Vol 3, No 7

Articles in this issue

• Assemblea Generale Straordinaria del T. C. C. I. (opens in a new tab)

  Notice convening a special postal ballot of the Touring Club Ciclistico Italiano's members from 1 August to 30 September 1897 on proposed amendments to the club statute, using the ballot slip bound into this issue. Signed by director-general Federico Johnson, assistant director Alberto Riva and council secretary Lorenzi.
• Relazione sulle modificazioni proposte allo Statuto (opens in a new tab)

  Federico Johnson's report to the more than 10,000 members explaining the proposed revision: abolishing the Corpo Consolare's regional tier by turning all vice-consuls into consuls, introducing a one-lira annual levy to cover soaring postage costs for publications such as the three-volume Veneto guide, and confirming that the Milan meeting stays purely preparatory, with binding votes cast only by post.
• Statuto Vigente., Statuto Proposto. (opens in a new tab)

  Full parallel text, article by article, of the club's current 1894 statute against the proposed 1898 revision, membership categories and fees, the Corpo Consolare, the administrative council's officers and eight sections, the general assembly's postal-ballot procedure, the club's capital and the Rivista Mensile as its official organ. Ends with a transitional clause bringing the new statute into force on 1 January 1898.
• Deliberazioni del Consiglio (opens in a new tab)

  Minutes of three Milan council sittings (30 June, 7 and 14 July 1897) chaired by Federico Johnson: discussion and final approval of the new statute for postal ballot from 1 August; a memorandum to deputies opposing the government's proposed cycling tax, fixed by the Chamber at 10 lire; support for the Giunta Provinciale Amministrativa against Milan's municipal cycling ordinance; and the reciprocity treaty concluded with the Austrian Touring Club of Vienna.
• Consolato Generale, Ventisettesimo Elenco (opens in a new tab)

  The 27th list of Corpo Consolare appointments approved by the council on the proposal of the Capo Console Generale, naming new consuls and vice-consuls, including Alessandro Picasso at Porto Maurizio and Camillo Gregori at Modena, alongside resignations such as Francesco Cottarelli at Cremona and Bernardo Malusà at Trieste, and the death of F. Bocci Bonafede at Spoleto.
• Sezione Comfort (opens in a new tab)

  List, compiled by Comfort section head A. C. Marelli, of hotels and restaurants newly affiliated to the club between 20 June and 20 July 1897 with their member discount rates, ranging from the Hôtel de Genève at Aix-les-Bains and the Tommaso Grossi at Bellano to establishments at Trieste, Messina and Padua.
• Candidati inscritti dal 20 Giugno al 20 Luglio 1897 (opens in a new tab)

  Roll of new candidate members enrolled between 20 June and 20 July 1897, organised by province from Alessandria to Vicenza and abroad in Trieste, Rovereto, Vienna and San José, California, closing with a recorded total of 411 names in this instalment.