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CONSTITUTION,
Rules and Regulations
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OF THE
RiDEAU Club,
OTTAWA.
ADOPTED 13TH APRIL, 18M.
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CONSTITUTION,
• Rules and Regulations
OF THE
RiDEAU Club,
OTTAWA.
ADOPTED 13TH APRIL, 1881.
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COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
jfresiaci^f.
Mr. Sheriff Swefltland.
Major II. R. SMnir. Mr. J. A. (Iemmill
Mr. a. MacLean. Mr. C. J. Jones.
Mr. R. E. KiMjiER.
Mr. C. II. Car Ri ERE.
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©ecrefary.
Mr. John Makinson.
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An Act to IxrouroHATr: thk Riiikai' Cllp. or Tin: City
OF Ottawa.
[AsHtmtttl to IS/A Srptciiilx r, ISfif).]
WHEREAS the persons liercinaftor nnincd, with ji hirnc
nuinhcr of others in (inehoc and elsewhere in the
I'rt vinco of Cumuli), have associated themselves for the
estithlishment of a Club for social purposes, and whcreus
certain of the said hereinafter named persons have prayed
in be incorporated by the name of (he " Rideau Club," of the
City of Ottawa, and it is expedient to prant their prayer:
Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enac's
as follows :
!• The ironorablo John A. Macdonald, the Honorable
<leorpe Etiennc Cartier, the Honorable Ueorpe IJrown, D.
Ford Jones, Esquire, W. Slianly, Esquire, the Honorable
John Carliiig, the Honorable L. H. Holion, the Honorable J.
S. Macdonald, D. A. Macdonald, Esquire, the Honorable A.
T. Gait, the Honorable HeciorL. Langevin, Alex. Morris,
Es(iuirc, the Honorable W. P. Howland, the Honorable L.
Wallbridge, the Honorable James Cockburn, the Honorable
J. C. Chapais, R. J. Cartwright, Es(iuire, T. C. Wallbridge,
Esquire, the Honorable C. Alleyn, M. C. Cameron, Esquire,
Robert Mclntyre, Esquire, John Poupore, Esquire* W.
McGiverin, Esquire, R. vS. At^'ieson, Esquire, the Honorable
1). L. Macpherson, the Honorable John Ross, the Honorable
D. C. Price, C. J. Rrydgcs, Esquire, Thomas Reynolds,
Esquire, iEmilius Irving, Esquire, Thomas Swinyard,
Esquire, the Honorable Alex. Campbell, the Honorable J. J.
C. Abbott, the Honorable Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Win. F.
Powell, Esquire, Alonzo Wright, Esquire, J. M. Currier;,
Esquire, the Honorable T. Ryan, the Honorable Sir N. F.
Belleau, the Honorable James Skead. the Honorable J. J*
Ferguson-Blair, the Honorable John Hamilton (Inkerman),
Thomas McGreevy, Esquire, H. Rernard, Esquire, J. Ash-
¥,
wiutli, Ks'iulre, Alliin (Jilniour, Ksiiiiire, J. (i. VanHitliirt,
Esquire, the lloiioiiilile (i. W. Allnn, llalpli .Ioiu'j*, Ks<iuiie,
flio lloimrable M. liiiriiiiiiltoi.-e. (lectrpe Ir\in<', Ksjmuire.W.
!Mi'NaiiKlit<'ii. I'iS((iiiie, William White, K^<iiiire, Robert I'ell,
Kf<iuiie, John I'.ell, l']stniire, 1*'. ('iiinherlaiul, Kyijuirc, the
lloiiurahle .). Jliilyard Canioroii, tiie Honorable James Siiaw,
Ihc llononiblc A. 11. Foster, C. S. Uzowski, 11. V. Noel, and
>Vil!iam Petrie, E>'(iuires, the IlonorahlcJohn Rose, and such
otiicr persons as now are or her»'atter shall l)ecomo members
of the said Association, .^hall be and are hereby decbired to
lie a body politic and coriiorate, in deed and in name, by the
name of the *' Rideau Club," and shall by the samo name,
lr<tm time to time, and at all limes hereafter, bo able and
capable to purchase, acMuire, hold, possess and enjoy, and to
have, take, and receive, to them, and their successors, to and
for the actual occupation of the said Corporation, any hinds,
tenements and hereditaments, and real and immoveabb'
property and estate, situate, lying and being within the City
of Ottawa, and the same to sell, alienate and dispi so of,
whensoever the said Corporation may deem it proper so to
do : and the constitution, rules and repuhitions now in force,
touching the admission and expulsion of njembors, and the
management and conduct generally of the atfairs and con-
cerns of the said Association, in so far as they may not be
inconsistent with the laws of this Province, .shall bo the con-
stitution, rules and regulations of the said Corporation ;
provided always, that the said Coriioration may, from time
to time, alter, repeal and change such constitution, rules and
regulations, in the manner provided by the constitution,
rules and regulations of the said Corporation.
2. All property and effects now owned by or held in trust
for the said Association, are hereby vested in the said Corpo-
ration, and shall be applied solely to the maintenance of the
said Corporation. •
3. No member of the Corporation shall be liable for any
of the debts thereof, beyond a sura which shall be equal to
the amount of the original entrance fee, and the annual sub-
scriptions which may remain unpaid by such member ; and
any raeaiber of the Club not being in arrear may retire there-
from, and .«linll cease to be sucli inombcr, on jjivinp n >}icc to
tliiit c'fl'cct ill fucli form as may 1)0 nMiuijcd by tb« by-hiws
tlicrool, ami horoaf'ter sbiill be wliolly free Ircmi liability for
any ilebt or ongaKemcntuf tlic Cub.
I. It shall be biwful for the Paid Corporntlon to Ihsuo
stoek to tjiK'li an extent us tiiey iniiy deem iieee^sary, not
exceeding in thenfrgroKatc the sum ut' forty thousand dolbirt'i
in slinrcH of one hundred doUais each : sueh stock to bo sub-
Hcribed for in a book to be oitcned for that purpose by the
committe<j of the said Club, and to be paid up in sueii manncri
and witJKtut such delay, as maybe determined by the said
committee.
a. The funds arlsiiiR from such stock shall be applied
exclusively tothc«^i ctio) ')f a CI' 'i House and dependencies,
and to furnisliincf ttie sann;.
6. The shares of .-iwh stock sliall be assi^'nable by deli-
very and surrender <(f the certificates to be issued to tho
holders of such shores resjieclively.and by assignmeiit on tlie
books of the Corporation.
7. Each holder of such stock, diil.\ i)iiid up, .'■hall be
proprietor of an undivided share of the real estate of tho
Corporation, and of the buildinKS tlicrcon to be erected, and
shall be exempt from all liability beyond the extent of the
stock he shall actually hold : Provided always, that no salo
or transfer of any such share or of any interest in such real
estate, by or under the authority of any execution out of a
■court of common jurisdiction or otherwise, shall bo held tj
be valid unless and until after due notice and demand, said
Corporation shall refuse to purchase such share or interest
at the then market value thereof, but in no case exceeding
its par value. ,♦
8. It shall be competent to the said Corporation to pay off
so much of the said stock, from time to time, as tho Com-
mittee may deem desirable ; the share or shares so to be paid
off to be selected by the said Committee by ballot.
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0. Such payment may be iinade hj' depositing in any of
the chartered banks in this Province, to the credit of the
hoh.Ici' or hoklers of such share or shares, the amount of sucli
s'.iare or shares, and of all dividends unpaid thereon, and
thereupon such share or shares shall, ijiso facto, cease to exist.
10. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act.
RiDEAU Club.
ARTICLES CF CONSTITUTION
I.— Politics and religious questions of every kind i^liall |y)jiti,cs and
be absolutely excluded from open discussion in the Club. ^^ igion. .
31.— Every candidate for membership si all be proposed E]lcction of
Candidates by
ballot.
by one Ordinary member and seconded by another, by a pro-
posal in writing, to be inserted in the book of candidates,
stating the candidate's name, place of residence and addition,
profession or callinR, which proposal shall be signed by said
mover and seconder. A notice dated and signed by the
Secretary of such nomination shall then immediately be puf,
upon the notice board of the Club, containing the name,
residence and addition, profession or calling of said candi-
date, together v>ith the names of his mover and seconder,
and the days on which the ballot is to take place. The elec- Rules of ballot,
tion of candidates shall take place by ballot of the members
qualified to vote. A notice to the effect that the ballot is
open is to be put on the board by the Secretary immediately
before the ballot opens. The ballot shall commence at 10
o'clock a.m., on the eighth day after the candidate's name
has been put up, and shall continue to 6 p.m. on the following
days except Sunday. Eaoh member voting shall write his
name on a card, to be provided for that purpose, and such
card and a white or black ball, as the case may be, shall be
placed by such member in the ballot box. The box shall not
be oi)ened during the continuance of the ballot, and at the
expiration of said second day it shall be examined by the
Secretary in the presence of two members of the committee
as scrutineers (provided neither of them is either the pro-
poser or seconder), the result to be entered in the book of
candidates and signed by the scrutineers. Each candidate
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Privileged
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must have twenty-one votes in his fiivor to effect his election,
and one black ball in every seven shall exclude the candi-
date. Votes by proxy shall be considered valid for the
purpose of election of candidates, if a sufficient proxy in
writing is filed with the Secretary previous to its being used.
In the event of a candidate not receiving the required num-
ber of votes, or if through any irregularities occurring in the
ballot it shall be rendered void, a new ballot known as the
second ballot, may, if desired by the mover and seconder, be
taken in like manner in seven days from the close of the first
ballot; the notice of proposal to remain upon the board
during that period, with a new notice as to the days on which
the new ballot is to be taken. Any candidate who has not
obtained tlie required number of votes for election in the
two ballots shall be ineligible to be proposed again for the
I eriod of one year, and any candidate Avho has been twice
black balled shall be ineligible for further proposal.
III.— On the election of each new member the Secretary
,'hall notify the same to him, and furnish him with a printed
copy of the Constitution, Rules and Regulations, and request
him to remit the amount of his entrance fee and subscription
to the Treasurer.
IV.— The entrance fee shall be Eighty Dollars, and the
annual subscription Twenty Dollars, the latter to be payable
in advance on the first cf March in each year. The subscrip-
tion of new members elected on and after the first day of
April, shall be a sum equal to S2 per month or poriion of a
month, until the first day of March following, not to exceed
in all up to said 1st of March, .$20 W.
v.— Any person residing beyond five miles from Ottawa
shall be eligible for election as a Privileged Member of this
Club. The annual sum payable by such Privileged Member
shall be ,S25, payable on the first day of March in each year,
and if elected during a quarter, such Privileged Member
shall pay the full proportion of that sum from the first day
of the quarter thenceforth to the end of the year; but Privi-
leged Members (tf this Club coming to reside within five
miles of Ottawa, shall cease to be Privileged Members at the
end of the then current year.
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VI.— Officers in Her Majesty's Arnij' and Navs', and of Officers in
tlie active Militia, while on service or full pay (except those Army or Navy,
etc
officers permanently stationed at Ottawa), shall be eligible as
Privileged Members, for such time and on such terms as the
Committee may determine.
Rights of Privi-
leged Members
Mode of Elec-
tion of Privi-
leged Members
Monthly Mem-
bers.
VII.— Privileged Members shnll enjoy all the rights of
Ordinary Members, except that of attending and voting at
meetings of members of the Club, bcinK elected officers or
members of a Committee, introducing strangers or visitors
under Article 15, or of proposing or voting under Article 2.
No [Privileged Member shall have any interest whatever in
the i>roperty of the Club.
VIII.— The election of every candidate as a Privileged
Member shall be carried out in the manner and form provided
by Article 2.
IX.— Any stranger not a resident of Ottawa, and not in
the habit of visiting Ottawa periodically, upon the introduc-
tion of two Ordinary members and the sanction of the com-
mittee, may be admitted to all the advantages of a Privileged
Member of the Club upon payment of an entrance fee of $5
fur any period under one month, and at the same rate for
every inontli or portion of a month thereafter, and such shall
be denominated Monthly members.
X. — No person elected as a member shall be permitted to Members to
use the Club or vote until his entrance and annual or other pay up before
subscription are paid ; and any person so elected, neglecting '^sing tlub.
to pay such fees for one month from date of election, liis
election shall be considered cancelled, unless explanation for
tlie negiect is made to the satisfaction of the committee ; and
no such person shall be again eligible during the then current
year: and no Ordinary member in arrear for his annual
subscription shall be allowed to vote at any meeting of the
Club or at any ballot for member.
XL— The name of every member failing to pay his annual Members fail-
subscription on the first of March, shall be exhibited on the anniiaf sub-
notice board on the fifteenth of April, if not then paid; and scriptions.
if the subscription be not paid on or before the fifteenth day
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of May following, the Secretary shall report accordinglv to
the Committee, wlio shall eaut-o his name to be erased from
the list of members ; but he may be re-admitted by the Com-
mittee upon assigning to them rcasoris satisfactory to them
for his failure of payment and upon his paying up all arrears,
provided, however, in every case, the Secretary shall notify
each member by the lath February that all subscriptions are
due on the 1st March.
M'ithdrawal XII.— Any Ordinary or Privileged member, so long as
irom the Club, ^jjg Q^xise of privilege exist, who shall remove his residence
to a greater distance than five miles Irom Ottawa (all his
subscriptions then due being paid), may give notice to the
Secretary of such removal, and of his intention not to make
use of the Club thenceforward ; and such member shall cease
to be liable to pay the yearly subscription so long as he shall
continue to reside at such distance from Ottawa and does not
use the Club, shall be considered a supernumerary member,
and his name shall be entered by the Secretary in a book
kept for that purpose; and such member shall at any time
have the right of again using the Club by notifying his inten-
tion so to do, and paying up the full iisual subscription for
the then current year. But if any member so removing his
residence from Ottawa and taking advantage of this rule,
shall again return to reside in Ottawa, or nearer than five
miles therefrom, he shall within one month from ?uch return,*
notify the Secretary thereof and pay the subscription for the
then current year: and failing so to do, his name shall be
struck from the roll of members, unless some good excuse be
oflFered to the Cuuimittee to account lor his neglect.
Sn pernumery
List.
Resignation of
3Iembers.
XIII.— Any member whose dues and Club debts to the
Club and to the Steward are all paid, shall be at liberty to
withdraw from the Club on his written application to that
effect. All resignations shall be made in writing to the com-
mittee, but if made after the 15th March such resignation
shall not discharge the member presenting it, from his dues
for the current year. All interest in the property of the Club
of members resigning or otherwise ceasing to be members
shall be vested in the Club.
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XIV.— All entrance fees and annual subscriptions shall Fees and Sub-
be paid either to the Treasurer personally or the Secretary scrintions to be
by cheque to the Treasurer's order. }i^^^ ^*^ ^'^®
Treasurer.
XV. — Two Ordinary members of the Club, one of whom Admission of
shall be a member of the committee, may sanction the ad- Visitors,
mission of any person not a resident of Ottawa or within five
miles thereof, as a Visitor, for seven days ; this privilege to
be purely personal, and not to entitle such Visitor to any of
the privileges cf the Club, except for himself alone, and not
to be granted to the same person more than once in three
months under any circumstances whatsoever. The Secretary
shall forthwith provide such Visitor with a card, and such
Visitor shall produce the same to the Steward when required^
otherwise his admission shall be cancelled by the Committee.
Provided always that the Committee shall have power at any
time to limit the number of Visitors entitled at any one time
to admission under this article, and may also limit the num-
ber to be introduced by any one member at any one time.
The Committee may invite to accept of, and admit to the
privileges of the Club as Honorary members, for such period Honorary
as they may from time to time see fit, the CJovernor-deneral Members,
of Canada, and such other persons to whom they may unani-
mously see fit to extend such an invitation. .
XVI.— Any member shall have the privilege of intro- Special Rooms
ducing a friend to breakfast, luncheon, or dinner, at his sole ^^^ strangers,
expense ; but no stranger shall be admitted at any timci
except into the Reading Room, Smoking Room, and Drawing
Room, unless accompanied by a member ; Provided always,
that any stranger dining or lunching with a member may be
introduced by him to the Billiard Room or Card Room, and
be permitted to play at the tables on the day he shall have
dined or lunched with such member.
XVII.— The privileges under the two preceding articles Limitations to
shall not be granted to any member of any Club in Canada Clubs^ Recipro-
which does not extend the like privileges to members of the * "'
Rideau Club. Any member introducing a stranger into the
Club under Article 15 or 16, will be responsible for his con-
duct while in the Club, and for all regular Club charges and
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Expulsion of
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liabilities incurred by him to the Steward whilst enjoyirg
said privileges, the same as if incurred by the member
himself.
«OVERNMEXT OF CLUB.
XVIII.~In case the conduct of any member either in or
out of the Club, shall in the opinion of the Committee, or of
any member of the Club, who shall certify the same to them
in writing, be injurious to the character and intersts of the
Club ; or if any member shall wilfully infringe the Constitu-
tion or any of the Rules or Kegulations of the Club, or if any
member shall be guilty of conduct unbecoming a gcfntlemnn,
the Committee may recommend such member to resign, and
if such member shall not resign he shall be liable to suspen-
sion from all the privileges of the Club on a vote of twc-
thirds of the whole Committee, at a meeting of which the
accused member shall have notice, subject to an appeal to a
general meeting of tlie Ordinary members of the Club to bo
called by the Secretary, on the request in writing of the
member suspended, within one month after the mailing to
him of notice of the resolution of suspension ; and if such
request is not made for a general meeting by said suspended
member, or if the suspension is sustained by a vote of twc-
thirds, of the members pre.>^ent at the general meeting so
called, the member so suspended shall be considered to I e
expelled and his name shall be forthwith removed from the
list of members.
Leaving forfeit XIX.— Any member who shall withdraw, resign or be
all claims. expelled, shall cease to be a member of the Club, and shall
forfeit, ipmo facto, all right of claim therein, or in or to its
property or funds : iiny member who shall be expelled shall
for ever thereatter bo ineligible to be re-admitted a member
of the Club.
Committee. XX.— All the affairs of the Club shall be managed by a
Committee, to consist of the President, Treasurer, and five
members, all of whon shall be elected annually, by ballot,
at the Annual Generul Meeting of the Club. The said Com-
Secretary. mittee shall have full power to appoint a Secretary, either
from amongst themselves, as an Ilonorj'.ry Secretary, or to
atas
uiiMwMiAa
■te*.
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lii!t<t erijoyirg
the member
31' either in or
nnittee, or of
same to them
itersts of the
the Constitu-
lub, or if liny
a gdlitlemnn,
' resign, and
le to suspen-
vote of twc-
f which the
1 appeal to a
le Club to bo
•iting of the
e mailing to
and if such
i suspended
'ote of twc-
nieeting so
dercd to 1 e
from the
isiffn or be
and shall
in or to its
■lied shall
a member
aged bj- a
and five
jy ballot,
said Com-
ry, either
iry, or to
employ and pay a person for that purpose, who is not a
member of the Club, at such salary as they shall think pro-
per; and to make such rules and regulations for the
regulation of the internal economy of the Club and to amend
the same from time to time as they may think fit, not incon-
sistent with the Constitution. They shall from time to time
appoint two of their number, in rotation, to act as a House Houfe Com-
Committee, whose duty it Avill be to superintend the Steward mittee.
and the internal management of the Club, to answer com-
plaints and generally to see that the Constitution and
Regulations are observed and carried into effect, and also to
do such other acts and duties as the Committee shall assign
to them. The Committee shall liave all power necessary for
the good management of the Club, consistent with the Consti-
tution, except the borrowing of money on Club credit or
payment of money, and any matters which requires the
authority of a general meeting of the Club to do.
XXI,— If the President or the Treasurer or any member ^ i^cancies.
elected to serve on the Committee shall resign, or should a
death vacancy occur, the Committee shall have power to
choose a qualified member to act in his stead, until the
annual meeting next ensuing, when the member so chosen
shall retire, but shall be eligible for ro-clection.
XXII.— The Committee, of whom three shall form a Weekly meet-
quorum, shall, at their first meetinj!-, which shall be held on ^^f^^j '""^'
the first Wednesday after their election, at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, decide on how often they shall meet throughout
the year for the transaction of business, and shall fix the days
and hours for such meetings ; but in the event of no such
arrangement being made by them they shall meet every
Wednesday at 4 p.m.
XXIIIL— It shall be the duty of the Committee to take Infraction of
immediate cognizance of any infraction of the Constitution i*''^'^^*
o;- Regulations of the Club.
GENERAL MEETINGS.
XXIV.— At the Annual general Meeting of the Club, Annual Gene-
which shall be held in the Club building on the second r«l Meeting.
Wednesday in March in each year, at such hour as shall be
h
VMH
'. t.. i .. '
Auditors.
Extraordinarj-
Meeting.
Quorum tor
Special Meet-
Chair.
Order of B; si-
news.
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fixed by the Rctiritif? Committee, it shall he the duty of the
Committee to present a report and abstract of the state of
accounts and gener.il concerns of the Club for the past year,
clearly audited, tof^ether with an estimate of the receipts
and dit^bursements of the current year ; which report and
estimate shall be printed and distributed amongst the mem-
bers at least one week before annual meeting. Any business
which requires the assent of the members of the Club may
be transacted at said annual general meeting. Two Auditors
shall be elected at each annual meeting who shall examine
the accounts from time to time and report thereon at the next
annual meeting.
XXV,— The Committee shall have power at all times to
convene an extraordinary meeting of the Club on giving
seven days' notice, to be posted up during that period on the
notice board of the Club, and a notice mailed to each
ordinary member specifying the object of such meeting, at
which meeting no subject shall be discussed beyond th.nt
specified in the notice. On a requisition signed by not less
than ten members, the President shall call a special meeting
of the Club, but in such case there must be at least seven
days' notice of the meeting posted up in the Club, which
notice shall state the object of the meeting; and no subject
shall be discussed beyond that specified in the notice unless
said Special meeting be at saa e time as the Annual General
Meeting.
XXVI. — A quorum of fifteen qualified members shall be
necessary to constitute any Special or Extraordinary meeting
of the Club.
XXVII. -The President shall take the chair at all Club
meeting, and in his absence the members present at such
meeting shall elect a chairman.
XX VIII.— At meetings of the Club, the order of businesp,
so far as the nature of tlie meeting may admit, shall be as
follows ;—
1. Heading the Minutes of the last meeting.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reports of Special Committees.
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duty of the
:ho state of
e past year,
he receipts
report and
3t the mcm-
ny business
3 Club may
J90 Auditors
all examine
I at the next
all times to
3 on giving
eriod on the
ed to each
meeting, at
beyond thnt
by not less
oial meeting
least seven
:Jlub, which
no subject
otice unless
al General
lers shall be
iiry meeting
at all Club
ent at such
of businesF»
shall be as
4. General business.
5. Election of Office-bearers.
But this order of business may be changed by a majority
of the meeting.
XXIX.— The Secretary phnll furnish for nil meetings an lifit ofqnnli-
alphubeticul list of all members qualified and entitled to ^^^ Members^
vote.
INTERNAL KCONf>MY.
XXX.— The Club House shall be open everyday for the Club HourSp
reception of members nt 7.30 o'clock a.m., and si all be closed
and the lights extinguished at 1 a.m., except on Saturdays
and Sundays, when the hour of closing shall be midnight.
But when no member is in the house at midnight of any
other evening, the Club shall be closed at that hour, and no
member shall be admitted into the Club after these hours on
any pretence whatever, unless specially authorized by the
Committee.
XXXT.— No member .=hnll take away from the Club upon
any pretence whatsoever, any iiew.«paper, pamphlet, book,
map, or other article the property • f the Institution, unless
upon such terms as may be decided upon by the Committee.
XXXII.— No servant of the Club shall be sent out of the
house upon any errand, on any pretence whatever, except by
the sanction and order of the Steward, nor hhall any member
give any money or gratuity to any of the servantu upon any
pretence whatever*
XXXIir. — No article of furniture, plate, linen, or other
Club property shall be taken out of the Club at any time.
XXXI v.— Members are requested to mnke complaints in
writing, signefl l»y themselves to the House Committee for
the time being, of any matter in the administration of the
Club seeming to need correction.
XXXV. — All membrrs are to pay tlMjirbill." monthly and
any member who fails to pny his bill m<inthly, is to have no
further credit until such bill is paid, and shall be liable to
suspension under Art. 18r
No papers to b«
taken away.
No Servants
sent out on
errands*
No property of
Club to be
taken out.
Complaints.
Bills to be paid
muuthly.
it
"So Gnmbling.
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Smoking.
No dogs.
Constitution
may be uliercd.
Acceptft' ce of
Coustitutiun.
XXXVI.— No gnme phnll on nny nccount be played for
mono except whist, ccnrte, piquet, and pool, nor used in the
Club lioii!>e except ]it bNekgtiinnion. No liigher 8tiike thnn
qutirler dolhir points shnll be phiyed fornt whist, nor shall
any bet exceed ono d(»llar ; the games of ecarte, piquet and
pool to be played ioi limited stakes, the limits to be fixed by
the C unnittee.
XXXVII.-No smoking shiill be permitted in the Club
House before ^evcn p.m., except in the rooms set apart for
that purpoFC.
XXXVIir.— No member is on any account to bring a dog
into the Club House.
XXXIX.—Any article of this Constitution OP nny of the
Peguhitions mny be altered, lunended or suspended for any
length of time : or any new article or regulation added by the
consent of two-thirds of the members present at any meeting
speciiilly convened for that purpose, of which one week's
notice shall be given each Ordinary member, cr at the
annual genernl meeting; and provided such alteration,
amendment or suspension shall have been specified in the
notice summoning such meeting, and that at such meeting
fifteen members at least be present but nothing herein con-
tained shall prevent the Committee altering without such
notice any of the regulsitions.
XL— The payment of the subscription fee or theentrarce
fee and subscription, shall be held to be an acceptance of the
constitution and regulations and agreement to comply there-
with.
REGULATIONS.
Commiltct SSfetlings,
In the absence of the President a chairman for the day
will be first elected. >tnd the uii iifes of the last meeting
having been rend, the question will bo put by the Chairman,
*' th;it they be confirmed."
If the mimites be ol jpcfed to by a majority of the mem-
bers present, the particular subject objected to will be re-
BJ-rved for consideration, and if not objected to then the
Chiirman will affix his signature thereto.
After the disposal of the minutes of the previous meet-
ing all such matters as require the consideration of the Com-
mittee will be brought before them, discussed und decided
upon.
For th« dispatch of business the Committee will from
time to time nppoint two of their number to be called the
*' House Committee" to s^uperintend the ordinary business
of the Club, and submit a weekly report of their proceedings.
A tnrifF for meals, wines and cigars, which shall be ob-
served by tlie Steward, shall be prepnred by the Committee
and exhibited in the coffee room constantly.
Crcasnrrr.
The Treasurer shall collect and keep all moneys belong-
ing to the Club and disburse them under the direction of the
Committee. He shall keep proper accounts and at each
meeting of the Committee, shall submit a statement showing
the financial position of the Club.
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i ;
t I
1 •' I '
|i-
m
As Sccretnry, ho will ntfcnd nil mootinps of tho Com-
fn'Mpo-', nn»o th"ir rn-ojiiti 'Hh, iMfl mini'e them In the book
of tlieir i»n»oo»(lin|jr>i.
Tn nil hia wriftcn officiW iiommunloations he will state
expressly thni thoy are made by direction of tho Committee.
Besides his atfendanco upon the rommittoe ho will con-
dnet the official correspondence of the CI nb. draw up reportSt
keep regular accounts of all tho financial concerns of the
Club.
He will nttend to all commn^iications. receive informa-
tion upon all subjects connected with the business of tho
Club, and particularly all mutters relating to the members
thereof.
lie will plnce before the Committee, the receipts for
payments which hsive been nuthorized by the Committoo
at its previous meetinff, with the exception of such as
ere paid directly by the Treasurer ; and will pny over to
the Treasurer, at least once a week all moneys received
by him.
ISouse ^trfoarb.
The Steward shall be subject to the control of the Com-
mittee and H'luse Committee for the time be-n^. lie will
constantly reside in the ^'lub House, nnd will hnve the
custody of the Supply Cellar, Plate, Cutlery, China. Glnsp,
etc. He will have the general control and superintendance
of the servants, and be responsible for their conduct and
cleanly appearance.
Subject to the Committee he will make the established
charges for all provisions, wines, etc., and cast up and
receive from the members the amount of their bills.
He is require I to notify members of any violation of the
regulations, and to report the same to the House Committee.
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GENERAL HOUSE RULES.
Strnnirerfi oallinK to pee meinberfl will be requl'ad to
remain at, the onfrance of the Olub until it in anoortained if
the member be within. No ntrangerR to bo Hhown into the
Club v^ittinff Room ; but if accompanied by a member they
may bo taken into the room known as the Straiifers' and
Waiting Room.
If a letter for an absent member be applied for by another
member, who may wish to forward it, the latter will be re-
quired to pay the postage (if any) and to siffn an acknowledg-
ment of his having received the letter, in case of any further
question.
The Waitors, and all other servants in the establish-
ment, will be flobjoct to the order of the Committee or House
Committee, and will perform fiuch duties as they may pre-
scribe.
No stranger shall be admitted into the Club House except
on business, and the servants are strictly prohibited fromt
receiving visitors or followers.
Servants while on duty will not talk to each other except
on matters connected with their business, and no servant is
permitted to address an individual member in the house on
matters personal or relative to the concerns of the Club ; all
communications of the latter kind to be made through the
Stewart to the House Committee.
If any money or articles supposed to be the property of
members shall be found by the servants in the Club House,
they shall be delivered to the Secretary through the Steward.
The servants entrance in the rear will be under lock, and
the key thereof be in the custody of the House Stewart, and
servants must not enter or go out of the Club except by
servants' entrance at the rear of the building.
No large boxes or articles of luggage belonging to mem-
bers will be admitted into the HaH.
Breakfast mny be served from eight until eleven o'clock
a.m., lunched and dinners from noon until eigh t o'clock, p.m..
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cold suppers up to twelve o'clock, p.m., and liquors, teas and
coffee up to one o'clock n.m., after which no orders of nny
kind can be received unless specially authorized by the
House Committee of the week on timely application in
writ'nar. Members not in the habit of dining nt the Club
and desirinff so to do, must give the Steward one hour's
intimation thereof.
Articles of glnss, enrthenware, ttc which mny be broken
by the members, either in the coffee room or elsewhere in the
house, tnust be paid for by them,
No pnmphlet, advertisement, or notice of nny kind shall
be nllowei to be laid on the table or put up in the Club by a
member ; but any pamphlet, &c., which it may be wished to
be mide known to the Club ahall be sent to the Secretary, to
be laid before the Committee.
Writiner materials will be provided in the Rending Room.
The <harges for cards will be 25 cents each player for
the evening, and 13 cents each player when second-hand
cards are used. For billiards, 15 cents fi)r the English gamd
of 82. or for the American game of 50, and 20 cents for the
English game of 63, or for the American game of lon.
No eatables beyond a sandwich or biscuit will be allowed
in any room besides the coffee room or private dining rooms.
No servant will be allowed to enter the room where a
feneral meeting is assembled.
No servant of the Club shall be employed by any member
to clean clothes, boots or shoes, or to assist him in dressing.
No member, except on special duty, nor servant of a
member will be allowed to go down into the basement story
of the house; nor will any such servant be allowed to go
into any other room than the dressing room, and then only
to aisist his master in dressing.
The foregoing may he altered by a majority of the Com-
mittee.
rs,teas and
lers of any
zed by the
ilicntion in
it the Club
one hour's
y be broken
,vhere in the
V kind shnll
tie Club by a
ae wished to
secretary, to
sadingHoom.
h player for
second-hand
5ngUsh gam<3
;ents for the
Kin.
11 be nllnwed
Ining rooms.
loom where a
any member
in dressing.
Uervant of a
Isement story
lllowed to go
id then only
of the Com-
LIST OF MEMBERS,
Corrected \st Feb., 1885.
Honorary Member \ His Excellency the Governor General.
♦Abbott, Tlon. .T. J. 0., M.P.
AiUins, Hon. J. ('., Lt.-Gov.
Allfin, Hon. li.W.
Allan, W. A.
All in, Andrew.
Allen. T. H.
*An>rus, K. P,
* Anson, Hon, H., A.D.C.
Avery, F. W.
B
"Rnker, Archer,
♦Raker, Edgir Crowe, M.P.
lrite.(\ r.
]?ate, (lenild. H.
Tiare, Ha iry IV.
♦Bentley, W. D irley.
•Hergoron.J. (i. H., M.P.
*Hi(^kford,E. O.
♦Bl-.icksfock.a. T.
P.otsford. Hon. A. ''..Ln-Col.
•Boulton, C<»mm mdei , R. X.
♦Boiilton. lit.-CoI.
Howell, Hon. McK., M.P.
Bowie, Alex.
]iro|)hy, <ieo. P,
Brown, Alfred.
Bryd'jres, C J.
Burbidge. (i. \V.
♦Biijrsfall, John.
•Burns, K. F., M.P.
c
Carab'e, A. .1.
♦Cameron, Hector- Q.C., M.P.
Campbell, Hon. Sir Alex., K.C.M.G.
Curling, Hon. John, M.P.
Caron, Hon A. P., Q.C., M.P.
Carridre. C. H.
Cartwright, Hon. Sir Richard, K.C.M.G., M.P
♦Carvel 1, Hon. J. S.
♦Those distinguished thus are Privileged Members, under
I articles 7 and 8 of the Constitntion.
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Chapleau, Hon. J. A., M.P,
Cherrimar, J. B.
Christie, A. J.
Christie, .Tohn.
Chrysler F. H.
♦Clarke. Judge.
Clemow. Fnmcis.
Cochrane, Hon. M.H.
*Cooke, R. ]\
Costiflran, Hon. J., M.P.
Currier, J. E. W.
♦Daly, M. B„ M.P.
Pnniels, Judge.
♦Dnwson, l^ev. A. E.
Jlji'TPon. <ieo. M.
Dennis, J. S., Lt.-Col., C.M.G.
♦nickey. Hon. R. B.,4C.
♦Dob.ll.R. R.
Douglas, P. C
♦Drink water. Charles.
♦Drummond, (t. \.
♦Duggan, E. J.
r
FprguBon^ A.
♦Fipher, Sydney A.. M.P.,
♦Fleniir'g, landlord, C.M.G.
♦Fleming. S. H.
♦Forbes, Andrew.
Fraser, Alex.
♦Gait, Elliott, T.
Gait, Sir A. T., G.C.M.G.
Gemmill, J. A.
Gilmour, Allan, Lt.*Ccl.
Gilmour, John.
Gormully. J. J.
Graham. C. E..M.D.
♦Grant, J. A.,M.D.
Gandry, F.
♦Gunn, A., M.P.
Gzowski, C. S , Lt.-CoI., A.D.C.
H
•Hfiggflrt,J. G. M.P.
Hale, Jeffrey.
gall, Charles R.
amiiton. Hon. John.
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•Hargrave, G. H.
Hnrtney. E.P
Henry, Mr. Justice.
Hicl<S()n. J.
Hogg, W.D.
Hos'mer.VV. R,.
•Howard, Thos.
•Humphrey, A. A.
i »
i
•Irvine, A. fJ., Lt.-Col.
•Irwin, D.r., Lt.-Col.
f: ;
•Jones, Chill ion.
Jones, C J.
•Johnston, ijt.
K
Keefer, S'imuel.
Keefer, T.C.
Kiniber, R. E.
•KiMgsmiii,N.
•Kii'gsfori, F.
•Kirkpatrick, Hon. G.A.,M.P.
•Kinney, J.R., M.P.
Langevin, H n. Sir H L., K.C M.G.. M.J
Lnuiier.Hon. W\,Q,C.,M.P.
•Lee, W., II or;ice. Captain.
Lees, Robert, Q.C.
•Lewis, Lr.-Col.
•Light, A. L.
Lynch, F.
M
Mncdonald, Rt. Hon. Sir John A., G.C.B.
Macdonald, I). A., Lt.-Col.
MacDonald. J- J.
•M)ic<h»iiell, ,Jno. A.
Miurkenzie. Hon. Alex., M.P.
Mac key, Wtn. •
Mackitifosh, ('. H., M.P.
•MacMasler, D., M.P.
•Macpherson, John. Lt.-Col.
Macplierson, Hon. Sir D.L., K.O.M.G.
Magt-e, Uharles.
Manuel. John.
Mather, John.
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IT-
"^Sfn^f^ji'^nffSi^TSPzi,
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♦Mcr-nrthy. D .Q.CM.P.
♦McOonfj,,,!!, Hon. Wm.,C.B.
McUre«'v.v,Th(.s.. M.P.
*McrMnes, Hon. D.A.
MoJtit.vre, A. K.
*Mernt.vre, Duncan.
McLcliin, Hon. A.W.,M.P.
MeLeitM, Alexander.
*MpMillan.I).. M.K
♦McVeill. A., M.P.
.M(iT.ivish, D.B.
*MHi<ru!id. Viscount.
Mia 1 1 Eilw.nd.
*Mi(l(lleton. Major Gen.
Mi'elit'll. FTon. P., M.P.
*Monl<.(4.W., M.P P.
Monis. Hon. Alex.,Q.C.,M.P.P
♦Mulock, W..M.P.
n
Nellis. T.F.
*-N'els<»ii, Hon. II.
Kewbv, F.
Nocl.H.V.
ri
♦^'Brien,Lt.-Col.,M.P.
O'Connor. D.
0'(ln-. M.
♦••MIejira, C. Herbert.
♦Ortoii. Dr., M.P.
♦Ouimet.J.A., M.P.
♦Patterson. J. f!., M.P.
Perlev, (^eo. H.
•Peterson. P. A.
*PliMnni r, J.H.
Poi'C Hon. J. H.,M.P.
Powell, Col. Walker.
R
♦Ramsay, A .G.
♦Reuio ,E.\'.
♦Iie\ iiolds, F H.
Rich I -d. Sir \V.B.,Knt.
♦llio|,. I, L. (I.,M.P.
Bt hertson, An^lrew.
♦Robertson, A., M.P.
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Robertson, Puncan.
•Robitaille, Hon. L.
H(»bitaille, Hon. T.
♦Rohs, A. W. M.P.
Rowley, W. H.
Russell. J. W.
*R>}ui, Hufrh.
Ryan, Hon. Thos.
*Scartb,W. B.
•Schultz, Hoii.J.,M.D.
Scort, Hon. R. W., Q.C.
•Seiiecal, L. A.
♦Sise, C. F.
Smith. I). A.
Smith, Hon. Frank.
Smith, H. H., Major.
*Smith, .Vlarcns.
Smith, Thuiiuis.
♦.^t.iirs, J.F., M.P.
♦Stephen, (Jeo.
StewHit. Archibild.
Stt-wjirt, John, Captain.
Stewiiit, McLeod.
Stewart, Neil.
♦StreatteiM, H., A.D.C.
Ftrotifr, Mr. Justice.
•Sufheiliiiul, J..M.P.
Sweetland, M r. Sheriff.
Swinyard. Thos.
T
Taschereau, Mr. Justice.
Thi.Mle W. K.
Thompson. Phillip.
Ti ton. John, M ijor.
*Towiishe.i.l.(L J.. M.P.
Tupixr, ijoii. >ir Chas.,K.C.M.<-t
♦Tupper.*'. II., VI p.
•Turner, Hon. J.
u
•Usborne, Jno.
V
•Van Home, W. C.
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*Wftinwnprht, W.
Waldo, Edward.
Walker, W. H.
♦Weldon.C. W., Q.C.M.P.
♦Wells, K.M.,M.P.
♦White, Peter, M.P.
White, Fred.
Wicksfeed,G.W.,Q.C.
♦Williiims, Arthur,Lt.-Col.,M.P.
Wilson, Z.
Wise, Capt., A.D.C.
Wise, F. A.
♦Worthington, J.
Wright, Alonzo, M.P.
Wright, H. P., M.D.
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