STATUTORY RULES.
1904. No. 41.
Commonwealth of Australia.
Department of Defence,
Melbourne, 23rd July, 1904.
AMENDMENT OF THE REGULATIONS FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, 1904 (PROVISIONAL), TO COME INTO OPERATION FORTHWITH.
Part XVI.—Rifle Clubs.
Paragraph 18.—Add at end of paragraph—" (vide Appendix P.)."
Paragraph 19.—For " M.L.E. rifles (new, with bayonet), 86s. 2d. each," read " M.L.E. rifles (new, with bayonet), 88s. 2d. each."
Paragraph 36.—For the words " a capitation allowance " in first line, read " an effective grant."
Paragraph 36.—For the word " granted " in the third line, read " made."
Paragraph 36.—For marginal note, " Capitation Allowance," read " Effective Grants."
Paragraph 37.—For the words " allowance granted," read " grant made."
Paragraph 37.—For marginal note, " Disbursement of Capitation Allowance," read " Disbursement of Effective Grant."
Paragraph 38.—For the words " Capitation allowances " in the first line, read " Effective grants."
Paragraph 38.—For the words " Capitation Allowance " in marginal note, read " Effective Grants."
Paragraph 39.—For the word " capitation " in the first line, read " effective."
Paragraph 39.—For the words " Capitation Allowance " in marginal note, read " Effective Grants."
Paragraph 40.—for the words " Capitation Allowance " in marginal note, read " Effective Grants."
Paragraph 42.—Cancel.
C.7720.—Price 3d.
APPENDICES.
After " Appendix O " add " Appendix P."
Appendix P.
STANDARD RULES.
Referred to in Para. 18 of the Regulations for Rifle Clubs.
Rules of the Rifle Club.
1. This club shall be known as the Rifle Club.
2. No person shall be admitted as a member of the club unless proposed by two or more members of the club, except in the case of a transfer, which is provided for by paragraph 11 of the Regulations for Rifle Clubs, and on payment of such entrance fee and annual subscription as may be fixed by the by-laws.
3. Life members may be enrolled on payment of a donation to be fixed by the by-laws.
4. The business of a club shall be managed by a committee, consisting of a captain, secretary, treasurer, and four members, and such other officers (if any) as may be prescribed by the bylaws, three to form a quorum.
5. The office-bearers and members of committee shall be elected at the annual meeting of the club, which shall be held on such date as may be fixed by the by-laws.
6. Any office-bearer or member of committee being absent without leave for three consecutive meetings of the committee shall be liable, at the discretion of the committee, to have his seat declared vacant.
7. Any vacancy in the committee, caused either by resignation, or enforced retirement under Rule 6, may be filled up by the committee.
8. All meetings of the committee shall be convened by the secretary; but should he fail to do so within seven days after receiving a requisition signed by two members of the committee, any two such members may themselves convene a meeting of the committee.
9. No meeting of the committee shall be held to have been duly convened unless a written notice be forwarded to each member thereof at least 24 hours prior to such meeting.
10. The annual meeting of the club for the election of office bearers shall be convened by notice by post to each member, and not less than seven days' notice shall be given of such meeting.
11. A balance-sheet duly audited by two members duly appointed at the preceding annual meeting shall be laid before the members at every annual meeting. Should a vacancy or vacancies occur among the auditors, the committee shall have power to fill the position.
12. The captain shall unless it be otherwise prescribed by the by-laws, preside at all committee meetings and all general meetings at which he is present. In his absence, the members present may elect a chairman for any meeting.
13. The captain, or a deputy appointed by him, will conduct all correspondence with the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs.
14. The secretary shall keep minutes of all general meetings of members, and of meetings of the committee, and shall conduct all correspondence ordered by the committee, and he may, if duly authorized, act as the deputy of the captain.
15. The subscription of every member shall become due on such date as may be fixed by the by-laws, and no one shall be entitled to the privileges of membership until his subscription be paid.
16. No member, by reason of his being such, shall have any estate or interest in the property of the club other than the right to use the club property at the rifle ranges, in accordance with the resolutions or decisions of the committee.
17. A general meeting of the club shall be called at any time by the secretary on receiving a requisition signed by so many members as may be prescribed by the by-laws ; the time and object of such general meeting to be notified by post to each member one week previous to such meeting.
18. Any member may be expelled from the club against whom a vote for his expulsion shall have been carried by a majority of two-thirds of the members present at a meeting specially called to consider the case. The expulsion of any member shall be at once notified to the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs of the Military District, with a report of the circumstances.
19. The practice days of the club shall be as fixed by the by-laws, but the committee may, on giving due notice to every member, alter the time as they may think necessary, or appoint such other days in addition to the above as may appear expedient.
20. After providing for the necessary expenses of the club, the committee may expend the balance of any moneys other than those received from Government in granting prizes to its members, the rifle matches at which such prizes are to be competed for being duly notified by advertisement.
21. In addition to the annual subscription, the committee shall have power to exact such entrance fee as may be prescribed by the by-laws from every member who shall compete in a match for prizes, provided always that the entrance fees be devoted to the prize list.
22. The rules for the matches and club practices, the distances, the conditions of firing, the nature and value of the prizes, and all other details, shall be decided by the committee.
23. The committee, subject to the approval of a general meeting of the club, shall have power to frame such by-laws as may from time to time be necessary for carrying on the business of this club.
24. An active member of the club who has been returned as efficient at least six times in the annual return of the club may on his resignation become an honorary member of the club without payment of any annual subscription, provided that a resolution to this effect is passed at a general meeting of the members of the club convened for this purpose.
25. The conditions and regulations of State National Rifle Associations shall generally be observed in the matches and practices of the club.
By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.