The Art-Union of Victoria. Instituted 1872.

Rules.

1. Every subscriber of one guinea per annum shall be a member of the Society, and shall be entitled to vote at all ordinary and extraordinary meetings thereof.

2. The Society shall be governed by a Council, consisting of a President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, and not less than twelve other members. Three shall constitute a quorum. Any vacancy occurring during the year may be filled up by the Council; but the person or persons so appointed shall hold office only until the following annual general meeting.

3. Each member shall, for every guinea subscribed, be entitled—

• Firstly, to a presentation work or works of art, executed expressly for the purpose; and
• Secondly, to one chance of a prize at the annual drawing, subject to the conditions hereinafter provided.

4. The revenue of the Society, after the necessary deduction for cost of presentation pictures and other expenses, shall be apportioned by the Council into prizes of different values, which shall be publicly drawn for by lot, among the whole number of subscribers. Such drawing shall be held before the opening of the Annual Exhibition of the Victorian Academy of Arts; and the time and place thereof shall be previously advertised in one or more of the Melbourne daily newspapers.

5. The amount of each prize must be expended by the winner in the selection of a work of art from the same season's Exhibition; but the actual payment shall be made by the Treasurer directly to the artist, and in no case to the prize-winner.

6. Should the work of art selected be of greater value than the amount of the prize, the winner may pay the additional price to the artist; but should the price of the work selected be less than the amount of the prize, the difference shall lapse to the funds of the Art-Union of Victoria.

7. If any artist shall pay, or agree to pay, any money (other than the ordinary commission charged by the Academy) with the view to induce the selection of one of his or her works, the amount so paid, or agreed to be paid, shall be deducted by the Art-Union from the amount of the prize when paying it to the artist.

8. Should any prize-winner neglect to select (either personally or by agent) a work of art during the currency of the Annual Exhibition of the Academy, the amount of such prize shall lapse to the funds of the Art-Union of Victoria.

9. An extraordinary meeting of the members may be called by the Council for purposes to be specified in the notice calling such meeting, which shall be advertised at least three times in one of the Melbourne daily newspapers. The Council shall also call an extraordinary meeting on the requisition of not less than twenty members.

10. The annual general meeting of the members shall be held in the month of September in each year, when the Council's Report of the year's proceedings, and the Treasurer's statement of receipts and expenditure shall be submitted, and the Council for the succeeding year shall be elected.