XLIT 
RULES. 
AS AMENDED AT THE GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 
OcroBer 8TH, 1909. 
1.—That this Society be called the “ Burton-on-Trent Naturat History 
AND ARCHEOLOGICAL Society,’ having for its object the promotion and 
encouragement of the practical study of Natural History, Archeology, 
General Science and Literature. 
2.—That the Officers of the Society consist of a President, two or more 
Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretaries, and Librarian; and a Committee of 
nine Members. These Officers to retire annually, but to be eligible for re- 
election. Three to form a quorum. 
3.—That a General Meeting be held not later than the end of October in 
each year, for the purpose of electing officers for the current year, and transacting 
any other business which may be brought before it, but that the President for 
the ensuing year be elected at a General Meeting in March, and that at the last 
meeting of each section nominations be made for a Chairman and Secretary of 
that section, to be elected at the Annual General Meeting as officers of the 
Society, the Chairman becoming a Vice-President. 
4.—That Candidates for Membership shall be proposed and seconded (in 
writing) at any Meeting of the Committee, and may be elected at the next 
General Meeting by a majority of the Members present. 
5.—That the Society commences its year with October Ist. That an annual 
subscription of five shillings be paid by each Member rv apvance, and that all 
Members whose subscriptions are six months in arrear be considered to have 
forfeited their privileges as Members of the Society; that all Members who 
have not given notice to the Treasurer or Secretary of their intention to retire 
before the Annual General Meeting in October shall be held responsible for the 
current year’s subscription. 
6.—That the Committee may elect as Associates any persons under the age 
of twenty-one, and that the subscription of such Associates be Two Shillings 
per annum, payable in advance; Associates to have no voice in the appoint- 
ment of Officers or the management of the Society, except in the election of their 
own Secretary, who shall be considered as a Member of the General Committee. 
Nore.—Associates must be elected Members in the ordinary way on 
exceeding twenty-one years of age, 
