HOW TO ORGANIZE A GUN CLUB.
When a party of sportsmen desire to organize a Gun Club, a few of the lead ing spirits should appoint a time and place for a meeting, and invite all interested to be present. A gun or sporting goods store is an excellent place to meet. The meeting should be called to order by one of the promoters, and a Chairman and Secretary should be elected to act until a permanent oqranization is effected. After the object of the meeting- has been sufficiently discussed, and all present who de sire to become members of the proposed Club have given their names, a Committee of three or live should be appointed to sugg-est a name for the Club and to draft a Constitntion and lly-Laws for permanent organization, the Committee to have authority to call a meeting again when ready to report. At the second meeting action should be taken on the report of the Committee, and the organization should be completed by electing, officers. A Committee should be appointed to secure suitable grounds, to prepare same and to purchase traps, targets and whatever is necessary for an outfit.
A Constitution should. in general, embrace the following subjects; Name of Club, object. officers and method of electing same, duties of officers, conditions of membership and method of electing to same, fees, initiation and annual dues, method of dealing with members in arrears, how mernbership may be terminated, forfeiture of rights and interests, how the Constitution may be amended.
Ily-L,aws should pertain to times of meeting, order of business, regulations for shoots, management of ground, purchase of supplies, reports and auditing same, and whatever the individual Club may find its peculiar circumstances may requi re.
The following are the customary officers and their duties: A President, whose duties are to preside at meetings, enforce order and the rules of the Club, and exercise a general supervision of its affairs; a Vice-President, who acts in the absence of the President ; a Secretary, who keeps a record of the membership and the proceedings of meetings. issues notices and attends to correspondence; a Treasurer, who collects and disburses funds on order of the Club, and is expected to attend to ordinary purchases; a Captain, who has the management of shoots and the enforcement of rules on the grounds.