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History of Canadian Soccer
by Colin Jose
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Western Football Association, 1880–1940 Western Football Association: Constitution 1909 1. This Association shall be called "The Western Football Association of Ontario." 2. All Clubs west of Toronto, playing Association Rule and composed exclusively of Amateurs, shall be eligible for membership. 3. The Annual Entrance Fee for each Cup Competition (Senior, Intermediate, Junior and Collegiate) shall be Two Dollars. 4. The Officers shall consist of an Honorary President, a President, a Vice-President from each district, an Honorary Secretary and a Secretary-Treasurer; and they shall be elected at the Annual Meeting. 5. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association. He shall be a consulting member of all Committees without power to vote, and shall call through the Secretary-Treasurer, all meetings of the Association or the Executive Committee. He shall perform all other duties imposed on him by the Constitution or the Playing Rules, and his disposition of peculiar and urgent matters, which may from time to time arise, must be accepted pending any further action. 6. The Vice-Presidents shall act as Conveners of all meetings in their respective districts. They shall have full power, subject to the approval of the President, to draw up, with the assistance of delegates from their respective districts, the official schedule of games for the first round of the season and all expenses incurred in this regard shall be met by the respective districts. 7. The Secretary-Treasurer shall have control of all funds and shall transact all matters of business pertaining to the association. The Hon. Secretary shall be the Archivist of the Association and it shall be his duty to edit the Annual. 8. The following Committees shall be elected at the Annual Meeting:– A Committee on Amateur Standing and Registration, of three members. A Committee on Protest and Appeals, of three members. An Audit Committee, of two members. The Chairman of each Committee shall be he who receives the largest vote at the election of such Committee. In the event of a Committee being elected by acclamation, the Annual Meeting shall elect a Chairman from the members of the said Committee. The Chairman may with the other members of his Committee arrive at a decision by mail, telegraph, or telephone (subject to confirmation by letter). Each Committee shall discuss all matters coming properly under its jurisdiction, and having reached a decision, shall communicate the same to the President, through the Secretary-Treasurer. Any decision so reported cannot be rescinded except by the unanimous consent of the Committee, or by a majority vote of the Executive Committee. 9. The Committee on Amateur Standing and Registration shall settle all disputes with reference to the Registration of players, and shall have power to suspend any player charged with a violation of the Amateur Rules or the Registration Rules, pending a final decision by the Executive Committee. 10. The Committee on Protests and Appeals shall decide all Protests and Appeals arising out of Matches. A member of this Committee shall be ineligible to act in the event of a Local Club being interested, and for the consideration of said Protest or Appeal the President shall appoint a substitute. 11. In addition to these Committees there shall be a Match Committee of three members appointed annually by the President. This Committee shall have full power (1) to arrange and conduct semi-final and final Matches, including the appointment of Referees therefor: (2) to dispose of matters of an immediate nature, not otherwise provided for. 12. The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of the Association and the Chairmen of the various Committees. The powers and duties of the Executive during its term of office shall be: (a) To conduct the business of the Association, authorising all expenditures in connection therewith. (b) To fill any vacancies which may occur on the Executive. (c) To amend or alter the Cup Competition Rules. (d) To hear and pass on all Rulings of Standing Committees. (e) To suspend or expel a Club member, or player, for notorious and continued foul play, or unfair unsportsmanlike or ungentlemanly conduct on the field, or at any meeting or gathering, in the interests of the game. (f) To suspend or expel any Club, or player or member refusing to accept and obey the ruling of the Executive. (g) To re-admit by resolution and a majority vote of the Executive, any club or member, or player under suspension. (h) A ruling of the Executive shall be final unless reversed at a General Annual Meeting, on a two-thirds vote of those present. 13. The Annual Meeting shall be held on Good Friday at such place as the Executive Committee shall appoint; but they may call a session for the evening preceding Good Friday, should the amount of prospective business in their opinion warrant the same. 14. Elections at the Annual Meeting shall be by Nomination and Ballot. Nominations must be sent to the Secretary Treasurer at least one week before the date of the Annual Meeting. 15. At all meetings of the Association each Club, shall be entitled to one representative for each competition it proposes to enter in addition to any member on the Executive, or on any Committee. No two clubs shall be represented by the same individual. 16. The Laws of the Game, Definition of Terms, Instructions to Referees and the Definition of an Amateur shall be those of the Ontario Association Football League. 17. In the event of any alterations being deemed necessary in the Constitution of the Association, or the Laws of the Game, notice of the proposed alterations must be sent in writing to the Secretary-Treasurer at least two weeks before the Annual Meeting and the Secretary-Treasurer shall inform each club of the proposed alteration before the date of the Annual Meeting. Notices to amend the Competition Rules at the Annual Meeting must be in the hands of the Secretary- Treasurer not later than noon of Good Friday. 18. Each club shall forward on the Official Form of Application its name, the name and address of its Secretary, and a statement of its distinguishing colours or costume, to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Association. 19. Order of Business. 1) Minutes of preceding Annual Meeting, and of any special General Meeting during the year. 2) President's Address. 3) Communications. 4) Receiving report of Committee on Credentials; proposals for affiliations; and other reports. 5) Motions of which notice has been given. 6) General Business. 7) Elections of Officers. 8) Adjournment.
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