2 ! 6 [Proc. B.N.F.C., 



or that of Vice-President, shall not be held by the same person for more than 

 two years in succession. In the event of a vacancy occurring among the 

 Officers, the Committee may co-opt a Member to fill such vacancy during the 

 year only. 



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 by the Secretaries. 



VIII. 



That Meetings be held Fortnightly or Monthly, at the discretion 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 

 Prizes 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 archaeological searches or excavations, if deemed 

 advisable, provided that the entire amount expended under this rule does not 

 exceed the sum of £10 in any one year. 



X. 



That the Annual Meeting be held during the month of April, when the 

 Report of the Committee for the past year, and the Treasurer's Financial 

 Statement shall be presented, the Committee and Officers elected, Bye-laws 

 made and altered, and any proposed alterations in the general laws, of which a 

 fortnight's notice shall have been given, in writing, to the Secretary or 

 Secretaries, considered and decided upon. The Secretaries to give the 

 Members due notice of each intended alteration. 



