PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 



RULES OF THE CLUB 



I. — The Objects of the Chib are to study the Natural History and Anti- 

 quities 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 Honor- 

 ary, Ordinary and Ex-officio Members. 



4. — Before anyone can be elected a Member, he must be duly proposed 

 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 Honor- 

 ary 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 State- 

 ment 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 Wiater 

 Meetings more than one ; and at the Winter Meetings the term " Visitor " 

 may include ladies. Members must give due notice to the Honorary Sec- 

 retary 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. — All papers communicated to the Club shall be submitted to a 

 Publication Committee, which shall consist of the President, Honorary 

 Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, and two other Members appointed at the 

 Annual Meeting. The decision of the Publication Committee shall be final. 

 Any gentleman who favours the Club with Lectures on any subject shall 

 be invited to furnish an abstract of the lecture for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Club. 



13. — 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. 



PRESENTED 



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