RULES OF THE 



B0itrtt£immfl! Uafitral Bixmtt Society 



Amended to February 5th, 191 2. 



Title 1. — The title of the Society shall be The Bournemouth Natural 



Science Society. 



Objects 2. — The objects of the Society shall be the promotion of the study 



of Science in all its branches, by means of Lectures, Field Meetings, the 

 Reading and Discussion of Papers, and the formation of Sections of its 

 members devoted to any particular branch of the Society's work, or by 

 any other means that the governing body of the Society shall deem 

 advisable. 



3. — The Society shall encourage the making of reports on any plant 

 animal, or object of interest, and where the Society may deem it necessary, 

 shall take such steps as may be advisable to secure any such plant, 

 animal, or object of interest from injury, extinction or destruction. 



Members 4. — The Society shall consist of Ordinary, Life, Associate, and Honorary 



Members. 



Council 5. — There shall be a Council of the Society consisting of the Hon. 



Treasurer, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary, 

 the Vice-Presidents who have filled the office of President, the Hon. 

 Librarian, the Chairmen of Sections and eight elected Members. 



The Council shall have the general management of the Society. At 

 all Meetings of the Council, five shall form a Quorum. The Council shall 

 elect their own Chairman and Deputy Chairman for the Year, and shall 

 'have power to fill up any vacancies in their number which may occur 

 from time to time. The Council shall have power to appoint Committees 

 to deal with any business that may be delegated to them. 



The Chairman, or in his absence the Deputy Chairman, at all 

 Meetings of the Council shall have an original and a casting vote. 



The Council shall have the control of the Funds of the Society. 



Executive 6. — The Executive Officers of the Society shall consist of the Chairman 

 Officers anc [ Deputy Chairman of Council, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secretary and 

 one or more Assistant Secretaries. 



7. — The Ordinary, Life, and Associate Members of the Society shall 

 be proposed by an existing Member, and seconded by another existing 

 Member, and notice shall be sent to one of the Secretaries of the Society 

 of the names and address of the nominee, and the names of the proposer 

 and seconder. Any such proposed new Member shall be voted for at the 

 next ensuing Council Meeting, and if two-thirds of the Council present 

 and voting shall vote for the proposed new member, such candidate shall 

 become a Member upon payment of the Annual Subscription, and shall 

 receive a card of membership (not transferable) entitling him or her to 

 attend the Meetings of the Society. Members joining during August 

 and September shall be given a card of membership to September 30th 

 of the following year. 



Ordinary 8. — Ordinary Members shall pay an Annual Subscription of Ten 

 Member's Shillings, due on the first day of October in each Year. The Annual 

 Subscription for Adult Members of the same family, not exceeding four 

 and residing in the same house, shall be Twenty Shillings, each Member 

 being elected in the usual manner and each receiving a card of member- 

 ship. 



