VI. 



Rules 



of the 



Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian 

 Field Club. 



OBJECT AND CONSTITUTION. 



1. The Club shall he 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 qfficio ; 

 (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 member- 

 ship they may consider to be advantageous to the interests of the Club, to 

 be additional Members. 



