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RULE B 



1. The Society shall be called the "Dumfriesshire and 

 Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society." 



2. The aims of the Society shall be to secure a more frequent 

 interchange of thought and opinion among those who devote 

 themselves to the study of Natural History, Archaeology, and 

 Kindred Subjects ; and to elicit and diffuse a taste for these 

 studies. 



3. The Society shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary 

 Members. The Ordinary Members shall be persons proposed and 

 elected at any Meeting of the Society by a vote of the majority 

 present. The Honorary Members shall be persons distinguished 

 for attainments connected with the objects of the Society, and 

 elected on the recommendation of the Council. 



4. Ordinary Members shall on election pay the sum of 2s (id 

 entrance fee (ladies excepted), and contiibute annually 5s in 

 advance, or such other sum as may be agreed upon at the 

 Annual Meeting. When more than one person from the same 

 family joins the Society all after the first shall pay half -fee, and 

 the maximum amount from any one family shall not exceed 10s. 

 By making- a single payment of £2 2 s they become Members for 

 Life. 



5. The Office-bearers of the Society shall consist of a Presi- 

 dent, four Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, Curator 

 of Museum, and Curator of Herbarium, who, together with Ten 

 other Members, shall constitute the Council, holding office for 

 One Year only, but being eligible for re-election. Three to form 

 a (juorum. 



G. The Winter Meetings of the Society shall be held on 

 the First Friday of each month, beginning with October and 

 ending with May, at which papers will be read and discussed, 

 objects of interest exhibited, and other business transacted. 



