X. PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 19 lo 



RULES OF THE CLUB 



I. — 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-qfficio 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 ;^i. 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 j'ear 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 ofiice 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. 



II. — 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 "\'isitor" 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. 



