RULES 



OF 



THE DORSET NflTORRL HISTORY MD BNTlQUfiRIAN 

 FIELD CLUB, 



Object and Constitution. 



1. — The Club shall be called The Dorset Natiu-al 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 eucoui-age an interest in the study of 

 the Phj-sical Sciences and Ai-chffiology generally, especially the Xatui-al 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 jireservation of the Antiquities of the County. 



2.— The Club shall consist of (i.) thi-ee OfBcers, President, Honorary Secretary, 

 and Honoraiy Treasm-er, who shall be elected annually, and shaU 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 Pi-oceedings ; (iv.) Ordinary Members ; (v.) 

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

 Council to decide questions refen-ed 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 aijpointed by the remaining Officers to fill interun vacancies 

 in the Executive Bodj^ until the following Aiuiual 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. 



Peesident and Vice-Peesidents. 



3.— Tlie 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 tlrree others shall be nominated by the President, 

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



