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Show OFFICERS OF CLUB TO BE ELECTED By BALLOT A special meeting for next Mondav night has been called by the directors of the Weber club for the purpose of having the members of the club pass on the question of changing the by-! by-! laws so that officers may be elected ; by ballot In the future. The amendment amend-ment has been drawn up by a com-I com-I mittee comnoied of J H DeVlne, J. L. Carlson and T. H Carr, and is as follows: Section (a) The election of offi cer? slum ue neiu on me isecona iun-dav iun-dav in January of each year (b) Thirty days prior to the general election the board of directors hall appoint a nominating committee, consisting con-sisting of seven members of the club, who shall nominate candidates for election to the offices of the club in the manner hereinafter provided (c) The nominating committee sh.ill. within three days after their appointment as hereinbefore provided, provi-ded, prepare a list of five candidates for president, five candidates for vice president, five candidates for treas -urer and twelve candidates for dlrec tors This list, when posted, shall be known as the official ticket, from hich the members may select by ballot, bal-lot, as hereinbefore provided, one candidate for president one candidate for vice president one candidate for treasurer and four candidates for directors. di-rectors. (d) The report of the nominating committee 3hall be posted and a printed copy thereof mailed to each member of the club at least ten days prior to the annual election. (el Any twenty-five members of the club may nominate n different candidate or candidates by posting the same over their signatures on the bulletin board not later than five days previous to the annual election. ff) The polls shall be open at the club rooms from 11 a. m. to 7 p. m on the day of the annual election I The randidates for the respective of flees receiving the highest number of (votes cast at the annual election shall jbe declared elected to that office for the ensuing year igt In the election of officers, Should a tie vole occur the commit-I commit-I tee of Judges, appointed as hereinafter herein-after provided, shall cast lots and cer- tify us elected the person or persons on whom the selection falls. (h) Only members holding resident membership In the elab shall be permitted per-mitted to vote at the annual election The secretary of the club shall have prepared for the election, tickets containing con-taining thw names of all the candl dates nominated for the various offices. of-fices. Each ticket shall have a square opposite the name of etch can dldate, and the member voting said ticket shall vote the same by placing plac-ing a cross In the square on the ticket opposite the name of the candidate for whom he desires to vote for each office. No member shall be permitted permit-ted to vote for moro than one candidate candi-date for president, one candidate for vice president, one candidate for treasurer, and four candidates for directors di-rectors The tickets shall bo numbered num-bered consecutively from one upwards. No proxy shall be allowed. The candidates can-didates receiving a plurality of the votes cast for the respective offices for which tbe candidates are running shall be declared elected. i) The president shall appoint, and announce, three days prior to the election, a committee of five judges jud-ges who are not members of the board of directors or candidates for election, elec-tion, who shall be known aa the Jud pes of olection. and who shall have supervision of the election, and the judges so appointed shall serve from the openine of the polls until the close thereof, and at the close oT the polls shall open the ballot boxes and tabulate the result of the election, and shall certify the candidates receiving re-ceiving a plurality vote for the respec tivc offices for which they are running run-ning to be the duly election of officers offi-cers for the ensuing year. The judges jud-ges of election shall cause to be issued is-sued to each officer a certificate of his election, bearing the signature of each of the judges of election. |
