RULES OF THE 



BATH 



INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 18th, 1855. 



1.— The Club shall be called "THE BATH NATURAL HISTORY AND 

 ANTIQUARIAN FIELD CLUB," and shall consist for the present, of 

 not more than Fifty Members ; out of whom shall be chosen each year a 

 Vice-President and Secretary, the latter acting also as Treasurer. 



2. — The object of the Club shall be to make Excursions around Bath, with the 

 view of investigating the Natural History, Geology, and Antiquities of the 

 neighbourhood. 



3. — There shall be Four Excursions during the Year, to be fixed at the Anni- 

 versary Meeting on the 18th February. A List of such Excursions, with 

 the respective Places of Meeting, shall be suspended in the Vestibule of 

 the Baih Literary and Scientific Institution. Such Members as feel 

 disposed shall also meet every Thursday, at the Institution, at 11 a.m. 

 4. — An Excursion may be changed on the Morning of the Meeting for that day 

 only, if agreed to by all the Members present, bnt not for any other times, 

 unless agreed to by the whole Club— Six Members to form a Quorum. 

 5. — The Hour of Meeting shall not be changed, except for the convenience of 

 taking particular Trains, when it is arranged to go by rail to any place ; 

 in which case the altered hour shall be posted at the Institution, not later 

 than Twelve o'Clock on the Saturday previous. 

 C. — In arranging the Excursions, due regard shall be paid to Natural History 

 and Antiquities, so as to secure an equal share of attention to each 

 subject ; with this view, when the same Excursion does not include them 

 both, they shall, so far as practicable, be taken alternately. 

 7.— Meetings for the Election of Members, and for the transaction of other y 



Business, shall take place Quarterly. 

 8. — Special Meetings shall be appointed for the Reading of Papers, or Exhibition 

 of Specimens, notice being given to the Secretary at or previous to any one 

 of the Quarterly Meetings, by Members having such communications to 

 make to the Club. 

 9.— Persons wishing to join the Club, may send in their Names and Addresses 

 through any of the Members, and be admitted when there is a Vacancy, 

 after being proposed at a previous Quarterly Meeting, if approved of by 

 all the Members present. 

 10. — Any Member of the Club may invite friends to accompany them on the 



proposed Excursions. 

 11. — It shall be the business of the Secretary to take Notes of the Day's 

 Excursion, and to draw up a Summary of the Year's proceedings, previously 

 to the next Anniversary ; he shall also see that the proper Notices of 

 Excursions are suspended at the Institution, and communicate with the 

 Members by letter, when occasion shall require. 

 12. — A Subscription of Five Shillings shall be paid Yearly by each Member, 

 to defray any expenses the Club may incur otherwise than by Journeys 

 and Refreshments ; this Subscription shall be considered due on the 

 Anniversary. 



