Article 1. The literary, educational and artistic Russian Club Mayak in in Chicago, at 2138 Pierce Ave., has been organized with the following objects:

a) To enable its members to improve the cultural level of their development.

b) To draw its members away from immoral pastimes by arranging evening entertainments, theatrical performances, libraries, reading rooms, schools and similar institutions, necessary for the improvement of the intellectual development of the members of the club.

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c) To promote all kinds of actions having for their aim the development of the activities of the Club.

d) To arrange concerts to be given by a chorus consisting of members of the Club. In this chorus strangers who are lovers of singing should also be invited to participate.

e) To make agreements with other Russian societies.

f) To establish a fund of mutual aid for the members of the Club.

Article II. The Society has a seal bearing its name in English and Russian; it also has a badge.

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II Funds of the Society.

Article 3. The funds of the Club consist of a floating capital and reserve fund.

Article 4. The floating capital consist of: a) admission fees, b) dues and c) money received from various entertainments and enterprises organized by the Club.

Article 5. The floating capital is used for covering the current expenses of the Club.

Article 6. The reserve fund consists of: a) annual deductions from the net profits of the Club and of various accidental receipts.

Article 7. The reserve fund is destined for the covering of eventual losses from entertainments, or from some unforeseen causes.

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III. Membership of the Club Rights and Duties of members.

Artilce 8. Persons who have declared that they are willing to submit to this constitution are eligible to membership in this Club. Applicants recommended by the administrative board are admitted to membership by the general assembly after being balloted for, by closed ballot. The members of the Club are subdivided into three categories: Honorary members, full-fledged members and collaborators.

1) Active, full-fledged members pay an admission fee of $1.00

2) Honorary members pay not less than $10.00.

3) Collaborators do not pay any admission fee.

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Article 9. The person becoming a member of the club pays: a) an admission fee of one dollar and b) monthly dues of fifty cents.

Article 10. Honorary and full-fledged members have the right to one decisive vote at the general assemblies, and this vote is not transferable. The collaborators are entitled to the right of the floor, but not to the right to vote.

Article 11. The membership fees and the monthly dues are not returned either to members who voluntarily renounce their membership or to those who are expelled.

Article 12. A member of the Club who has not paid his dues within the time appointed for such payments can be struck off the list of members.

Article 13. Besides inaccuracy in paying one's dues, infringement of the bylaws and harming the interests of the club can also be considered as causes for the expulsion of members.

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Article 14. Members of the club can be expelled only after having received a written explanation of the causes of the expulsion and the passing of a resolution by the general assembly of the members.

IV. Administration of the Affairs of the Club.

Article 15. The administration of the affairs of the club is entrusted: a) to the general assembly of members and to the b) administrative board.

Article 16. general assemblies are either regular or special. The regular general assemblies are called by the administrative board not less than twice a year, so as to take place not later than on the first of August and on the first of February. At these meetings the reports are examined and approved, the officers of the club and the members of the revising committee are elected and other important questions are settled.

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Article 17. Special assemblies are called by the board of directors in case of necessity, or at the demand of the revising committee, or if demanded by one-third of the members of the club.

Article 18. The following questions have to be settled by the general assembly: a) the general trend of the activities of the club; b) questions which according to the opinion of the administrative board should be discussed by the general assembly; the acceptance and expulsion of members; c) assignment and distribution of money derived from entertainments, etc.

Article 19. The members of the Club are invited to the general assemblies by notices sent in good time, so that the addressees should get them not later than three days before the meeting.

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Article 20. For a general assembly to be valid a quorum of not less than one-third of all the members is required. In cases when the questions to be settled are amendments or additions to the laws of the club, or the liquidation of the organization, the quorum is one-half of all the members. The questions raised are decided by a majority vote; if the votes are equally divided, the vote cast by the president decides the point at issue.

Note: the elections of officers and of the members of the revising committee and the expulsion of members are settled by secret ballot.

Article 21. If the first Assembly can not take place, the second is valid irrespective of the number of the members present and can take place one hour after the time indicated on the notice concerning this second assembly.

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Article 22. All matters which have to be settled by the general assembly are to be presented to it by the administrative board.

Article 23. The president of the board presides at the regular meetings of the general assembly; the special assemblies elect their chairman and secretary, and the president of the board, or the person taking his place, calls the meeting to order.

Article 24. The records of the general assembly must be signed by the president, the secretary and not less than three members of the assembly.

V. The Administrative Board of the Club and its duties.

Article 25. The immediate management of the affairs of the club is the duty of the administrative board, consisting of three or more members elected by the general assembly for the term of one year.

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Article 26. The members of the administrative board elect from their own midst a president, a secretary and a treasurer. The last two offices cannot be held by the same person.

Article 27. The members of the administrative board of the club do not get any remuneration for the performance of their duties.

Article 28. The administrative board manages all the affairs of the club and disposes of all sums not exceeding two-thirds of the receipts. The duties of the administrative board are as follows: a) the organization of a library and a reading room for the Club; b) the arrangement of entertainments and concerts in order to obtain money for the organization by the sale of tickets; the recommendation of persons eligible to become members of the club; e) the arrangement of such theatrical performances as could be lucrative to the Club; f) the Club Mayak is non-political and does not allow in its headquarters the discussion of any political or religious questions;

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g) to invite appropriate persons as helpers in arranging entertainments or other enterprises; h)to receive with what other societies the club can make agreements as with partners who can be trusted because of their high moral characters; i) the organization of a school for Russian children where such subjects as the Russian language, Russian history, singing, the geography of Russia, artistic handicrafts and music should be taught.

Article 29. The Administrative board decides about the expenditure of sums of money not expending two-thirds of the total receipts; in cases of emergency the board can spend also a part of the balance under the condition of replenishing the amount thus spent from forthcoming receipts, before motherizing any expenditures of these for other purposes.

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Article 30. All correspondence concerning the affairs of the Club is carried on in behalf of the administrative board, and must be signed by the president and the secretary of the same.

Article 31. The administrative board shall meet as often as is required by circumstances, but in any case not less than twice a month.

Article 32. Minutes of the meetings of the administrative board shall be kept, and must be signed by all the members present.

Article 33. Members of the administrative board can be removed from office by a decision of the general assembly before their term of office has expired.

VI. Auditing of the Club.

Article 34. The fiscal year of the club is reckoned from the first of September of one year to the first of September of the next year.

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The administrative board prepares a detailed annual report about all the operations of the Club. This report has to be examined and approved by the general assembly.

Article 35. For the auditing of the report the general assembly elects before-hand a revising committee consisting of three or more members of the Club, who meet not later than one month before the half-yearly general assembly. After examing the annual report this committee presents its own report and all its conclusions in writing to the next general assembly

Article 36. After the yearly report had been approved by the general assembly no less than two-thirds of the yearly net profits are deducted and transferred to the reserve fund; a part of the remaining sum is used for the improvement and enlargement of the activities of the club, and the remaining part is distributed among those members of the club who have helped to make a success of the entertainments or enterprises arranged by the Club or have contributed money to defray the expenses incurred in connection therewith.

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Article 37. A part of the profits is put at the disposal of the general assembly to be spent for purposes useful to the Club.

Article 38. All private extra expenses incurred in connection with the arrangement of entertainments and other enterprises are reimbursed first and foremost as stated in Article 36.

VII. Settlement of Disputes Concerning the Affairs of the Club and Liquidation

Article 39. All disputes concerning the affairs of the Club are settled either by the general assembly or by arbitration, without resorting to lawsuits. The decision arrived at in cases of arbitration is final for the parties concerned; no appeal can be made to any other authority.

Article 40. The financial responsibility of the club is limited by the real estate and movables owned by it and by its funds.

Article.41. All losses incurred by the Club are covered by money taken from the reserve fund.

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Article 42. The existence of the Club is not limited to a certain number of years. The organization can be liquidated by a resolution of the general assembly.

Note: If the Club does not start any activities for a whole year, during which time the initiators of the Club are supposed to manage such activities, the Club will regarded as defunct.

Article 43. If the Club stops all activities the general assembly elects from its midst not less than three persons to constitute a liquidating committee and decides on the order in which the liquidation of the affairs of the Club must take place. The administrative board transmits all the affairs of the Club to the liquidation committee which proceeds to liquidate the Club's property.

The liquidating committee gives a detailed account of its activities to the general assembly.

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Article 44. After the general report of the liquidators has been approved of by the general assebmly the liquidating committee uses all the remaining property of the Club for deeds of charity or turns it over to institutions of a predominantly impossible the liquidation is carried out by the liquidating committee together with the administrative board.

Article 45. The Liquidation Committee informs the public through the medium of the local press about the beginning and the end of the liquidation.