CHAPTER
I
Section 1. The twelve regular
meetings required by the Constitution shall be as follows:
The annual meeting shall be held on the first Friday
of March, and the regular meetings on the first Friday of
each month thereafter, at 8:30 pm, except on holidays, when
they shall be held on the following Friday evening.
All meetings shall be held at the Club House.
Section 2. Order of
Business:
1. Roll call.
2. Minutes of previous meeting.
3 Reports of standing committees.
4. Reports of special committees.
5. Bills and communications.
6. Report of Treasurer.
7. Unfinished business.
8. New business.
9. Elections.
10. General remarks.
11. Adjournment.
CHAPTER
II
DUES
Section 1.
The initiation fee shall be ten ($10) dollars, except
in the case of a member whose resignation has been accepted
and who applies for re-election.
If said sum is not paid
within thirty days from the date of election, the Treasurer
shall notify the Secretary of the fact, and such election
shall be null and void.
Each subsequent annual
payment shall be twenty-five ($25) dollars, payable quarterly
in advance, and shall become payable from date of admission,
pro rata.
Section 2. On the first
of each quarter the Treasurer shall mail to each member a
statement of his account. Thirty days thereafter he shall mail a second statement to those
members whose dues remain unpaid.
At the second regular meeting thereafter the names
of such members as have not paid their dues for the current
quarter shall be read by the Treasurer and they shall be considered
as having forfeited their membership, and their names shall
be stricken from the list of members.
Section 3. No member shall
be entitled to any of the privileges of the Club while his
dues and House accounts are in arrears and remain unpaid.
CHAPTER III
NOTICE OF
MEETINGS
Notices
of all regular and special meetings shall be sent by the Secretary
to each and every member at least forty-eight hours before
said meeting.
Note
– Article XII Constitution
Note
– Chapter XI By-Laws
CHAPTER IV
DISTINGUISHING
SIGNALS, PENNANTS, ETC.
Section 1.
Each yacht shall have a distinguishing signal flag.
Section 2. Yachts while
sailing in squadron shall display their private signal; while
sailing alone or when at anchor, the Club signal.
Section 3. The distinguishing
signal of the Club shall be a pointed flag; the device, a
red five-pointed star, in the center of a white pointed ground,
five-twelfths the length of the flag. All on a red field.
Section 4. The Commodore
shall display a broad pennant with a foul anchor encircled
by thirteen five-pointed stars, in white on a blue field;
the Vice-Commodore a broad pennant with a similar device,
on a red field; the Rear Commodore a broad pennant with a
similar device, in red on a white field. The Fleet Captain’s
flag shall be a broad pennant with a blue foul anchor on a
white field.
Section 5.
The distinguishing signal of the Canoeing Division
shall be a burgee, eighteen by twenty inches, blue field with
one and one-half inches white border, or in that proportion.
The Totem shall be a Crab.
CHAPTER V
FLEET
CAPTAIN
Section 1. The Commodore
shall appoint each year a Fleet Captain, who shall act as
Aide to assist him in his duties on all cruises of the Club.
He shall hold office during the pleasure of the appointer.
He need not be a yacht owner.
Section 2. The Commodore
shall appoint each year a Fleet Surgeon whose duty it shall
be to accompany the Fleet on all cruises. He shall hold office during the pleasure of
the appointer.
CHAPTER VI
REGATTA
COMMITTEEE
Section 1. It shall be
the duty of the Regatta Committee to make arrangements for,
act as judges in, and take charge of all races sailed by or
under
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direction of the Club; they shall have
power to decide all questions that may arise in the sailing
of such races; to exclude all yachts which, by their decision,
have violated any rule of the Club, and to postpone any
race, should unfavorable weather render such a course
desirable. There shall be no appeal from the decision
of this committee. It shall further be the duty of the
Regatta Committee to see that no boat is entered in any
race unless said boat is properly registered, and even
if so registered, no yacht of this Club can enter any
race of this Club, or any other club, as coming from this
Club, except through the Regatta Committee, and their
decision as to the entry shall be final. The Secretary of this Club shall not enter
any yacht of this Club in any race of this Club or any
other club until the question of entry has been passed
upon by the Regatta Committee.
Section 2. It shall
further be the duty of the Regatta Committee to arrange
for a cruise of the squadron at least once during each season.
They shall also have charge of all Club entertainments
held outside of the Club House.
SECTION VII
REGATTA
Section 1. In each season
there may be held under the direction of the Club the following
events:
First- A Spring Regatta
in June
Second- A Fall
Regatta in September
Section 2. On all cruises
of the Club the squadron shall be under the orders of the
Commodore, and no yacht shall be allowed to proceed or absent
itself from the fleet without the consent of the officer
in charge.
Section 3. Entries for
all Club or open regattas must be made to the Regatta Committee
in accordance with such rules and regulations as they may
order, subject the approval of the Club.
Section 4. No boat enrolled
in the fleet of this organization shall be entered in any
race or regatta, except under the official measurement of
the Club as approved by the Regatta Committee. Any member
violating this regulation shall be liable to suspension
or expulsion, as shall be decided by a two-thirds vote of
all members present at a regular meeting of the organization.
Section 5. The course
of the Club shall be triangular one and shall be fixed by
the Regatta Committee.
CHAPTER VIII
DUTIES OF
HOUSE COMMITTEE
Section 1.
It shall be the duty of the House Committee to have
a general supervision of the Club House and the property
contained therein. They shall have the power to prescribe
such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary for
the proper government of the Club House and property, the
same to be presented to the Club for approval; and it shall
be their duty to enforce such rules.
Section 2.
They shall have the power in case of emergency to
expend the necessary money to protect the Club property.
They shall regulate prices and make necessary purchases.
Section 3. It shall
further be the duty of the House Committee to have charge
of all entertainments held in the Club House and they shall
act as an entertainment committee on such occasions.
CHAPTER IX
YACHTING
SEASON.
The yachting season
shall be limited to the period between the thirtieth day
of May and first day of November in each year.
CHAPTER X
RESIGNATIONS.
Resignations must be
forwarded to the Secretary in writing and be presented by
him at the next stated meeting of the Club. No resignation
will be accepted until the member is clear from all indebtedness
to the Club.
CHAPTER XI
AMENDMENTS.
Section 1
These By-Laws may be amended at any meeting, but
no amendment passed at any regular or special meeting shall
be valid until approved at a subsequent meeting, and any
amendment must be submitted at one regular meeting, and
after being adopted thereat must be kept posted until the
next meeting on the Bulletin Board in the Club House by
the Secretary.
Section 2. The proposed
amendment shall be stated in the call for the meeting.
Section 3. These By-Laws
shall not be suspended without the unanimous consent of
the members present.
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