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No. XIV 
RULES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF DUBLIN. 
Section I.—OBJECTS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY. 
1.—That this Society shall be called the Natural History Society of Dublin, and 
have for its object the Promotion of Natural History, more especially that of Ireland. 
2.—That the Society shall consist of Ordinary, Corresponding, Associate, and Hono- 
rary Members. 
3.—The Officers of the Society shall be chosen from the Ordinary Members, and shall 
consist of a President, four Vice-Presidents, two Secretaries, and a Treasurer; and that 
these, with thirteen other ordinary Members, shall constitute a Council. 
4,—The Officers and other Members of Council for each vear shall be elected at the 
Annual General Meeting in November. Should a vacancy occur by death, resignation, 
or otherwise, the Council may fill it, if considered advisable. 
5.—That the number of Members be unlimited. 
6.—That it shall be deemed sufficient service of notice concerning the business cf 
the Society to put it into the Post Office, directed to the residence of each Member re- 
gistered on the books of the Society. 
SecTion II].—ApDMISSION OF MEMBERS. 
7.—That the form for the election of Members of the Society shall be as follows :— 
~ Notice shall be given to the Secretaries ten days before the stated Monthly Meetings, of 
the name and residence of the person proposed, with the name of the proposer and 
seconder; and that said names shall be printed on a separate balloting paper to be 
forwarded to all the Members along with the usual summonses convening the next 
ensuing Monthly Meeting. In voting for a Candidate a mark must be made opposite the 
name, and in voting against a line must be drawn through the name on such balloting 
paper, a name unmarked counting as no vote. 
8.—That each Member shall pay an admission fee of One Pound. 
9.—That the Election shall be by Ballot, and shall take place at the Ordinary or 
other General Meeting of the Society (provided fifteen Members be present); one black 
bean to three white shall exclude. 
10.—That the Annual Subscription be One Pound, payable in advance, on the first 
of November in each year, and that Members elected at the Meetings of May or June 
shall, on payment of their entrance fee and subscription, be considered as having paid 
for the current and following year. 
11.—Non-resident Members, living more than ten miles from Dublin, may compound 
for life on payment of Five Pounds; such Members afterwards becoming resident for two 
months in a year to pay a subscription of Ten Shillings per annum, or, at their option, 
to pay a further composition of Five Pounds, 
12.—Associate Members shall pay a Subscription of Five Shillings per annum, pay- 
able in advance. 
13.—Corresponding Members, on payment of Five Shillings per annum, in advance, 
shall be entitled to the Proceedings of the Society, and Reports of the Monthly Meetings. 
Corresponding Members resident for two months in Dublin shall pay the Subscription, as 
Associate Members for that vear. 
14.—That, before any gentleman be balloted for as a Member of the Society, the 
Treasurer shall certify that the Entrance Fee and Subscription of such person has been 
lodged with him. 
15.—That, on the night of Ballot, a gentleman proposed as a Member eannot be 
allowed the privilege of voting, or of attending the Meeting as a Member. 
16.—The Secretary shall furnish each Member on his Election with notice 
thereof. 
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