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That such Members may be nominated by any Member of the Club, and on 

 being approved by the Committee, may be elected at any subsequent Meeting 

 of the Club by a majority of the votes of the Members present. That 

 Corresponding Members be expected to communicate a paper once within 

 every two years. 



V. 



That the Officers of the Club be annually elected and consist of a President, 

 Vice-President, Treasurer, Librarian, and one or two Secretaries, together with 

 the Secretaries of the various Sections of the Club. That the office of President 

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

 two years in succession. 



VI. 



That the General Committee shall consist of the above-named officers with 

 nine ordinary members of Committee, and shall hold at least eight meetings 

 during the year; five persons to form a quorum. 



That three ordinary members of Committee shall retire annually in order 

 of seniority, those retiring being ineligible for re-election for one year. Should 

 any ordinary member of Committee fail to attend at least three of the 

 Committee meetings held during the year his or her place may be considered 

 vacant and another member elected to fill the position. No ordinary member 

 of Committee shall hold the post of Secretary in any of the Sections. That in 

 the event of a vacancy occurring in the General Committee a new member may 

 be co-opted to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the year. 



That nominations for ordinary members of Committee shall be sent in 

 writing to the Secretaries on or before the 21st day of March in each year. That 

 the privilege of nominating members of Committee shall be held by all Ordinary 

 and Life Members of the Club. That the names of those members so nominated 

 shall be published on the circular convening the Annual Meeting, at which the 

 Ordinary Members of Committee shall be elected by ballot. That should the 

 necessity arise the retiring members of Committee shall be balloted for. 



VII. 



The Committee may from year to year appoint Sectional Committees 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. 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. The Chairman of such Section to be 

 annually appointed by the General Committee. 



VIII. 



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. ; 



