The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-26
The Advertisers Page of Sports
GOLF CLUBS
LATEST RULES
Amended Regulations
OF the Honolulu
Players.

7.a following are the complete and
.arded rules of the Honolulu Golf Club:
The persons whose names are speci.
list signed with reference here
!, nv the captain Of the club, hereby
,s,itpte and form themselves into q
IL club. TO be named and designated
..rba Honolulu Golf Club" and they
,.,shy enact and declare that the follow
mo rules shall be the rules for the gov
.-rment of the said club. viz:
The office bearers shall consist of a
resident, vice presidents, captain, vice
.,,tain. secretary and treasurer.
The whole affairs of the club shall
:, managed by the council, which shall
consist Of the captain, vice captain, sec
,stary and treasurer, and three other
members. Three members of the council
.baIl form a quorum. The council shall
have power to fill up vacancies occurring
in their number, subject to confirmation
nv the next general meeting. The coun-
el shall not have power to contract debts
Or expend money, in excess of the to-
t.l amount of the annual subscription IN
each year.
The financial year of the club shall
commence as from 1st of December The
annual meeting of tae club shall be held
in December each year, when the Office
bearers and council shall be elected by a
majority of votes of the members pres
snt Retiring office-bearers and other
members of council, shall be eligible for
reelection.
: There shall be two general meetings
Of the club held in the year, in June
and December. At the latter (the annual
accounts and general affairs of the club
for the year shall be made by the coun-
ell
s. The council may call a special gen
sral meeting when any matter of urgent
Importance shall occur; and the secretary
shall be bound to do SO on receiving a
TeQuistion signed by not fewer than
eight members of the club; ten members
shall form a quorum.
l. The captain, whom falling the vice
II captain shall take the chair at all busl-
! ness meetings of the club, and in the
4 absence of both, the members present
Il snal appoint d he
| shall have a casting as well as a deliber-
! alive vote,
s. The secretary shall keep minutes of
all proceedings, transact the correspond
ence and take charge of the papers and
books of the club.
g. The treasurer shall receive and dis
burse all moneys due to and by the club,
and shall make up the annual balance
sheet which shall. after audit, be pre-
scnted at the meeting in December.
Every applicant for admission into
the club must apply to the secretary in
writing. with the names of his proposer
and seconder, and the same will be laid
before the council. for consideration.
Il Il. The annual subscription shall be
determined at the general meeting held
in December of each year. The subscrip-
ton for the first year, as from Deem
Der Slst. 1860. shall be So. An applicant
who fails to pay his annual subscription
within one month from the date of no.
lice advising him of his having been
elected a member, shall thereby render
MS election null and void. No member
shal be entitled to the privileges of the
club until he has paid his subscription.
L. Any member leaving his subscrip-
lion unpaid for two months shall cease
to'exeTcse any of the privileges of mem.
eefsnip, and his name may, at the discre
ZION Of the council, be erased from the
BOOKS OF the club, but may be replaced
on payment of all arrears.
Any member wishing to resign the
membership Of the club must give writ
zen notee to the secretary to that eff
iect not later than the 14th of November
II each year, and shall pay all arrears
uue at the date of such notice.
H. The council shall have power, by {
~o-thirds' majority of votes of the
whole members of council, upon theil
oeihg satisfied that any member has in
Hihged any one of the rules or bylaw!
Hdiied or to be framed, or otherwise ha:
made himself offensive, to suspend sucf
member from exercising hiseprivileges a:
member OF the club; and in the even
" tnree-fourths of the members presen
q ule hFst annual general or specia
Meeting thereafter, confirming the coun
" decision, the said member shall
.Orllwith be expelled from the club, ant
- u,at case the club or the council shall
Iv' oe liable for repayment of any par
uie subscription Of such member; Of
!. 80 any claim at his instance in respec
y sueh expulsion; and any member 81
5Apeaed shall thereupon forfeit all RICH
a -ll interest he may have had as a mem
vi OF the club.
"a, Inc club, by a majority Of votes
AZ, al nave power at any general or spe
IA meeting to assess the whole mem
- lot payment of such sum equally a
s De considered necessary for hquidat
= me obligations of the club, and an.
.S sO" lalilng to make payment of hi
~ within thirty days after the dat
u0ace demanding payment of tn
rlrl Shall cease to be a member of tn
IN '' ana have his name struck off tn
NJ M Vi members, but shall, notwithstand
a. AZ remain liable for his share of sal
assessment.
or NO rule of the club shall be altered
t any new rule made, except by a ma
. pity Of two-thirds of the members pres
No. a. d general meeting, and seven days
80 So Of any proposed new rule or al
- 4 o must be given to every member
sa.t Inc council are empowered to max
81. bylaws in regard to the game @
$50. ana the course as they consider nee
sssa. ior the weIl-being of the clut
Si shaH have effect till set aside b
10 4ei Al or special meeting.
rri,,- All complaints must be made
tbs- 10 the secretary in order tina
W.. may be submitted to the council
"a decision shall be final
p,p, Hs council shall be the handical
n.t,. Committee of the club, and in TIL
mere shall be no appeal.
81 b. All competitions shall be arrane
ia-r., me council, and full power is col
"a 50 Oh them to make such alteration
res,rsa eNpedient or desirable, either
ns,nra yates and places OF competition
m ana value of prizes or otherwis
acro,5 iie game Of golf shall be playe
lncia-. 10 the rules OF the Royal an