V. 



RULES 



OF 



THE DORSET NflTORAL HISTORY AND flNTIQUflRIflN 

 FIELD CLUB. 



OBJECT AND CONSTITUTION. 



1. The Club shall be called The Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian 

 Field Club, and shall have for a short title The Dorset Field Club. 



The object of the Club is to promote and encourage an interest in the study of 

 the Physical Sciences and Archaeology generally, especially the Natural History of 

 the County of Dorset and its Antiquities, Prehistoric records, and Ethnology. It 

 shall use its influence to prevent, as far as possible, the extirpation of rare plants 

 and animals, and to promote the preservation of the Antiquities of the County. 



2. The Club shall consist of (i.) three Officers, President, Honorary Secretary, 

 and Honorary Treasurer, who shall be elected annually, and shall form the 

 Executive body for its management ; (ii.) Vice -Presidents, of whom the 

 Honorary Secretary and Treasurer shall be two, ex officio ; (iii.) The Honorary 

 Editor of the Annual Volume of Proceedings ; (iv.) Ordinary Members ; (v.) 

 Honorary Members. The President, Vice -Presidents, and Editor shall form a 

 Council to decide questions referred to them by the Executive and to elect 

 Honorary Members. The Editor shall be nominated by one of the incoming 

 Executive and elected at the Annual Meeting. 



There may also be one or more Honorary Assistant Secretaries, who shall be 

 nominated by the Honorary Secretary, seconded by the President or Treasurer, 

 and elected by the Members at the Annual Meeting. 



Members may be appointed by the remaining Officers to fill interim vacancies 

 in the Executive Body until the following Annual Meeting. 



The number of the Club shall be limited to 400, power being reserved to the 

 Council to select from the list of candidates persons, whose membership they may 

 consider to be advantageous to the interests of the Club, to be additional 

 Members. 



PRESIDENT AND VICE -PRESIDENTS. 



3. The President shall take the chair at all Meetings, and have an original and 

 a casting vote on all questions before the Meeting. In addition to the two ex 

 officio Vice -Presidents, at least three others shall be nominated by the President, 

 or, in his absence, by the Chairman, and elected at the Annual Meeting. 



