SOCIETY OF ARTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 9910, 16 December 1892, Page 5

SOCIETY OF ARTS.

GENERAL MEETING. An adjourned general meeting iff the subscribers to the Canterbury Society pf Arts was held in the Art Gallery yesterday evening to receive the report o! the Committee appointed to draw up new Artides ot Association, with the view o 't r&pgiii? teringthe Society under the present title. The Hon E. C. J. Stevens, one of the VicePresidents, occupied the chair, and twenty* one members were present. * An apology was made for the abegnoe of the President, Mr R. Beetham,' who til away on duty in Wellington. >- The report of the Committee stated that it had been found that under Section 27 of “The Companies Act, 1882,” the drawing up fresh Articles of Ansoplatjjpfl could not be done except when a Company was In the wnresol dissolution. The CommitUe th®tefore, resolved unanimously to tithe ik>p opinion of Mr Bell, of Wellington, in addition to that of Mr George of Chmtchnrch. Both those gentlemea'dpin* elded in the opinion that the fiociety duly incorporated under its present ,tiflo* and that the mere irregularities in conduct of tho elections did nob deprive the members of their rights, they having been duly entered as such on the register of members kept by the Secretary, and having paid their Bubaoriptiona and takei# part in tho work of tho Society. The (3pja£ mitteo therefore could not proceed In the direction indicated by the resdlujapn aji pointing it. The Chairman remarked that it wat evident that the Society had a regular legal existence, and could go 'pp .with business as at present constituted. Thi decision of the Committee was unanimous Mr W. H. Wyn'a-Wiliiama “That the report of the Committee's adopted.” " ’ Mr H. J. Raphael seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. ’ ' ' Mr Harper’s opinion was read; it vras ,t,C the effect that the Council originally appointed under article .61 .of the Article) of Association— i.e., the present Pppppil**, was still in existence, ap no props; glecfcidij) of officers had taken place in the nutnper prescribed by the Articles to fill up yapapl places in the Council. He jvas also pt opinion that it was not nepeMagy fp; pithejt the subscribers to the memorandam pr .the members of the Council named in the Articles to first comply’ with §, p and 7. Mr Thornhill Cooper moved—“ That the meeting having heard the report og« tho Committee, and having also heard thd result of the opinions of Messrs Beji apd Harper, expresses its satififaction that thl Society and Council scp foupd tp £eapsj no reconstruction.” Miss M. 0. Stoddprfe seconded ttb motion, which was carried unaaimopely. Tho Chairman stated that Mr Bell had requested the Council to deyota the pro* fosaionnl foe duo for hia opinion & thp payment of a subscription pit the 'faindp pi the Society. He thought sos euph f liberal option deserved special reoogmfcioni and he would thorofosp move a%a*J<y vpjd of thanks to Mr Bell. " Captain Gurplft, Eon. Sp?., sppppdgd jfcfcj? motion, which w&b carried. A vote oi thanks to the Chairman ploapd the