ARTICLE II.

QUORUM.

At any meeting of the Club, two thirds of the members shall constitute a quorum.

ARTICLE III.

MEMBERSHIP.

SEC. 1.-Members intending to propose a candidate for membership, shall submit his birthplace, name, age, residence and occupation to the Club. A committee shall then be appointed by the chair, (not consisting of the person who proposed him,) said committee to visit the candidate personally, with the Constitution and By-Laws, and to report to the Club.

SEC. 2.-After the report has been disposed of, the Club shall proceed to ballot for the candidate, and should two thirds of the ballot be for admission, he may be initiated (if present) at the same meeting. But should he not present himself for initiation within six weeks, (unless a sufficient reason be given,) his election shall become void.

SEC. 3.-No candidate rejected shall be proposed again for membership within three months.

SEC. 4.-Every candidate, upon being initiated, shall sign the Constitution and By-Laws of the Club, and thereby agree to support the same, and pay all legal demands against him as long as he remains a member.

ARTICLE IV.

INITIATION FEE.

All persons initiated into this Club, shall pay the sum of fifty cents upon being initiated. No person shall be entitled to the privileges of a member, until said initiation fee is paid.

ARTICLE V.

DUES.

Every member shall pay the sum of twenty-five cents monthly, in advance, into the treasury.

ARTICLE VI.

FINES.

The Chair shall have the power to impose the following fines:

SEC. 1.-Any member who shall, at the meetings, make use of any improper language, or refuse to obey the commands of the President when called to order, or be guilty of any disorderly conduct, shall be fined for each offense ten cents.

SEC. 2.-If any member absent himself from the meetings two evenings in succession, unless a satisfactory excuse be given, he shall be fined ten cents.

SEC. 3.-Any member who shall leave the Club before closing, without permission from the President, shall be fined ten cents.

SEC. 4.—If a member appointed to serve on a committee neglects to attend to its duties, he shall, unless he presents a satisfactory excuse, be fined ten cents.

SEC. 5.-Should the Secretary, Treasurer, or any officer, neglect to have at the meetings such books and papers belonging to the Club as may be necessary to use; or neglect to perform his duties, as laid down in the Constitution and By-Laws, he shall, unless a satisfactory excuse is given, be fined for each offense

ten cents.

SEC. 6. Should a committee be hindered in the performance of its duty through the negligence of any officer, said officer shall be fined ten cents.

SEC. 7.-If a member neglect to pay his fines or assessments within two weeks after being imposed, he shall be fined ten cents; and for each additional week five cents.

SEC. 8.-Should any member refuse to conform to the Rules of Debate, &c., he shall suffer such penalties as are there laid down.

SEC. 9. For such acts of negligence, and neglect of duty, as are not noticed in the above sections, the Chair, with the consent of the Club, may impose a fine not exceeding twenty-five cents.

ARTICLE VII.

APPEALS.

Any member shall have the right, when fined, to appeal from the decision of the Chair to the meeting; and, unless the Club sustain the position of the Chair, said fine shall be remitted.

ARTICLE VIII.

The Club may fine the President, while presiding, for any neglect of duty, ten cents.

ARTICLE IX.

ARREARAGES.

SEC. 1.-No member in arrears for dues more than four weeks, or fines to the amount of fifty cents, shall be privileged to vote or speak on any question, until said arrearages are paid.

SEC. 2.-Every member who shall refuse or neglect to pay his dues for the space of two weeks, shall be notified thereof by the Secretary, if practicable, and if, after four weeks thereafter, his account remains unsettled, he shall stand suspended; and shall not be reinstated, until all dues and arrearages against him shall be paid.

SEC. 3.-Any member who shall be in arrears to the Club to the amount of two dollars, shall be suspended; and should his account remain unsettled four weeks thereafter, he shall be expelled.

ARTICLE X.

TAX.

If the funds of this Club should, at any time, be exhausted, or inadequate to meet its demands, there shall be an equal tax upon each member to make up the deficiency.

SEC. 1.-Any member who shall refuse to conform to the Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations of this Club, or be guilty of repeated disorderly conduct, shall be subject to suspension or expulsion.

SEC. 2. When the motion for the expulsion of a member shall have been made, it shall be announced at two regular meetings previous to action being taken, when the accused shall be permitted to show reasons why he should not be expelled. If, however, two thirds of the members present vote in favor of the motion it shall be carried, and under no circumstances can it be reconsidered.

SEC. 3.-Members expelled cannot be proposed again for membership, within one year.

SEC. 4.-Any member who resigns from this Club, can not become a member again, until all dues, from the time he left the Club, be paid up in full.

ARTICLE XII.

AMENDMENTS.

No addition, alteration, or amendment, can be made to these By-Laws; neither can any part of them be repealed, without a two-third vote of the Club, and one month's previous notice.