448 [Proc. B.N.F.C, 



V. 



That the Officers of the Club be annually elected and consist 

 of a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Librarian, and two 

 Secretaries, and ten Members who form a Committee, and shall 

 ■bold not less than eight Meetings in the year. Five Members to 

 form a quorum. No Membej: of Committee to be eligible for 

 re-election who has not attended at least one-fourth of the Com- 

 mittee Meetings during his year of office. That th© office of 

 President, or that of Vice-President, shall not be held by the same 

 person for more than two years in succession. 



VI. 



The Committee may from year to year appoint a Sectional 

 Committee as may be considered desirable to further original 

 investigations in any one or more departments of the Club's work. 

 Each Sectional Committee to be composed of six Members of the 

 Club, not less than two being Members of the Club's Committee. 

 No financial responsibility to be incurred by the Sub-Committee or 

 any Officer of the Club without the previous approval of the Club's 

 Committee. Any Sectional Committee may elect its own Chairman 

 and Secretary from its Members. 



VII. 



That the Members of the Club shall hold at least Six Field 

 Meetings during the year, in the most interesting localities, for 

 investigating the Natural History and Archaeology of Ireland. 

 That the place of meeting be fixed by the Committee, and that 

 five days' notice of each Excursion be communicated to Members 

 oy the Secretaries. 



VIII. 



That Meetings b© held Fortnightly or Monthly, at the discre- 

 tion of the Committee, for the purpose of reading papers ; such 

 papers, as far as possible, to be original and to treat of the Natural 

 History and Archaeology of the district. These Meetings to be held 

 during the months from November to April inclusive. 



IX. 



That the Committee shall, if they find it advisable, offer for 

 competition Pl-izes for the best collections of scientific objects of 

 the district ; and the Committee may order the purchase of maps, 

 or other scientific apparatus, and may carry on geological and 



