Football: The Rugby Game/Appendix/The Rugby Football Union Bye-Laws
THE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION.
BYE-LAWS.
1. That the name of the Society be "The Rugby Football Union," and that its head-quarters be in London, where all General Meetings shall be held.
2. That the Officers, who shall be elected annually, consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, Hon. Secretary, and Treasurer, and a Committee of fifteen, with power to add to their number: seven to form a quorum. All past Presidents of the Union shall be ex-officio Members of the Committee who have during the year preceding such annual election attended at least two Committee Meetings to which they have been summoned. No past President shall be entitled to vote on the selection of teams unless he has been chosen to act on the Sub-Committee elected for that purpose.
3. That any Club willing to conform to the Rules of the Union be eligible for membership, but before being admitted, such Club must be duly proposed and seconded by two Clubs belonging to the Union.
4. That the Annual Subscription, payable in advance, of each Club belonging to the Union, be £1 1s. with an Entrance Fee of £1 1s., payable on admission. The Annual Subscriptions of all Clubs shall fall due in October. Any Club whose Subscription has not been paid before or at the General Meeting in March, shall be struck off the Union List.
5. That two General Meetings be held annually, one in the month of March, for the consideration of the Bye-laws and Laws, and the other in the month of October, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and other business.
6. That all officers be elected by ballot.
7. That each Club be entitled to send one representative only to a General Meeting, exclusive of the Officers of the Union.
8. That the Hon. Sec. shall convene a Special General Meeting at any time on receiving a requisition to that effect, signed by the Captains or Secretaries of not less than five Clubs belonging to the Union.
9. That no Bye-law or Law of the Game shall be altered, rescinded, or added to, without the consent of at least two-thirds of those present at a General Meeting.
10. That each Club be furnished with a copy of the Bye-laws and Laws of the Game, and be bound thereby; and in case of wilful infringement thereof by any Club, such Club be liable to expulsion from the Union, at a General Meeting.
11. That notice of any amendment or alteration either, in the Laws of the Game or the Bye-laws of the Union, together with the names of the proposer and seconder of every such amendment or alteration, be given in writing to the Hon. Sec. three weeks at least before the General Meeting at which such amendment or alteration is to be brought forward, and be duly advertised fourteen days at least before such meetings, and notice thereof sent to the Clubs belonging to the Union.
12. That the accounts be audited, and a printed balance-sheet sent to each Club belonging to the Union, together with the notices calling the General Meeting in October.