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The following resolution was thereupon adopted by the 

 Committee of each Club referred to : — 



" Resolved : That this Committee approve of the suggestions embodied 

 in the memorandum submitted to them by the Secretaries of the four 

 Irish Field Clubs, and they hereby appoint the President and Secretary 

 to represent them on the Joint Committee." 



The Irish Field Cltib Union Committee, thus created, 



appointed R. I^loyd Praeger, Secretary Dublin Field Club, as 



their Secretary, on the nomination of F. J. Bigger, Secretary 



B.N.F.C. 



CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF THE UNION COMMITTEE- 



The constitution of the Union Committee rests on the 

 memorandum and resolution quoted above. The question 

 of the advantage of drawing up a formal constitution or code 

 of rules of the Union has several times been raised by members 

 of the Committee, but in each case the Committee has agreed 

 that as every action of theirs is subject to the approval of the 

 Committees of the affiliated Clubs^ and as each member of Com- 

 mittee is controlled by the rules of his own Club, a separate 

 constitution is unnecessar}^, and would not increase the 

 efficiency of the organization. 



It is to be observed that the appointment of representatives 

 of each Cltib was done b}^ ordinary resoltition of each Club 

 Committee. Bach Committee acts independently as regards 

 its support to the Union, both as to the appointment of repre- 

 sentatives and the contributing to the Union funds, and each 

 Club Committee has full power to alter one or other, or to 

 withdraw altogether from the Union, at any time, by ordinary 

 resolution. The Union exists only so long as each Club 

 Committee believes that, according to the words of the 

 original memorandum of the four Secretaries, such a bond 

 between the Clttbs strengthens each, and assists the cause of 

 Field Club work in Ireland. 



The resolution of 1895 appointed the President and 

 Secretary of each Club as representatives on the Union 

 Committee, and these officers have since been considered 

 ex-officio members of the Committee without re-appointment. 

 On several recent occasions, the Club Committees have 

 appointed other Club officers or members of Committee, 

 to represent them at meetings of the Union Committee, 

 when the usual representatives have signified their inability 



