16. No member whose subscription is in arrear or who shall have failed to pay any moneys due from her to the corporation shall be com- petent to propose or second any applicant for membership or bring a visitor to the premises or to vote on any occasion whatsoever.
17. A subscriber member may relinquish her membership by giving notion to the secretary but will be held liable for the subscription for the month in which notice
given.
MANAGEMENT
18. The management of the affairs of the corporation shall be vested in the council.
19. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, the council shall consist of not more than twenty and not less than ten members of whom-
(a) not more than fifteen nor less than eight shall be subscriber members resident in the Colony at the time of their appointment;
(b) not more than five nor less than two shall be residential members
at the time of their appointment
20. (1) Any two subscriber members shall be at liberty to nominate. a subscriber member to serve upon the council (having first obtained her consent) and such nomination shall be lodged with the secretary and posled on the notice board in the premises not less than two clear days before the date of the annual general meeting.
(2) 18 the number of subscriber members so nominated does not excced the maximum number mentioned in sub-paragraph (o) of paragraph 19, the persons nominated in respect of that class may be elected en bloe by resolution of the subscriber members at the annual general meeting.
(3) If the number does exceed the maximum number specified in sub- paragraph (a) of paragraph 19, then balloting lists of the names of the persoas se nominated of that class shall be circulated and cach subscriber member present at the annual general meeting shail band in her list with the number of names unerased not exceeding the maximum number speci- Bed in the said sub-paragraph (a). The persons gaining in the respective ¦ classes the greatest number of votes shall be deemed to be elected,
(4) A subscriber member whose name is placed on the absent members list or who is absent from the Colony for more than three months at a lime or who resigns, shall forthwith cease to be a member of the council,
21. (1) Not less than fourteen days before the date fixed for the annual general meeting, the secretary shall give notice convening a meeting of the residential members to be held not less than seven days before the annual general meeting for the purpose of electing members of the council from among their number in accordance with paragraph 19(6)
(2) Any two residential members shall be at liberty to nominate resi- dential members to serve upon the council (having first obtained their consent).
(3) Nominations shall be lodged with the secretary not less than two clear days before the date for which the meeting is convened and the bames of those nominated shall be posted on the notice board in the premises.
(4) If the number of persons nominated does not extsed the maximum number mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 19, the members nominated may be elected en bloc by resolution at the meeting of residential members.
(5) If the number nominated does exceed the maximum number mentioned in sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph 19 then balloting lists giving the names of those nominated shall be distributed to the residential members present at the meeting and they shall hand in their lists with the number of names unerased the maximum number specified in the said sub-paragraph (8), and the persons nominated and securing the greatest number of votes shall be deemed to be elected.
(6) A residential member of the council who ceases to reside in the premises shall forthwith cease to be a member of the council.
22. Members of the council shall hold office from the date of the annual meeting at which the subscriber members are elected until the newly elected members come into office at or after the next annual general meeting Members of the council shall be eligible for re-election.
23. (0) Whenever the seal of any member of the council shall becomIG vacant from any cause whatsoever or it shall be considered expedient for soy reason to increase the number of council members holding office for the time being (due regard being given always that the numbers shall not exceed those specified by paragraph 19) the remaining members of the council may appoint some person to be a member of the council in the place of the member whose seat has become vacant, due regard being had to the proportion of members of different categories specified by para- graph 19.
(2) Such person shall hold her place in the council until the next 40cual general meeting.
24. (1) The council shall choose its own chairman and vice-chairman from among its members.
(2) Five members of the council personally present shall be a quorum for a meeting of the council
25. The council may appoint au bonorary secretary or an honorary treasurer and such other officers and servants (whether honorary or paid including a paid secretary or treasurer) as it may deem necessary and at Auch remuneration as it shall think fit.
26. The council may form such sub-committees as it may think fli for the management of the affairs of the corporation or the association and may delegate to such sub-committees such powers as the counell may deem expedient but the decisions of such sub-committees shall be referred to the council for ratification.