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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 65

Constitution

Constitution.

1.The Institute is founded for the advancement of Science, Literature and Art, as well as for the development of the resources of the Colony.
2.Any person desiring to become a Member of the Institute, shall be proposed in writing by two Members, and shall be balloted for at the next meeting of the Council.
3.If any Member elected into the Society, shall have omitted to pay the contribution for the year, within two months after his election has been notified to him by the Secretary, his election shall be void.
4.The annual subscription for each Member shall be One Guinea, pay able in advance on the first day of January in every year.
5.Any Member failing to pay his Annual Subscription for two successive years, shall thereby ipso facto cease to be a Member of this Society, and at the next following meeting of the Council, after the second subscription becomes due, his name shall be removed from the Roll.
6.Members may at any time become Life-members by one payment of Ten Pounds ten shillings in lieu of future annual subscriptions.
7.All sums received for Life Subscriptions shall be invested, and the interest only arising from such investments shall be applied to the uses of the Institute.
8.Non-residents in the Province may be elected Honorary Members by the unanimous vote of any meeting of the Society in acknowledgement of their contributions to Art, Science, or Literature in general, or to this Society in particular;—such Members to have all the privileges of Members without the payment of any fees.
9.Members of Societies incorporated with the New Zealand Institute when in the Province of Hawke's Bay, shall be entitled to all the privileges of Members of this Society.
10.One-third of the Annual Revenue of the Society shall be applied towards the formation or support of a Local Museum or Library.
11.An Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Society shall be held on the first Monday of February in each year, at which Meeting not less than ten Members must be present, otherwise the Meeting shall be adjourned by the Members present from time to time, until the requisite number of Members is present.
12.At such Annual, or adjourned Annual Meeting, a President, a Vice President, an Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, and six Members shall be elected by ballot to form a Council for the ensuing year; of which four shall form a Quorum.page 15
13.Any casual vacancy that may occur during the year may be filled-up by the Council: but the Council may act whether such vacancy be filled-up or not.
14.At such Annual, or adjourned Annual Meeting, a Report of the pro- feedings of the Society for the year shall be laid before the Meeting, and also a statement of the Funds and Property of the Society, and of the Receipts and Expenditure for the year.
15.The Council shall have the entire conduct and management of the affairs of the Society, subject to the Resolution of any General Meeting of the Society attended by not less than ten Members.
16.Meetings of the Council or Society shall be called by the President, the Secretary, or any two Members of the Council, or upon the requisition of any five Members of the Society.
17.At all Meetings of the Society or Council any Resolution must be passed by a majority of the Members present,—the President or Chairman having a deliberative as well as a Casting Vote.