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RULES OF THE 



jtonrae m o n t h 0 niuva I §c'mxct 



Amended February 7th, 1920. 



Title 

 ODjects 



Members 

 Council 



Executive 

 Officers 



Ordinary 

 Members. 



1. — The title of the Society shall be THE BOURNEMOUTH 

 NATURAL SCIENCE SOCIETY. 



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 Sec- 

 tions 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 cn 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. 



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

 Honorary Members. 



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

 Treasurer, one or more Secretaries, Honorary or otherwise, the Vice- 

 Presidents who have filled the office of President, the Hon. Librarian, 

 the Hon. Editor, the Hon. Curator, the Chairmen of Sections and twelve 

 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 ap- 

 point 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. 



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

 Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Council, Hon. Treasurer, and one 

 or more Secretaries, Honorary or otherwise. 



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 mew Member shall be voted 

 for at the next ensuing Council Meeting, and if two-thirds of the Coun- 

 cil present and voting shall vote for the proposed new member, such 

 candidate shall become a Member upon payment of the Annual Sub- 

 scription, and shall receive a card of membership (not transferable) 

 entitling him or her to attend the Meetings of the Society. Mem- 

 bers joining during August and September shall be given a card of 

 membership to September 30th of the following year. 



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

 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 membership. In the case of Members elected after February 7th, 

 1920, the above mentioned rate of subscription shall be doubled. 



