11, TJ L E S 



1st. The Society shall be called the "Dumfriesshire and 

 Galloway Scientific, Natural History, and Antiquarian 

 Society." 



2nd. The aims of the Society shall be to secure a more fre- 

 quent interchange of thought and opinion among those who 

 devote themselves to Scientific, Archseological, and Natural 

 History studies ; to elicit and diffuse a taste for such studies 

 where it is yet unformed ; and to afford increased facilities for its 

 extension where it already exists. 



3rd. The Society shall consist of Ordinary, Honorary, or Cor- 

 responding, and Life Members. The Ordinary and Life Mem- 

 bers shall be persons resident in Dumfriesshire and Galloway, 

 present and admitted at a Public Meeting called for the purpose 

 on 3rd November, 1876, and those who shall afterwards be pro- 

 posed by two Members (to one oF whom the candidate shall be 

 personally known) and admitted at an Ordinary Meeting of the 

 Society by a vote of the majority present. The Honorary or 

 Corresponding Members shall consist of persons distinguished for 

 attainments connected with the objects of the Society, who cannot 

 attend as Ordinary Members, and who shall be proposed and 

 admitted at an Ordinary Meeting in the same way as Ordinary 

 Members. 



4th. Life Members shall on election contribute the sum of Two 

 Guineas to the funds of the Society. Ordinary Members shall on 

 election pay Two Shillings and Sixpence entry fee, and contribute 

 annually the sum of Two Shillings and Sixpence in advance, or 

 such other sum as may be fixed at an Annual Meeting. Ladies 

 joining the Society as Ordinary Members will be exempt from 

 entry fee. 



5th. The Office-bearers of the Society, who shall be Ordinary 

 Members, shall consist of a President, four or more Vice- 

 Presidents, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, and a Com- 

 mittee consisting of ten Members (five to form a quorum) 

 liolding office for one year only, but being eligible for re-election 

 at the Annual Meeting of the Society. 



6th. The Ordinary Meetings of the Society shall be held on the 



