XXX. PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1909 
RULES.OF THE: CLUB 
1.—The Objects of the Club are to study the Natural History and 
Antiquities of the County and the adjacent districts. 
2.—The Club shall use its influence to promote the preservation 
of all antiquities and to prevent, as far as possible, the removal of 
scarce plants and the extermination of rare species of the flora or fauna. 
3.—The Club shall consist of a President, Vice-Presidents (not 
exceeding seven in number), an Honorary Secretary, Honorary 
Assistant Secretary (when required), an Honorary Treasurer, an 
Honorary Librarian, and Honorary, Ordinary and Ex-officio Members. 
4.—Before anyone can be elected a Member he must be duly pro- 
posed and seconded on a printed form provided for that purpose, and 
supplied by the Honorary Secretary upon application. His name will 
be placed on the circular and will come up for election at the next 
meeting of the Club not being a Field Meeting ; one black ball in ten 
to disqualify. 
5.—The Entrance Fee shall be £1. The Annual Subscription of 
Ordinary Members shall be Fifteen Shillings, due in advance on the 
first day of January. For Members elected after September, the 
Subscription for that year shall be Ten Shillings. 
6.—Any Member in arrear with his Subscription for the year is 
liable to removal from the list of Members. 
7.—No Member shall be entitled to a copy of the Proceedings 
whose Subscription is one year in arrear. 
8.—The Club may admit a limited number of Honorary Members 
(see Rule 3), whose scientific work entitles them to the distinction, 
and who must be elected at the Annual Meeting. 
9.—The Executive Council for the Management of the Club shall 
consist of the Officers of the Club, namely, the President, Vice- 
Presidents, the Honorary Secretary, the Honorary Treasurer and 
Honorary Librarian, and four Elected Members, all of whom shall 
retire at the Annual Meeting, but are eligible for re-election (by ballot), 
but the President shall not hold his office for more than two 
consecutive years. 
10.—The Annual Meeting shall be held in the early part of each 
year, at which Meeting the President’s Address shall be read, the 
Financial Statement of the Honorary Treasurer shall be presented, 
and the Officers and Council shall be elected, and the dates and 
places of the Field Meetings be fixed; but the arrangements for the 
Winter Meetings shall be left to the Executive Council. 
11.—The Club shall usually hold yearly four Field Meetings, and 
also four Winter Meetings for the reading and discussion of Papers. 
At the Field Meetings any Member may introduce one Visitor, and at 
the Winter Meetings more than one ; and at the Winter Meetings the 
term ‘‘ Visitor” may include ladies. Members must give due notice 
to the Honorary Secretary of their intention to be present at any 
Field Meeting, and should any Member, having given such notice, fail 
to attend, he will be liable for his share of the expenses. 
12.—The Council may at any time call a Special General Meeting 
of the Members. Upon the requisition of any eight Members being 
sent to the Honorary Secretary, a Special General Meeting shall be 
convened; and any proposition to be submitted shall be stated in the 
Notice. Not less than seven days’ notice of any such General 
Meeting shall be given. 
Adopted at the Annual Meeting of the Members at Cheltenham, 
April 27th, 1896; and revised at the Annual Meeting at Gloucester, 
April 9th, 1907. 
