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COXSTITUTION. XI
G. The Society shall hold its meetings weekly from the
beginning of October to the end of March, and fortnightly from
the beginning of April to the end of September. The business
shall be carried on in Gaelic on every alternate night at least.
7. There shall be an Annual Meeting in the month of July,
the day to be named by the Committee for the time being, when
Competitions for Prizes shall take place in Pipe and other Highland
Music. In the evening there shall be Competitions in Reading
and Reciting Gaelic Poetry and Prose, both original and select.
After which tliere will be a Social Meeting, at which Gaelic sub-
jects shall have the preference, but not to such an extent as
entirely to preclude participation by persons who do not understand
Gaelic. The expenses of the competitions shall be defrayed
out of a special fund, to which the genei'al public shall be invited
to subscribe.
8. It is a fundamental rule of the Society that no part of the
Constitution shall be altered without the assent of two-thirds of
the Gaelic speaking Members on the roll ; but if any alterations
be required, due notice of the same must be given to each member,
at least one month before the meeting takes place at which the
alteration is proposed to be made. Absent Members may vote by
mandates.
9. The Society shall elect a Bard, a Pipei-, and a Librarian.
All Papei's and Lectures shall be prepared, and all Discussions
carried on, with an honest, earnest, and manful desire for truth
and all proceedings shall be conducted in a pure and gentle spirit,
and according to the usually recognised rules.
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