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Laws and Regulations

A.
General.

I. The Society shall be styled "The Literary and Debating Society."

II. The object of the Society shall be, the promotion, in the first place, of oratory among the students of the University, and in the second place of the faculty of clear thinking and sound reasoning upon subjects which may be deemed to be of vital importance.

III. All students of the University, all professors and all lecturers are members.

IV. The Committee of the Society shall be elected by the general body of students properly convened at a general meeting.

V. The Committee shall consist of:- an Auditor, an Assistant Auditor, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, two Secretaries, and four ordinary members.

VI. The Committee shall have power to elect such other officers as may be deemed necessary or suitable for the carrying out of its objects.

VII. The Auditor shall preside at all meetings of the Committee or of the Society, provided that at a debate the Committee may, if they see fit to do so, invite any other person to preside.

VIII. The Assistant Auditor will, in the absence of the Auditor, perform all duties pertaining to the office of the said Auditor.

IX. The Secretary shall keep the records of the Society and of the Committee in the usual way, excepting those records which pertain to the financial matters of the Society. To the fulfilling of this purpose he shall keep two separate books, namely, a minute book and a ruling book. In the first mentioned book shall be kept all the records of the Society except those above excepted, and in the second book shall be set down those rules which may from time to time be formulated by the Society but which are not here included.

X. The Treasurer must be a member of the Academic Council. The Assistant Treasurer must be a student of Second Year Standing, and shall be a member of the Committee but not Assistant Treasurer in the ensuing year.

XI. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer shall keep the financial records of the Society and shall be prepared to answer any questions which the committee shall put to him relative to the financial affairs of the Society. they shall collect all monies due to the Society and shall deal with such financial matters as are excepted from the Secretary's duties above mentioned.

XII. The Secretary shall call meetings of the Committee by posting a notice two days previously in the Students' Case.

XIII. Four members shall be taken as constituting a quorum at such meetings.

XIV. Any member of the Committee who absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Committee, without reasonable excuse, shall ipso facto, cease to be a member. (In this case also the word 'meeting' shall be taken to mean those appointed meetings which, although called, shall fall through for want of a quorum).

XV. The Auditor's ruling in the Committee shall be final.

B.
Relative to Debates.

I. The Auditor shall deliver the inaugural address of the Society and shall be, ex-officio, the representative, or the leader ot the representatives, at inter debates and other functions at which the Society may be represented.

II. The Committee shall have power to arrange for debates with other Societies, and, in general, to deal with any emergency not provided for in these rules.

III. The Society debates shall be held, where possible, at least fortnightly, during the Michaelmas and Hilary Terms or at the discretion of the Committee.

IV. The Committee shall have final power to call or cancel debates.

V. Right of strangers' admission to such debates as are comprehended in B. III. above shall be held to be reserved by the Committee.

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VI. In debates all points of order, fact or personal explanation, shall be decided by the Auditor or Chairman and his decision shall be final.

VII. Any member of the house, at any debate, guilty of misconduct or disrespect to the Chair shall be subject to such penalty as the Chairman deems just and fit.

VIII. No speech which is read before the Society shall be allowed to compete for any such medals or prizes as the Society may offer for competition. By 'read' is to be understood any speech in which the speaker has before him a copy of the same excepting such notes or headings as are allowable.

IX. The motion for debate shall be introduced by the Chairman.

X. The Speakers shall consecutively speak pro and con.

XI. The Chairman shall then conclude the debate and put the motion to the house.

C.

"U.C.G.," the College Annual, shall be published under the auspices of the Society, for which purpose a Magazine Committee which shall be a sub-Committee of the Committee of the Society, shall be elected annually by the members of the Committee of the Society.

D.

The interpretation of all and any of the foregoing rules shall rest solely in the Society.