1. The Governing Committee
shall hold monthly meetings on
the third Saturday of each month
at the Club House, or such other
time and place as shall be
designated by the Chair, and
stated in the call, and also
such special meetings as may be
found necessary.
2. The order
of business at all meetings of
the Governing Committee shall
be: First, roll call; second,
reading of minutes; third,
reports; fourth, filling
vacancies in their own
membership; fifth, election of
members; sixth, miscellaneous
business.
3. A vacancy in the Governing
Committee shall be filled by
ballot at any regular or special
meeting, notice of the intended
election having been sent to
each member of the Committee at
least one week before the
meeting.
4. The Executive Committee shall
hold regular monthly meetings on
the first Monday in each month.
The order of business at such
meetings shall be the same as
the Governing Committee.
5. Every candidate for admission
must be proposed and seconded by
two members of the Club. The
name and residence of the
proposed candidate shall be
inserted in a book kept for that
purpose, at least ten days
before the meeting at which he
may be elected. No candidate for
membership can be elected at a
meeting unless posted ten days
before such meeting.
6.
Candidates who have been left
over at three successive
meetings of the Governing
Committee shall not again be
balloted upon for six months.
7. The Secretary shall at once
inform each candidate of his
election, and request him to
send his initiation fee and
annual dues to the Treasurer,
and sign the Constitution.
8. The election of any candidate
failing to pay his initiation
fee within thirty days after it
is due and payable, shall be
void.
9. Any member failing to pay his
annual dues three months after
they are due and payable, shall
cease to be a member of the
Club.
10. The clergy, and officers of
the Army and Navy need not pay
any initiation fee, and only one
half of the annual dues, but in
that case they shall have no
vote in the management of the
Club, and shall not count in
making a quorum.
11. Resignations shall be sent
to the Secretary in writing.
12. Visitors may be introduced
by a member for one day free of
charge; if for a longer period
at the rate of one dollar a day.
No charge shall be made for the
introduction of guests residing
at the cottages of resident
members.
The names of the visitor or
guest and the member introducing
him shall be entered upon the
visitor's book, and the date of
the introduction.
A member may have more than one
room for his guests when there
is sufficient accommodation at
the Club House, but should the
rooms of the extra guest or
guests be required by a member
or members, the extra guest or
guests must vacate them upon one
day's notice.
Members shall be responsible for
their visitors.
Visitors when unaccompanied by a
member, registering at the Club,
must be provided either with an
invitation from the Committee or
with a personal letter from the
member introducing them.
13.Ladies shall be admitted to
all parts of grounds and house
except those particularly
excepted by the House Committee.
14. Members with their families
may engage sleeping rooms in a
specified part of the Club
House, for a period of time not
to exceed two weeks.
15. Other sleeping rooms may be
engaged by any member, subject
to above regulations.
16. A member having engaged a
sleeping room for a certain
term, cannot re-engage one until
the end of the term, but may
extend the time to two weeks or
less, provided no other member
has meanwhile applied for the
room.
17. A member having engaged a
room for a certain time will be
charged for it whether he
occupies it or not.
18. Children and nurses are not
allowed in the Club House,
except as regulated by the
Executive Committee.
19. Requests and complaints
shall be made in writing to the
Executive Committee.
20. It shall be the duty of the
Treasurer to cause to be posted
in the Club House, upon the
first day of every month, a list
of the members indebted to the
Club, with the amount of such
indebtedness set opposite to
their names respectively. Should
such indebtedness not be paid
within thirty days thereafter,
it shall be the duty of the
Treasurer to report the same to
the Governing Committee at their
next meeting. The Governing
Committee may, at any time in
its discretion, officially
notify such member of his
indebtedness, and any member
failing to pay his indebtedness,
excepting annual dues, thirty
days after the date of such
notice from the Governing
Committee, mailed to him at his
last known address, shall cease
to be a member of the Club.
Should the indebtedness of any
member at any time amount to
$300,00, his credit shall be
stopped until the whole amount
is paid.
21. The property of this Club
shall not be removed from the
house or grounds.
22. Servants must not accept
gratuities.
23. Smoking is allowed
everywhere, except in the
dining-room, drawing-room, and
ball-room.
24. The Executive Committee
shall have the power to prohibit
any games or sports which they
may consider prejudicial to the
good order and interest of the
Club.
25. The Executive Committee
shall define and regulate prices
to be paid for Club supplies,
accommodations and privileges,
and alter the same when found
necessary, and such scale of
prices they shall keep
conspicuously posted in the Club
House.
26. No candidate for membership
can be proposed or seconded by a
member of the Governing
Committee.
27. The privilege of this Club
will not be extended to any
person eligible to membership,
who may be a lessee of property
within the park, for more than
one year.