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RULES Pi

AND

REGULATIONS

OF THH

SAINT PATRICK'S
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,

TORONTO,

ESTABLISHED JANUARY, 1841,

TORONTO:
DONLEVY & McTAVEY. PRINTERS, CHURCH STREET

1841, .•,vV*

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SAINT PATRLCK'S

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

Liberal Ihishmen in Toronto have long deplored the want of a
truly JNational Society, which would unite their countrymen of all
sects and denominations in the promotioji of benevolent objects ; and
at the same time, lead to that harmonious social intercourse amongst
them, which none but those who have been long absent from their
native land, know how to appreciate. This want, it is now proposed
to supply, by the formation of the Saint T./fRicK's Benevolent

feOCIETY.

The objects of the Society will be, 1st.— To afford advice and pe-
cuniary assistance to their distressed fellow-countrymen.

2nd.— To promote kindly feelings amongst its' members, and at
the same time, to cherish a recollection of the beloved land of their
nativity.

3rd.— To celebrate, in a becoming manner, the annual festival on
the anniversary of Ireland's Patron Saint.

It js hoped that all true lovers of their country— all who sympathize
with her m.slortunes, and feel indignation at her wrongs, can loin to-
gether in promoting the above objects, without treading on what will be
considered forbidden ground— Colonial Politics.

It IS to be regretted, that in this City heretofore, every attempt to
attain the end contemplaied by the projected Society, has proved a
lailure. It is possible that the present effort may be equally unmc-
I cessful; but the founders of the -Saint Patrick's Benevolent
I bociETY icel, that they have taken every precaution to prevent such
■ I ""^f "' ,,^"^ ^^^ey fo"flly anticipate, in the words of the immortal
j iJara ot their country, that —

.... , "Their Winter is past.

And the hope that lived through it, will blossom at lust.'^

OFFICERS.

DOCTOR BALDWIN, President.

CAPT. ECCLES, 1st. Vice President.

COLONEL JAMES BALDWIN, 2nd Vice President.

WILLL\M BALDWIN, Esq., Treasurer.

M. J. O'BEIRNE, Esq., Secretary.

Mr .DENNIS HEFFERNAN, Assistant Skcretabt,

Rev. Mr. McDONAGH, Chaplain.

COMMITTEE.

Ml. M. SCOLLARD,

Mr. T. J. O^Neill,
Dr. Bradley,
Mr. J. Beatty,
Mr. J. Fitzgerald,

Mr. C. DONLEVY,

Mr. J. Murphy^ ]
Mr. T. Ryan,
Mr. J. Shannan,
Mr. J. O'HiGOiNs,
Mr. E. McSherry
Mr. M, HiGGiNs.

'resident.

CCRETABT.

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RULES AM) RE(a:LATIONS.

1st. The Officers of the Society shall consist of a
President, two Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary
Assistant Secretary and a Committee of twelve, to be
styled Committee of Management, of w^hom five shall
form a quorum.

2nd. The election of all Officers shall take place
annually, that is to say, on the last Tuesday in F ?brua-
ry, and shall be determined (with the exception of that
of the President) by a majority of the meetinff. The
1 resident to be elected by a majority of two-thirds : in
each case the members voting by ballot. But in the
event of two-thirds not being found in favour of any
candidate for the Presidentship, a committee of seven
shall be appointed by the meeting bv ballot, who shall
elect a President by ballot.

3rd. The Chaplain of the Society shall be chosen
and appointed by a majority of the Society at the peri-
odical meetmg ; for the appointmeut of Officers the
votes being taken viva voce.

4tlh A meeting of the members shall be held on the
iirst Tuesday in every month for the purpose of ad-
mitting new members and making such other arrange-
ments as may be deemed expedient for the benefit of
the bociety.

5th. A subscription of ten shillings shall be paid
by every member, annually in advance to the Trea-
surer for the purposes of tlie institution, and no person
shall be considered a member if his subscription remain -
unpaid for one month ; but in order that every facility
maybe afforded to Irishmen of humble circumstajices
desirous of uniting with their fellow countrymen, in a
laudable and benevolent institution, it is deemed expe-
dient that any member upon the recommendation of

any two other members shall be allowed tlie privilege
of paying his subscription by two instalments of live
shillings in advance, and tive shillings at the »?xpiration
of six months.

Gth. Tlie national limitation of admission shall bo
confined to Irishmen, or their descendants to the fourth
generation •, all above the age of eighteen shall bo
eligible as competent members, and those between the
ages of fifteen and eighteen, sliall be eligible as proba-
tionary members, paying a subscription of live shillings
in advance, but shall not be entitled to vote.

7th. Any member of the society wish";!igto introduce
a new member shall, at a monthly periodical meeting,
give notice of such his intention, at the same time
mentioning the name of the candidate, and at the next
subsequent monthly periodical meeting the admission
of such candidate being then proposed and seconded
shall be determined by a majority of two-thirds of the
mei.ibers present, voting by ballot.

8th. One-third of the members resident in Toronto
shall at any meeting form a quorum, and in the ab-
sence of President and Vice Presidents the meeting-
shall elect a temporary Chairman.

9th. The Committee of management shall be em-
powered to grant pecuniary assistance to distressed
Irishmen and their families at their discretion, and they,
the committee, shall lay before each monthly periodi-
cal meeting a written report of their transactions for
the preceding month.

10th. The other officers of the Society, viz: — the
President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer and Secretaries,
shall not by right ex-officio sit in Committee, but the
Committee of management shall have the power to re-
quire the attendance of Treasurer and Secretary with
books and papers, reasonable notice being given to
them accordingly.

1 the privilogc
Iments oi' live
the »?xpiration

ssion shall he
•5 to the fourth
teen shall he
^ hetween the
ihle as proha-
f live shillings
Dte.

rrto introduce
iical meeting,
le same time
id at the next
he admission
md seconded
-thirds of the

it in Toronto
fid in the ab-
1 the meeting-
shall be em-
to distressed
ion, and they,
[ithly periodi-
msactions for

)ty, viz: — the
J Secretaries,
ittee, but the
power to re-
3cretary with
iing criven to

Meetings all observations shall

nth. The Secretary shall enter in a book kept for
that purpose minutes of all resolutions and other trans-
actions of the Society.

r2th. The Treasurer sl.j.11 submit to the annual
meeting an explicit statement of the financial affairs of
the Society, and such statement shall undergo a pre-
vious examination by auditors appointed by the Com-
mittee, to whom the necessary vouchers shall be sub-
mitted.

13th. No money shall be expended by the Trea-
surer without an order signed by the Chairman and
Secretary of the Conmiittee of IManagement on behalf
of and by authority of the Committee, and all the mo-
ney collected by the Treasurer beyond the sum of
jcIO shall be deposited by him in such bank as the
Committee shall direr*

14th. At Gt
be addressed t'

15th. The s r discussion must be strictly

attended to and . sion on any proposition be-

ing concluded, the t'ie»xv.ent or Chairman elect, as the
case may be, shall put the question to the meeting, to
be decided by a majority, the President or Chairman
having the casting vote.

IGtli. Every resolution proposed to the meeting
nmst be 'seconded and reduced to writing, and an
amendment being moved and seconded, must be dis-
posed of before the original question be put.

i7th. All local politics of the day as well as all re-
ligious subjects shall be strictly excluded.

18th. No persouL' allusion shall be allowed and any
reference to arguments used by members who have
spoken must be made with the utmost courtesy of ex-
pression.

19th. The President or Chairman shall not take
part in the debate upon any question, but he shall bo

at liberty to deliver his dentimcnts thereon before
putting it to the vote.

20th. All qucstionsof order shall be decided by the
President, but if .iny exception be taken to hi.s decis-
ion a motion may be made and seconded that the Pre-
sident do leave the chair, on which motion no discuss-
ion is to take place, but the President is iui thwith to
retire, the Vice President shall then preside during the
»:.scussion of the question of order, Vrhich question
shall be decided by a majority of the members present j
the Vice Pr^isident is to deliver no opinion, on the mat-
ter but merely to put the question to the vote , this
rule will apply equally to the Vice President in the ab-
sence of President, or Chairman elected pro tempore
in absence of President and Vice Presidents,

2h;t. It is not deemed expedient that there should
be any impcrotive rule requiring the attendance of the
members of the society at any place of public worship
on the anniversary of Ireland's Patron Saint, nor that
the Society as a body shall march in procession in cele-
bration of any passing occurrence or in commemora-
tion of any past event.

22nd. On occasion of the death of any me Tiber the
Secretary being made acquainted therewith, shall noti-
fy the same to the other members, requesting their at-
tendance at the funeral of the deceased.

23rd. Any member who shall behave in a disorderly
munnerat any of the meetings of the Society, shall be
liable to be expelled that meeting by the President or
Chairman j and if the same member again interrupt the
good order of any subsequent meeting, he may upon
motion made and secrnded to that effect, be expelled
the Society by a majority of two-thirds of the members
present at the next sub.2quent periodical meeting, vo-
ting by ballot •, also, any member who shall be guilty
of immoral or improper conduct at any time shall be

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it, nor that
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may upon
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leeting, vo-
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ne shall be

liable to be expelled in the same manner as aforesaid ;
and such members so expelled shall forfeit all claims
upon the Society, ■ >

24th. Should any officer of tlie Society neglect his
duty, or conduct himself otherwise improporly, he
shall upon notice given by any mGm];cr at a mont!iiy
periodical meeting specifying the cause of complaiat,
and upon motion made and scC'.>ri(loa at the next perio-
dical meeting be impeached, and upon conviction, be
liable to be reprimanded b; '.h 3 Prcsi-Iei t or Ci:'>iirrnan,
as the case may be, or ren;jvcd from r.flico accor '?:ig
to the decision of the meeting, to be dcteriniried ' y a
majority of two-thirds of the members present, voting
by ballot.

25th. That no alteration shall be made in any en the
rules and regulations of the Societv exceoi at tiie an-
nual general meeting-, and any member v/ishiiio to
propose an alteration shall give notice of such his in-
tentions at a monthly periodical meeting inimedli tely
preceding the annual meeting, specifyinsr tlie rule or
rules which he may wish to alter, amend or unru'. and
what he means to propose as amendment oriuUHulate,
if any, in lieu thereof *, provided alwn ->^, ihux th» ^ rule
shall not preclude the Soeiety at a .reueral meelmg
from the privilege of suspending a 1 .du i>ro tenipore
upon any extraordinary emergeacy.

26th. A copy of the rules and regulati:>ns of the
Society shall be furnished by ihe Seci 3tury at cost
price to each member of the Society.

26th. Each member on admission shall read the
rules and regulations of the Society, and in the pre-
sence of the Secretary subscribe the following pledge :

I, A. B. member of the Saint Patrick's Benevolent
Society do hereby pledge myself to ccnform to, and
maintain to the utmost of my ability all ruleb and re-
gulations which now are, or shall be hereafter adopted

for the government of the Society, and I do further
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pledge myself that I will discountenance upon all oc-
casions, so far as in me lies, both by precept and ex-
ample every cendency to intemperance and disorder.

Robert Baldwin,
James Fitzgerald,
John O'Higgins,
F. O'Day,
M. J. O'Beirne,
Michael Reynolds,
M. A. Higgins,
T. J. 0'^feill,
Doctor Baldwin,
William Baldwin,
John O'Brian,
James Connell,
William Murphy,
Daniel Fox,
Dr. Bradley.
Thomas Real,
Captain Eccles,
Michael Holloran,
James Cummings,

D. Heff*'rnan,
Colonel Baldwin,
James McMahon,

Jnmes Scallion,

Philip Connel),

Patrick Madden,

James Conway,

James Walsh,

Doctor McCormack,

Thomas Boas,

John Walsh,

M. Scollard,

F. Hincks,

John Crosier,

Charles Donlevy,

P. McTa.ey,

Michael Colgan,

Robert Kennedy,

James Beatty,

Thomas Ryan,

Edward McSherry,

James Feehan,

John Flaaagan,

M K M B E R S.

Martin Waldrou,

John Connolly,

Peter Nangle,

G. W. Egelso,

Patrick O'Neill,

John O'Keifl;

John Murphy,

Michael John McDonell,

John Doherty,

Michael Hays,
Jamos Neysey,

John McDermot,

John Cullum,

Alexander Watson,

Edward McFeeley,

John Hanton,
Patrick Brady,
Patrick Roch,
Darby Ahern,
Matthew Codd,

Hornard Short,,

Cornelius McMahon,

James Shannon,

Daniel Foley,

James Codey,

Thomas O'Connor,

Rev. Edward Gordon, Niagara.

James Fitzpatrick,

-'ohn McLoan,

James McDonagh,

Edmund Codey,

Luke Kelly,

William Smith,

Michael Meigan.

Matthew McDonagh, juvenile M.

Patrick McGetrick,

John McCarty,

Wm. Brennnn,

John McManus,

Andrew Smith

Patrick Russell.

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