Rules of the Port Sunlight Employees' Holiday Club
1909 1909 1900s 10 pages 16. Subject to the rights of the Extraordinary Members the management of the Club shall be vested in the Committee for the time being. The Committee (of which one-fourth, or if their number is not a multiple of four, then the number nearest to but not exceeding one-fourth, s...
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| Summary: | 1909
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16. Subject to the rights of the Extraordinary Members the management of the Club shall be vested in the Committee for the time being. The Committee (of which one-fourth, or if their number is not a multiple of four, then the number nearest to but not exceeding one-fourth, shall be females) shall consist of not more than twenty members. The following persons shall be the first Committee, viz.:— John Best, Warehouse; Oliver Bartlett, Glycerine Dept.; Wesley Carr, Building Dept.; John Davies, No. 1 Frame Room; Alfred Jones, No. 1 Pan Room; William Painter, Melting-Out Dept.; William Pattinson, Engineering Dept.; George Albert Price, Monkey Brand; John Roberts, Printing Room; John Slavin, Traffic Dept.; Edwin Edward Sleep, Cardbox Room; Thomas Smith, Alkali Dept.; Daniel Taylor, Woodbox Room; Nellie Ansell, Toilet Room; Emily Clark, Cardbox Room; Margaret Marsh, Monkey Brand Packing; Mary Shakespeare, Stamping Rooms; and they shall hold office until the Ordinary General Meeting in the year 1906. At such meeting, and at all subsequent Ordinary General Meetings, the members present shall appoint a Committee to hold office until the next Ordinary General Meeting. No member shall be eligible for appointment at any General Meeting as a member of Committee, unless his or her name has been handed to the Secretary in writing, as a Candidate, four clear business days at least before the day of the meeting, or unless nominated by the then existing Committee. Candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared appointed, provided, however, that two or more persons from the same Department of the Company's Works shall not be appointed, and in the event of two or more persons working in the same Department receiving a sufficient number of votes to qualify them for office, the person receiving the highest number of votes shall only be appointed. An out-going member of Committee shall be eligible for re-election. The quorum for a meeting of Committee shall be five, and the Committee shall meet as often as may be deemed expedient. 17. A member of Committee resigning his or her position on the Committee, or being transferred to another Department already having a member on the Committee, or ceasing to be a member of the Club, shall forthwith cease to be a member of the Committee, and the Committee may fill up the vacancy so arising by appointing a member from a Department not already having a member on the Committee, to hold office until the next Ordinary General Meeting. 18. No person shall at any time be eligible for nomination or appointment as a member of Committee who has not been in the employment of the Company for one year at least before the date of his or her proposed appointment. 19. Any member of Committee may be removed by a three-fourth's majority of the members present at an Extraordinary General Meeting, and such members may appoint another member from a department not already having a member on the Committee to fill the vacated place until the next Ordinary General Meeting. 20. The Committee shall elect from amongst their number a Chairman of the Committee, as well as a Secretary, and shall determine the period for which each of those officers is to hold office, but not extending beyond the next Ordinary General Meeting. The first Chairman of the Committee shall be Oliver Bartlett, and the first Secretary shall be George Albert Price, and they shall hold office until the Ordinary General Meeting in the month of January, 1906. The Committee may also, if they think fit, elect one or more of their number as Assistant Secretary or Secretaries, to hold office for such period as the Committee may determine, but not extending beyond the next Ordinary General Meeting. Any officer ceasing to be a member of Committee shall forthwith vacate his office. 21. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the Company may, from time to time, nominate such persons (not exceeding six) as they may decide, to be Extraordinary Members, each of whom shall be entitled to receive special notice of, and to be present, either in person or by an authorized representative, at every meeting of Committee and Members; and all the books and papers of the Ctub shall be open to their inspection at any time, and it shall be the duty of the Committee to give them all such information as they may desire. Each Extraordinary Member, or his authorized representative, shall have one vote at every Meeting of Committee and Members, and shall be reckoned in counting a quorum. 22. The Chairman, Secretary, or Assistant Secretary or Secretaries (if any) shall not receive any remuneration for their services, except such sum or sums as the Company may, if they so think fit, voluntarily pay or allow to them or any of them, and no other member of Committee shall be entitled to receive any remuneration whatever for his or her services. 23. The Secretary shall record in the Minute Book the appointment of all officers and members of Committee, and the proceedings at all Meetings of Committee and Members and all other matters which it may be desirable to record from time to time. 24. No member or former member, or any person claiming through or under him or her, shall be entitled to take any legal proceedings whatsoever against the Club or any member thereof, or against the Company or any member thereof, in respect of any matter or thing connected with the Club ; and if any member shall threaten or commence any such proceedings, he or she shall forthwith cease to be a member. 25. The Rules of the Club for the time being in force shall not be altered except by a majority of three-fourths of the members present at an Extraordinary General Meeting, and with the approval of the Extraordinary Members, or a majority of them. 26. The Club may be dissolved at any time by a majority of three-fourths of the members present at an Extraordinary General Meeting specially convened for the purpose. On such resolution being passed it shall be the duty of the Committee to authorize the withdrawal by every member of the amount standing to his or her credit in respect of the aforesaid deductions, and until such approval shall be given and notified to the Company as aforesaid, the resolution for the dissolution of the Club shall not take effect. 27. Any question arising as to the interpretation of these Rules, or as to any matter or thing not provided for by the Rules, shall be decided by the Committee (but subject to the approval of the Extraordinary Members, or a majority of them), and such decision shall be final.
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