XXV.

NOTICE TO MEMBERS.

Any member may enter in a book, to be kept at the Club House, a mail address to which all notices to be sent to him under the By-Laws or Rules shall be directed.

In default of such entry, such notices shall be served by mailing them addressed to him at the place given as his residence by his proposer.

XXVI.

AMENDMENTS.

These By-Laws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Club by a vote of two thirds of the members present. Notices of proposed amendments shall be furnished to the Secretary and posted in the Club rooms at least twenty days before the meeting at which it is proposed to consider them, and the Secretary shall cause such notices to be printed, and sent to each member at least ten days before such meeting.

HOUSE RULES.

I.

The Club House shall be opened at 8 o'clock A. M., and shall be closed at 12.30 o'clock A. M., except on the evenings when meetings of the Club shall be held. Members shall not be admitted to the Club House after 12.30 o'clock A. M. Members remaining after 1 o'clock a. M., except on Club nights, shall pay a charge each of fifty cents per hour.

II.

The Card Room shall be closed from 12 o'clock on Saturday nights until 8 o'clock on Monday mornings.

III.

The Tariff and Regulations for the use of the Billiard and Card Rooms shall be under the control of the House Committee.

IV.

Private dinners may be served in the Club to members and their guests under the control and at the discretion of the House Committee.

V.

The Committee on Literature and Art shall have charge of the Reading Room and Library, and shall make the proper regulations for the general convenience of members.

VI.

No newspapers, magazines, books, or other articles, the property of the Club, shall be removed from the Club House.

VII.

Newspapers, magazines and books belonging to the Club shall not be cut, marked or otherwise injured.

VIII.

No member or visitor shall give, under any pretense whatsoever, money or any gratuity to any person employed in the Club.

IX.

Members shall not send the servants out of the Club House.

X.

Members introducing guests shall be responsible for them.

XI.

On the first day of each month, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, a notice of the amount of his indebtedness shall be sent to each member in arrears on the last day of the preceding month. If such indebtedness be not paid on or before the fifteenth day of the month, the name of the member, together with the amount due, shall be posted in the Club, and such member shall be refused further credit, until his indebtedness be discharged.

XII.

All requests and complaints shall be made in writing, signed, addressed to the House Committee and deposited in the locked box provided for that purpose.

XIII.

Dogs shall not be allowed in the Club House.

RULES.

FOR THE ADMISSION OF VISITORS ΤΟ THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CLUB.

I.

Any person not residing or having a place of business in the city of New York or the city of Brooklyn, may, on introduction by a member, enjoy the privileges of the Club for a period not exceeding two weeks.

Any person residing or having a place of business in the city of New York or the city of Brooklyn, may, on invitation by a member, enter the Club as a visitor with such member and pass any part of the day or evening in the Club in company with him.

No member shall have more than two such guests at any one time.

II.

Presidents and professors in Colleges or Universities not in the city of New York or the city of Brooklyn, strangers of distinction and distinguished Americans residing abroad, may be admitted to the privileges of the Club, for not more than two weeks, upon the invitation of the House Committee.