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The balloting committee shall be deemed to be lawfully constituted notwithstanding any vacancies therein arising through default in the nomination of the full complement of subscriber members or any other cause.
The balloting committee shall choose its own chairman from among the members of that committee.
No member of the balloting committee shall on any occasion vote by proxy.
(8) After the expiration of not less than seven days after the posting of the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (4) the ballot shall be open between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. for five days, exclusive of Sundays.
The ballot box shall then be opened in the presence of two members of the balking committee.
In the event of less than twelva members having balloted affirmatively within the said period of five days, the chairman or any three members of the balloting committee may direct that the ballot shall remain open for a further period of five days immediately succeeding the original period of the ballot.
Should twelve roerbers not have recorded their votes affirmatively before the conclusion of the ballot the applicant shall be deemed not to have been elected.
Not less than twelve affirmative votes shall constitute a ballot and one negative vote in five ahull exclude.
The number of votes shall not be disclosed.
(9) On the election of a subscriber member she shall be notified in writing and shall forthwith sign the Roll of Subscriber Members and shall thereupon be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms of the Constitution and by the rules for the time being in force. She aball not be en- titled to any of the rights or privileges of a member until she shall have signed such Roll.
(10) If at any time after the election of an applicant the Council shall ascertain that she has been elected under any misrepresentation or if any material information as to her antecedents has been withheld, then the Council shall, after enquiry and notice to the peram so elected, have power to crase her name from the Roll of Subscriber Members and she shall forthwith cense to be a subscriber member.
(11) No applicant proposed and not elected shall be proposed again until after the expiration of three months.
The Secretary shall give notice in writing to the proposer and seconder of any applicant who fails to gain membership. 3. (1) A residential meruber shall pay to the Corporation all such charges as the Council shall prescribe for board, lodging and incidentals. Every residential member shall become and remain throughout her period of residence a subscriber member of the Helena May and shall have and enjoy all the obligations and privileges of a subscriber member,
(2) A subscriber member shall pay to the Corporation from the beginning of the month during which she is admitted to membership such monthly or other subscription and other charges as the Council may prescribe.
(3) All members shall comply with the by-laws for the time being in force.
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4. (1) If any member shall fail to pay any monies due from her to the Corporation as and when payment thereof shall be required, the Council may strike her name off the Roll of Residential or Subscriber Members sa the case may be.
(2). If any member shall in the opinion of three-fourths of those members of the Council present at a meeting duly convened for the consideration of the matter have behaved, either in the Fclenn May or elsewhere, in a manner calculated unduly to inconvenience the other members or likely to be injurious to the reputation or interests of the Helena May, the Council may call upon her to resign forthwith and if she shall fail to resign raay strike her name off the Roll of Members or, if the Council so thinks fit, may suspend her membership for a period not exceeding six months. The de- cision of the Council shall for all purposes be final and conclusive.
(3) A member whose name is struck off the Roll of Members and a member whose membership is suspended shall forthwith forfeit, or, as the case may be, shall forthwith for- feit for the duration of the suspension, all right to the use of the Helena May and any claim upon any property of the Corporation, but the Council may, for cause shown, reinstate any such member.
5. A subscriber member who may be leaving the Colony for three or more months at a time shall give notice to the Secretary that she desires her name to be placed on the list of absent members and thereupon shall not be liable to pay the subscriber member's subscription for those complete months during which she shall be absent from the Colony, but shall pay the full monthly subscription for any parts of months during which sho is resident in the Colony.
A subscriber member whose name has not been placed on the Absent Members List and who shall be absent from the Colony for more than three months at a time and an absent member who shall be absent from the Colony for more than two years at a time shall be deemed to have resigned.
6. No member whose subscription is in arrear or whe shall have failed to pay any monies due from her to the Corporation shall be competent to propose or second any ap- plicant for membership of visitor to the Helena May, to ballor for any applicant, or to vote on any occasion whatsoever.
7. A subscribing member muy relinquish her member- ship by giving notice to the Secretary but will be held liable for the subscription for the mouth in which notice is given,
ARTICLE III-MANAGEMENT.
1. The management of the affairs of the Corporation and of the Institute berein called "The Helena May" shull be vested in the Council of the Helena May Institute for Women.
2. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Coun-
oil shall consist of fifteen members of whom-----
(a) eight shall be subscriber members who are British
subjects of European race not domiciled in the Colony but resident therein at the time of their appointment;
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