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SCHEDULE,

CONSTITUTION

of the

HELENA MAY INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN

ARTICLE NAME AND GENERAL POLICY.

1. The name of the corporation shall be "The TTelena May Institute for Women".

2. In this Constitution-

"Council" means the Council for the time being of the Lolena May Institute for Women appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Helena May Tnstitute for Women Ordinance, 1947, nod this Constitution.

"Ordinance" means the Holeon May Institute for

Women Ordinance, 1947.

"Secretary" means the Secretary for the time being of the Institute conducted by the corporation.

3. The object of the corporation shall be to provide for the welfare of the women and girls of the Colony and for that purpose to furnish and maintain the premises from time to time belonging to the corporation and to provide therein board and lodging and the amenities of a chib and to conduct or carry on therein or in connection therewith all such lawful, social, educational, religious or other activities as may be incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above object.

4. The corporation shall not engage in any political Botivities or permit its name or premises to be used in con- nection therewith.

5. The corporation may permit its premises to be used upon such terms as may be agreed upon for the delivery and bolding of lectures, exhibitions, public meetings, conferences and gatherings of a like nature approved by the corporation.

6. Save as aforesaid the income and property of the corporation, whencesoever derived, shall be used and applied solely towards the promotion of the object of the corporation.

ARTICLE TI-MEMBERSHIP.

1. There shall be two categories of members of the Institute conducted by the corporation (hereinafter called "The Belena May",) namely-

(a) Residential Members, that is to say members living

in the Helena May, and

(b) Subscriber Members, that is to say members not living in the Helena May but to whom the club amenities are available.

2. (1) The first members of the Council shall be deemed to be Subscriber Members.

(2) Any applicant for admission as a Subscriber Member who shall satisfy the Council that she was a shareholder or subscribing member of the Helena May Institute for Women at any time before the 35th December, 1941, and had not ceased to be a member under the provisions of Articles 22, 25 or 26 of the Articles of Association thereof, shall be admitted to membership of the Helena May as a subscriber member without further formality, The decision of the Council in respect of any such application shall be final and conclusive for all purposES.

(8) An applicant for admission as a residential member may, in the absolute discretion of the Council, be admitted as such either on the affirmative votes of a majority of the members of the Council present at any meeting of the Council or on the affirmative votes of a majority of the members for the time being of the Council notified by such members in writing to the Secretary.

(4) Every applicant for subscriber membership of the Helena May other than the members referred to in sub- paragraphe (1) and (2) of this paragraph) shall be proposed by one subscriber member and seconded by another subscriber member, both being able from personal knowledge to vouch for her fitness for membership. The application shall be sent to the Secretary who shall forthwith enter the name, address and occupation of the applicant and the names of the proposer and seconder in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall post a notice of the application giving the like particulars in a prominent place at or near the entrance of the Helena May. (5) Fur the period of one year after the Ordinance comes into operation the members of the Council shall constitute the balloting committee and during that period an applicant for admission as a subscriber member may, in the discretion of the Council, be admitted to membership either on the affirmative votes of a majority of the members of the Council present at a meeting of the Council at which not less than two thirds of the members for the time being of the Council are present, or on the affirmative votes of a majority of the members for the time being of the Council notified by such members in writing to the Secretary.

(0) After the expiration of one year after the Ordinance comes into operation, subscriber members shall be admissible only by ballot.

(7) The balloting committee shall be formed of the members for the time being of the Council and twenty subscriber members of the Helena May.

Any two subscriber members may nominate a subscriber member to serve on the balloting committee and all such nominations shall be posted on the notice board in the Helena May at least forty-eight hours before the Annual General Meeting.

If the number of members nominated does not exceed twenty they may be elected by resolution, but if the number exceeds twenty then lists of the members nominated shall be circulated to the subscriber members present at the Annual Meeting and each such member shall hand in her list with twenty names unernsed and the twenty nominees securing the most votes shall be declared to be elected.