The Philadelphia Club - Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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B Y-LA WS. 3 I whom five shall be a quorum for businessj, who shall be chosen as Directors are now chosen, at the stated meeting in April of every year. XXXIV. The committee shall ill vacancies which may occur in its own body by choosing members of the Club to Hll the said vacancies, and shall con- tinue to serve until a new committee be regularly elected. ' XXXV. A candidate for membefsiiip may be proposed to the committee by any member of the Club, who shall state in writing the name and residence of the proposed candidate. , XXXVI. lf the committee, by unanimous consent, shall decide to receive the person proposed as a candi- date, it shall cause his name, with the date, to be registered in a book set apart for the purpose, and to be posted on the bulletin board during two weeks, after which time the committee, by a unanimous vote, may elect him a member of the Club. , XXXVII. If the vote be not unanimous, the candidate shall be rejected, and shall not be renominated within one year thereafter.

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30 B Y-LA WS. privilege of the Club, and on the first day of each month Cor oftener if the Board shall so directj a bill shall be sent to each person so indebted, which shall be payable within thirty days. XXIX. No games shall be played in the Club-house between twelve o'clock on Saturday night and the opening of the house on the neXt Monday morning. A No member shall give any money or gratuity to a servant of the Club. I XXXI. No member shall receive any profit, salary, or emolument from the funds of the Club. l XXX11. All resignations shall be made in writing to the Board of Direction, and all interest in the prop- erty of the Club, of members resigning or other- wise ceasing to be members, shall be vested in the Club. OF THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS. XXXI11. N New members shall be elected by a committee to be composed of seven members of the Club Qof

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32 1 By'LAW5'. CXXXVIII. A member elected shall be forthwith notified of his election by thepSecretary, Who shall at the same time furnish himfwith a copyof the By- Laws, and request fhim to pay to the Treasurer his entrance money and semi-annual subscription in advance. H XXXIX. The payment of these sums to the Treasurer shall entitle the person elected to membership of the Club, and shall be evidence of his assent to the By-Laws. XL. A Any person who shall receive the notice of his election and a copy of the By-Laws of the Club, and shall not, Within thirty days thereafter, make payment as aforesaid, shall forfeit all rights acquired by his election. OF STRANGERS. X L I . A member may introduce a stranger to the Club, and shall thereon register in a book to be kept for that purpose the name and residence of such stranger and the date of such introduction, to all Which the said member shall affixlhis own nameg and he shall also, When-convenient, pre- sent the stranger to one or more of the Board..