Constitution and By-Laws of the Ottawa Bicycle Club

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Contents

• OFFICERS OF O. B. C. (opens in a new tab)

  Year-by-year roster of the Ottawa Bicycle Club's officers from its 1882 inauguration through 1890-91, including Presidents G. A. Mothersill, Major John Walsh, P. D. Ross and W. H. Sproule, Captain F. M. S. Jenkins, and the 1890-91 Executive Committee.
• ARTICLE I. NAME. (opens in a new tab)

  Establishes the club's name as the 'Ottawa Bicycle Club.'
• ARTICLE II. OBJECT. (opens in a new tab)

  States the club's object as promoting the general interest of cycling and encouraging and facilitating touring.
• ARTICLE III. UNIFORM, BADGES & COLORS. (opens in a new tab)

  Specifies the club uniform (dark blue peaked cap, tunic, knickerbockers and ribbed stockings with black braid trim), describes the officers' and members' badges, and sets the club colors as garnet and pale blue.
• ARTICLE IV, MEMBERSHIP. (opens in a new tab)

  Restricts membership to amateurs, distinguishes honorary from active members, and sets out the application process requiring endorsement by two members and Executive Committee approval, with a two-thirds club vote if referred.
• ARTICLE V, EXPULSIONS. (opens in a new tab)

  Provides for expulsion of any member guilty of misdemeanor, with written charges sent to the Secretary and a special meeting called on two weeks' notice to consider the case.
• ARTICLE VI, FEES. (opens in a new tab)

  Sets active membership dues at $2.00 annually (including C.W.A. membership), a $1.00 entrance fee, a June 1st payment deadline, and debars members in arrears from club privileges.
• ARTICLE VII, OFFICERS. (opens in a new tab)

  Defines the club's officers (Honorary President, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditors, Executive Board and Road Officers), elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting, and sets the Executive Board's and Road Officers' composition.
• ARTICLE VIII, VACANCIES. (opens in a new tab)

  Provides that the Board shall appoint a member to fill any vacancy in office or committee until the next Annual Meeting.
• ARTICLE IX, SENIORITY. (opens in a new tab)

  Sets the order of precedence among officers at club meetings (President, Vice-President, Captain, First and Second Lieutenant, Secretary, Treasurer) and on the road (Captain, First and Second Lieutenant).
• ART. X, DUTIES OF OFFICERS. (opens in a new tab)

  Details the duties of the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditors, Captain, Lieutenants, Bugler and Standard Bearer, and the Executive Board's full management and control of the club's property, effects and assets.
• ARTICLE XI, MEETINGS. (opens in a new tab)

  Establishes annual and special meetings, sets the Annual Meeting in the first week of March for officer elections, requires nominations two weeks prior, sets quorums (ten members generally, five for the Executive Board), and lists the standard order of business.
• ARTICLE XII, REMOVAL OF OFFICERS. (opens in a new tab)

  Allows removal of any officer or Executive Board member for repeated neglect or dereliction of duty by a two-thirds vote at a special meeting called to consider the case.
• Art. XIII, AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS. (opens in a new tab)

  Sets the procedure for amending or repealing the Constitution and By-laws by a two-thirds vote at a meeting called for that purpose or at the Annual Meeting, with five to seven days' prior notice to members specifying the Article and Section.
• ELECTION OF VICE PRESIDENT FOR 1890-91. (opens in a new tab)

  Notes that the Vice President for the 1890-91 season is to be elected in the usual way at the meeting held to ratify these By-laws.