RULES. 



(i.) This Society shall be called ' The Photographic and 

 Pictorial Survey and Record of Essex,' and shall be a 

 Committee of the Council of the Essex Field Club, and shall 

 consist of the Officers of the Essex Field Club, the Curator of 

 the Essex Museum {ex-officio) and an Honorary Secretary, with 

 the addition of (subject to their acceptance) the Chairman of the 

 Education Committee of the County Borough of West Ham, the 

 Principal of the Technical Institute, the Secretary of the Essex 

 Archaeological Society ; and such co-opted members as may be 

 nominated by the Council of the Survey. 



(2.) All those persons referred to in Rule i shall be denomi- 

 nated the Council of the Survey, hereinafter referred to as ' the 

 Council,' whose Executive Officers shall consist of a President, 

 Vice-Presidents, an Hon. Treasurer, an Hon. Secretary, and the 

 Curator of the Essex Museum [ex-officio). The President of the 

 Essex Field Club tor the time being shall be the President of 

 this Council. 



(3.) The objects of the Society shall be : — 



(a) To obtain and to preserve, by permanent photographic 

 process, drawing, painting or engraving, records of 

 antiquities, anthropology, buildings of interest, geology, 

 natural history, passing events of local or historical 

 importance, portraits, scenery, maps, plans and docu- 

 ments, so as to give a comprehensive survey of all that 

 is valuable and representative of the County of Essex, 

 and of the ' neighbouring rivers and sea. Lantern 

 slides of a like nature shall also be admissible. 



{h) To promote intercourse with kindred societies. Archaeo- 

 logical Societies and Photographic Societies, and to 

 exchange prints therewith. 



[c) To arrange where possible for the photographing of 

 any objects not generally accessible. 



(4.) The photographs, pictures, engravings, plans, etc., as 

 defined by Rule 3, collected by the agency of the Council, shall 

 be deposited in the Essex Museum of Natural History (the 

 Passmore Edwards Museum) in accordance with the Agreement 

 between the Corporation of West Ham and the Essex Field 

 Club for the management of the Museum, and with rule g. 

 Duplicates may be exchanged or deposited with any other 

 INIuseum, Library, or other depository, at the discretion of the 

 Council. 



(5.) That a special Committee of Selection and Advice shall 

 consist of the President as Chairman, the Hon. Treasurer, the 

 Principal of the Technical Institute, the Curator of the Essex 



