CONSTITUTION 
OF THE 
OTTAWA FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB. 
i. Name and Object. This Club shall be called the Ottawa Field- 
Naturalists' Club, and its object shall be the study of the Natural 
History of this Locality. 
2. Officers. The Officers of the Club shall consist of a President, 
first and second Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Libra- 
rian, who, together with six other members of the Club, of whom three 
shall be ladies, shall form a Council, all of whom shall be elected 
annually, and shall be eligible for re-election, and who shall have the 
management of all the business of the Club. In the event of any 
vacancy occurring in the Council during the year, the same may be 
filled by the election of a successor at any of its regular meetings. 
3. Auditors. There shall be two Auditors, elected annually, to 
examine the Treasurer's accounts for the following year, and report 
thereon at the next annual meeting. 
4. President and Vice-Presidents. The President shall direct all 
the business of the Club, and preside at all meetings of the Club 
and Council ; his duties, in the event of his absence, devolving on the 
Vice-Presidents in their order. 
5. Secretary. The Secretary shall give previous notice to each 
member of the Club of every meeting of the Club, and to each member 
of the Council of every meeting of the Council ; shall make and keep 
a true record of the Proceedings of all Meetings of the Club and of the 
Council : have custody of the Constitution, By-laws, and Records of the 
Club, and conduct its general correspondence. 
6. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be charged with the collection 
and custody of the funds of the Club, and keep a regular account 
thereof, which shall always be open to the inspection of the Council. 
