable at the discretion of the Man- 
 agers ; but no resident of the Canadas shall be 
 admitted more than four times in any one month. 
 
 IX. Any member acting in opposition or dero- 
 gatory to the respectability of the Club, shall be 
 admonished in writing by the Managers, and 
 should he persist in such opposition or derogatory 
 conduct, the Managers shall submit the case to 
 the first meeting, and if the majority so resolve, 
 his name shall be erased from the list of members. 
 
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 X. Any member being absent from the Cana- 
 das for one entire or more years, sliall not be 
 liable to the payment of his annual subscription 
 during such absence, but he must give notice to 
 the Secretary of his intention, that a candidate 
 may be elected in his room, and on his return he 
 will become a supernumerary member until a 
 vacancy occur. 
 
 XI. Every member of the Club will be furnished 
 with a copy of these Rules and Regulations, and 
 no alteration shall be made in them but by notice 
 given at a meeting of the Club, signed by at least 
 five members, and which notice shall be posted in 
 the Club Room one month, and decided upon at 
 the next meeting ; but no vote can be taken ex- 
 cept twenty paying members be present, and the 
 approval of two-thirds of the meeting shall be 
 necessary for the alteration. 
 
 XII. The Managers shall make such By-Laws 
 for the internal regulation of the Club as may 
 from time to time be necessary, subject to revisal 
 at the monthly meetings. 
 
BY-LAWS. 
 
 1. The Club House shall be open every day, 
 from 7 o'clock a. m. to 11 o'clock p. m. 
 
 2. It is the duty of the Supcrintendant to see 
 that the wishes of the members be promptly com- 
 plied with, and that they be treated with attention 
 and respect; but he can receive such orders as 
 affect the general government of the House, only 
 from the Board of Managers. 
 
 3. No member shall give any present, money, 
 or gratuity, to any of the servants of the establish- 
 ment ; nor can they, on any account, be sent out 
 of the House on private errands. 
 
 4. Copies of the Bill of Fare for the day, and 
 a list of Wines, with the price of each article, shall 
 be provided for the use of the members. A cor- 
 rect account of the expenditure of every member 
 shall be entered in the book kept for the purpose, 
 and a copy of it furnished if desired. Any defect 
 
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 or fault that may be found in any meal or provi- 
 sions, is to be noticed in writing signed by the 
 member complaining, and accompanied by the 
 bill ; which complaint and bill must be especially 
 noticed by the Managers on settling the weekly 
 accounts. All complaints against servants must 
 be made by letter to the Managers, signed by the 
 member complaining. 
 
 5. All members are to pay their bills for every 
 expense they incur, in the Club House to the 
 Superintendant, before they leave the house — 
 positive orders being given not to open accounts 
 with any individual. 
 
 6. No meals can be served except in the dining 
 and coffee rooms ; and no refreshment, wines or 
 liquors of any kind, can be sent out of the house 
 on any pretext whatever. 
 
 7. No smoking can be allowed except in the 
 room provided for that purpose. 
 
 8. No games except whist, chess and draughts, 
 shall on any account be permitted, nor shall dice 
 be used in the Club House, and no higher stakes 
 at whist than half-dollar points shall be played for. 
 
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 No betting shall on any account be permitted, nor 
 shall games of any kind be allowed on Sundays. 
 
 9. No member or visitor shall on any account 
 be allowed to bring a dog into the house. 
 
 10. The Superintendant has strict orders to 
 report to the Managers any infringement of the 
 By-Laws which may come under his notice.