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OBJBCrrS, CONSTITUTION AND RULES, AS
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fhe objects of the Societ]^ are the encouiige-
meiit and fostering *of original art in the country,
the promotion of the interests of the members by
muttud help and co-operation, and, as a means to
the foregoing ends, the holding of Annual Ejchibi-
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the establishment of a National Gallery and a
School of Art
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ARTlCLfi I.-lfBllBBRSHlP.
The members must be professional artists ; all
who follow art as a profession being eligible as
candidates— namely: painters, sculptors, architeotl^
artistic-engravers and draughtsmen-designers.
£vny candidaUfor membership must be proposed
and seconded by members at a regular meeting of
the Society, the proposer and second^ vouching for
^^is eligibility in all respects. He must also, unless
l^is ability as an artist is well known to the members
genenilly, submit not less than three s|$ecimen
works to be forwarded and removed at^his own
risk and expense. Elections f^r membership must
take place at a regular meeting of the Society, and
shall be by ballot, requiring an affirmative vote of
two-thirdsof the members presents. The Secretary
shall then notify the candidate of his or her ad-
mission, send a copy of the Constitution and Rules
of the Society, and on receipt of the entrance fe^,
together with the fee for the current year, the name
of the candidate shall be placed upon the rolL ;
Ladies joining hereafter, i^ile admissible as
membefii to the Society, shall have no vote at the
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ARTICLE II.-PBBS AND LIABILITY.
Each member ahall pay an entrance fee of ten
dollars and an annual fee of ten dollari, the latter
being due on the first day of January in each year
— and shall further be responsible for ^ny ad-
ditional sum' that may, by the ma|prity at a regu-
lar meeting (after notice of motion at a previous
regular meeting), be considered necessary for the
management of the Society. ^ —
Tfie Secretary to give written notice to all mem-
bers of such notice of motion within the space of
one week after such notice is given. "-n^ .
Members whose fees are two years in arrear shall
be considered as having resigned ; which shall alio
be the case if a member fail to exhibit at the annual
exhibitions for two successive years. ,
. ^UITICLB III.-OPPICBRS.
' The officers shall consist of a President, Vice-
President (who shall also be Treasurer), a Secret
tary, and an Executive Council
The Secretary shall be paid such salary as may
from time to time be agreed upon, ^and the others
shall be honorary.
Two Auditors shall also be appointed,' who shall
be entitled to such remuneration as may be deemed
sufficient by the meeting at which they were elected.
The Ext€uti6e Catmcii shall consist of five mem*^
ben, namely :^j^|M| by election, and {ix #«^>
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the Vice-Preiident and the Secretary. Three diall
fonn a quorum. >
They shall hare power to act in all bustnets
which does not necessarily come before the Society
for action* • -♦
They shall examine qualifications of all nominees
for membership, and report to the Society. ,
In the ifiterim between the regular meetings,
they shall have, power to expend, for extraordinary
purposes, the Societ/^unds to the amount of not
mpre than one hundred dollars. " %
All' disbursements on ac<x>unt of the Society
must come before the Executive Committee for
approval, and when passed^ the accounts shall be
initialed for payment.
The President and Vice-President shall, unlets
excluded by resolution, be ex qficio members of
all committees.
J7k Secretary shall perform all the duties us^al
to his office^ and shall keep regular record o{%'
ceipts and disbursements in proper books of ac-
count, which shall be open at all reasonable times
for the inspection of each and every member of
the Society, and he shall furnish a full report at
every regiUar business meeting. He ^hall receive
and bank, to the credit of the Treaswer^ all
moneys paid into the Society. ^: .
' Tke Vio'Presidemty as Treasurer, shall be cti^
todian of all the funds of the Society, which are
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of the chartered t>anks of the Province, and only
paid out upon cheques signed by him and the
Secretary. ■ •
AU Offiars are to be elected annually by ballot.
They shall be nominated at the April meeting,
or at some other convenient meeting, to beheld
not. less than seven-days prior to the regular annual
meeting.:,:'.;.;,-; -.j^^^-^:^ ..•^■■;
ARTICLE m^MfiBTINGS. ♦
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7 The regular annual meeting shall take i^ce in
the month of May, if possible during the first week
of the Exhibition, so as to afford members not re-
siding in Toronto the best oppcMTtunity of attend-
ing., At this meeting the President shall preside,
and as Jiull a statement of the transactions of the
Society for the past year as may be practicable
shall be presented by the officers. The officers
for the ensuing year shall then be elected.
Hegular monthly meetings are to be held on
the first Tuesday of each month, exeept in July
August and September.
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SpecuU nUeetings shall be called at any time by
the Secretaiy, if directed by the President or Vicer
President, or upon a requisition signed by five mem^
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them to attend.
The President or Vice-President shall preside at
all ordinary business meetings, but if both be ab-
sent, a chairman shall be chosen from among the
m^bers present. *
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'Hnjt iBt,— Order p/ dumess at pfeetings shall be
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1. Signing ot names by members present in the
book kept for that purpose. '4
3v Reading of minutes of ^vious ineeting*
3. Correspondence read afid (considered. ^
4. New members proposed.^v^
5. AcccMints. / ,
.6. Reports of committees.
7; Unnnished business or notices ot motion.
8. Gene^ business.
Rule ttid^-^Quorum. For the transaction of
ordinary business five shall be a quorum. For
election of members, ^n shall be a quorum. For
any alteration of Qj^titutiOn or levy of money upon
the members, as provided in Article a, ten shall
be a quorum ; and no such motion shall be adopted
of which notice has cdl been given at a previous
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Rule 3rd.— All motions must be in writing, with
the names of mover and seconder, and be decided
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except the admission of new members, provided
fo^in Article i of Constitution.
*kule 4th.— All questions of order shall be de-
cided by the chairman ; but any member present
may appeal from his ruling, in which 'case the
question shall be put without debate, " Shall the
ruling of the chairman be sustained?^ and decided
in fiivor of the majority. i
ARTICLE V.-COUNCIL Of THE SCHOOL
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Thw Society shall be tepriiented on the Council
of the School of Art by seven members* and the
President and Vice-President, and four members
present at a meeting shall form a quoruoi.
ARTICLE VL-EXHIBITIOHi
The Annual Exhibition shall be held during thet
month of May, or as near that time as circum-
stances may permit
The pictures shall be hung by a committee com-
posed of members of the Society, whose award
ujJbn all poiiits left to their decision shall be final,
and who shall be guided by the following rules :—^
I. All works exhibited must be original, and
must be such as have not been previously exposed
to public view in the City of Toronto, except in
the artist's studia
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3. Colore photogn4)hs shall not be admitted,
nor any picture of which the outline is not drawn
by hand without the wd of the camera.
4. Every picture or sculpture must be the
artist's own work, and if for sale, his own property.
5. No artist shall exhibit more than twenty
pictures ; but two, three or four small ones may
be put in one frame, priced separately, and counted
by the Hanging Committee as one picture.
♦ 6. Not more than four portrait pictures shall be
ex^bited by one' artist .^^ ;-.: ZJTT^^^r-^^T":^^'—
7. Every exhibitor of paiiitings or sculpture must
send with his works to the Hanging Committee a
list, with tilies and prices, in the form which will
be furnished by the Secretary, and which shall con-
tain the following declaration, signed by the artist :
*'I declare the works in the subjoined list to be
original, my own work, and those for sale my own
property; that none of them have been previously
exposed to public ;riew in thp City of Toronto
except in my studio, and that none of them are
colored photographs, and in all the outline is drawn
by hand witfiout the aid of the camera,"-
S^Thevahieofallinctures taken as Art Union
prizes shall be credited to the artists whose work
thc^ are, and no picture shall be delivered to any
pim^haser (enxpt by the onier of , the artist to>
whom it bdongs) until paid for in full.
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a ARTICLE VIL-ART UNION.
1.' The Art Union shall be styled the "Art
Union of Canada.**
a. . It shall be managed by a committee consist-
ing of ten members, and ix ojfido the President
and Vice-President of the Society, wjho shall elect
a chairman from their number. Five df the com-
mittee shall be artists, chosen by the artist mem-
bers ; and five shall be' honorary mernb^, chosen
by the honorary members.
. 3. Four shall be a quoriii(^^^^^~^-^:^i
4, The nominations as far as ri^Ufdsthe^tnt
members shall be made at the regular meeting prior
to the annual meeting of the Society. %
/ The elections to be by ballot, and shall take,
place at the annual meeting of the Sdciety.
5. There shall be a paid Secretary, who shall
also be the Accountant, and two Auditors shall be
. appointed, one of whom shall be an auditor of the
Society, and the other appointed by the honorary
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. FRESENT CONDITIONS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
t. The amount of each subscriptidii tb^ the Art
Union shall be five dollars annually, oii payment
of nhich the subscriber shall receive one member's
ticket and coupon attached vn^^^^ v
t; The Art Union ticket entitles the subscriba'^
to four admission tidcets to the Annual jSxhibition;i
3i coupon attached to each ticket, exchangeable lit
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oC « member of the Society, or it can be applied at
the same value on the purchase of any drawing in /
tl^elArt Union Portfolio, or (by arrangement with
the secretary) towards the purchase of any picture
for sale in the gallery and executed by a member
of the Society.
3.1 All opportunity of obtoining a prize at the
ann^ drawing of Art Union pristes in May, which
will/be held as early as possible after the opening
of the Annual Exhibition. X
Members of the Society are requested to send
in to the Secretary sketches for the Art Union,
affixing a price to each, which must be either three
ddlars or some multiple thereof. Such sketches.
: must be original, and signed with the artist> name.
These sketches, when received by the Secretary,
shall be submitted! for api^roval to a committee
appointed for the piirpose, and, if approved, shall
be duly registered. y-^ * ^
Where the price is $3.00 the sketch shall be exr
changeable for one cbupon ; if $6.00, twp coupons,
and sotoh for each multiple Ait Union sketches
'^ can t»nly be redsiyled from memb^ of the Society,
and, as they ure sold, the proceeds shall be cre<Uted
to the artist /.
A Club commission of one ticket free for every
seven sold shall be given alike to members aii4
non-memben of the Society» and, where desiriljalji^
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to agents. One or more coupons, according to
value, must be furnished at the time of selection
by the subscriber for each sketch chosen, and the
Aft Union cannot be held responsible unless this
rule be strictly adhered ta
HONORARY MEMBERS.
Permanent anniud subscribers for iTour tickets of
the total value of twenty dollars are eiigible for
election as honorary members, as also, are those
who guarantee a permanent annual subscription of
seven tickets of the total value of thirty-five dollars
by themselves or their friends. Subscribers dis-
posing of seven tickets receive the eighth ticket
free, as a commission. > ^ r ^
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RBOULAtlONS GOVERNINO SELECTION OF PRiZBSi
■'t. the holder of a Prize Ticket shall have the
option of choosing his prize from among those
paintings or odier works in the current or any
subsequent Exhibitions that are of the same value
as said ticket ; the amount of same, however, shall
in no (»9e be applicable to the purchase of more
tlmii one work of ait • — ^ - -- - -; ,
3. Should a work of greater vahie than the
amount of the prize be setected, then such amount
shaU be i^^»Bedin patt pi^tii^t thereoC^e4)akaee
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the sum «o unexpended-jshtll be carried to the
reserve fund of the Society.
3. No arrangement shall be made between a
priie-holder and an exhibitor, or any party on his
or their behalf, in the selection of a work of art, by
which a prize-holder may fobtain the return of a
portion of the amount of the prize or other valuable
consideration. The catalogue, in all cases, to be
held to iU the iralue of a ittcture.
4rPrize4iolders unable lo attend pertonally tb
' make choice of their prize, may nominate « some
person whose residence in or: near Toronto will en-
able him to attend the Exhibition.
ARTICLE VIlL-PROVIDfeNT FUHa
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Certain sums donated by the Society, or by in-
dividuals, shall be set apartji a Provident Fund.
The objectof this fund is that of aflb^
ance to arti^s or their families who inay be in
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posited in a Chartered Bank, or invested in such
stocks or iMOmtiiw w mi^ 1^^
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Giants ftok the fr«w^ Fiind shall pnly W
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Society, or a meeting spedaUy convened for the
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