10. The captain shall be at liberty, from time to time, to
appoint a member of the club to act as his deputy, such
appointment to be notified in the club-room.
11. The general management of the club shall be entrusted to a
committee of ---- members, and ---- shall form a quorum; such
committee to be chosen by ballot at the first general meeting in
February in each year.
12. A general meeting shall be held in every month, in the
club-room, during the rowing season, and at such time and place
during the winter as may be selected by the committee.
13. A notice containing the names of candidates for election at
the general meeting shall be sent to every member of the club.
14. Any member who shall wilfully or by gross negligence damage
any property belonging the club shall immediately have the same
repaired at his own expense. The question of the damage being or
not being accidental shall be decided by the committee from such
evidence as they may be able to obtain.
15. A general meeting shall have power to expel any member from
the club who has made himself generally obnoxious; but no ballot
shall be taken until fourteen days' notice shall have been
given; one black ball to three white to expel such member. This
rule shall not be enforced except in extraordinary cases, and
until the member complained of shall have been requested by the
committee to resign.
16. No crew shall contend for any public prize, under the name
of the club, without the sanction of the committee. All races
for money are strictly prohibited.
17. The committee shall have the management of all club
matches.
18. The rules and by-laws of the club shall be printed, and
posted in the club-room, and the copy sent to every member; and
any member who shall wilfully persist in the infraction of any
such rules or by-laws shall be liable to be expelled.
19. Any member wishing to propose any alteration in the rules of
the club shall give notice in writing to the secretary, two
weeks prior to the question being discussed, when, if the notice
be seconded, a ballot shall be taken, and to carry the proposed
alteration the majority in favour must be two to one.
20. The committee shall have power to make, alter, and repeal
by-laws.
_By-Laws._
1. The boats of the club shall be for the general use of the
members on all days during the season (Sundays excepted),
subject to the following by-laws.
2. That no visitor be permitted to row in a club boat to the
exclusion of a member of the club.
3. That the club day be ---- in each week during the season, and
the hour of meeting ----.
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