A transcription of this document is provided below. A photo of this document appeared in JRASC, (35) 89 along with this note:
*A photograph of this document appears in Plate VI. About 1930 Mr. Topham, in answering an advertisement in a Toronto newspaper, went to the village of Whitevale, twenty miles away, to examine a three-inch telescope offered for sale. He purchased it and among the papers along with it in its case was a sheet of blue foolscap paper. As a curiosity it was pasted on the wall of Mr. Topham's observatory and it was brought to the attention of Dr. Hogg when on a visit to the observatory...
In October 2013, this document was found lurking in the Society's archives.
Proposed By-laws of the Toronto Astronomical Club
I. |
Admission to Membership shall be by ballot. The person proposed for admission, at one ^regular meeting may be appointed at the following regular meeting. Two black balls shall be required rejection of any one regularly proposed. |
II. |
That regular meetings shall be held on the first Tuesday of each month commencing a 8 PM and closing at 9-30 P.M. when practicable |
III. |
The Order of Business shall be, ― |
IV. |
In formal debate speakers will be restricted to five minutes |
V. |
Members addressing the meeting, will be expected, as a matter of courtesy, to stand while so engaged. |
VI. |
If anything should arise not provided for by the previous by-laws it should be decided by the Club. |
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Earliest_Extant_Bylaws_1868.pdf | 550.27 KB |
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