Seventy-six 
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
June, 1953 
XIII. A member causing wilful damage to any property belong- 
ing to the Section or for which the Section is responsible shall incur 
such penalty as may be decided upon by the Committee. The Com- 
mittee may require such damage to be made good in default of which 
recourse may be had to the process of Law and the offender may be 
suspended or expelled. 
XIV. Any person, whether a member or not, participating in an 
official held excursion shall not wilfully destroy wild plants and 
flowers. 
XV. (1) On the joint representation of not less than six financial 
members of the Section the Committee may authorise the formation 
of a Club or Study Group within the Section for the purpose of 
its members meeting periodically to pursue the study of a particular 
branch of natural history or to further any one of the objects for 
which the Section is established. The members of a Club shall be 
governed by the Rules of the Section and these By-laws insofar as 
they may apply. 
(2) Minutes of any meeting of a Club shall be kept by a secre- 
tary appointed for the purpose and such minutes shall be made 
available to the Committee on demand. 
(3) The secretary of the Club shall submit an annual report to 
the Committee not later than the date of the general meeting of 
the Section immediately preceding the annual general meeting. 
(4) All financial transactions of a Club shall be subject to the 
approval of the Committee. 
(5) The Committee shall be informed of the names of the 
officers of a Club immediately following upon their election or 
appointment. 
(6) The Committee may make available a meeting place for the 
members of a Club upon such conditions as it may think fit. 
(7) A Club shall consist of members of the Section only. 
XVI. The Committee may from time to time agree to the 
application for affiliation with the Section of any organisation, club, 
association or other body having objects similar to the Section. The 
Committee may bestow upon such affiliated body such rights and 
privileges of membership it thinks fit on the full understanding that 
such rights and privileges may be withdrawn at any time by the 
Committee. 
XVII. At the annual meeting the following reports shall be 
presented: 
(a) The Committee’s report on the year’s activities, by the 
secretary. 
(b) Financial statement, duly audited by the auditors appointed 
at the previous annual meeting, by the treasurer. 
(c) Librarian’s report. 
(d) Reports of Clubs. 
Following acceptance by members at the annual meeting the 
first two above reports shall then be presented to the Royal Society 
Council on or before 15th September of each year. 
XVIII. The Section as one of the participating and nominating 
bodies shall consider such nominations at the May meeting. Nomina- 
tions for the Award duly seconded and with supporting statements 
and indicating that the nominee has agreed to his name going 
forward as the Section’s nominee shall be in the secretary’s hands 
not later than seven (7) days before the May meeting; and if more 
than one the nominee shall be selected and endorsed at the Com- 
mittee’s next succeeding monthly meeting. 
Protection 
of Section’s 
Property 
Nature 
Protection 
Clubs 
Affiliation 
Bodies 
Annual 
Meeting 
Australian 
Natural 
History 
Medallion 
