RULES 
Off THE 
SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTS MUSEUM. 
Rule 1 . This Museum shall be called “The Salisbury and South 
Wilts Museum.” 
Rule 2. The Museum shall have a President, Vice-President, 
Honorary Curators, Secretaries, and a Treasurer, with a Com¬ 
mittee to consist of twelve subscribers, of at least ten shillings 
yearly, to be chosen by the members of the Museum, six of 
whom shall go out annually by rotation, and shall not be eligible 
for re-election until the following year, together with the Mayor 
for the time being, the late Mayor, and three other Members of 
the Town Council appointed by that body, and the Honorary 
Curators and Secretaries by virtue of their office. 
Rule 3. The property of the Museum shall be deposited at Salis¬ 
bury, and shall be vested in the Town Council, to be held by 
them in trust for the purposes of the Museum, but the Town 
Council shall not be liable for any claims or charges in respect of 
the Museum. The property of the Museum shall not be dis¬ 
posed of except with the consent of five-sixths of the Members, 
and shall not be disposed of at all as long as any similar Museum 
exists in the County. 
Rule 4. The Annual General Meeting shall be held on the second 
Wednesday in June in each year, and shall nominate when 
necessary to the Presidentship and Vice-Presidentships, and 
shall elect to the Vacancies in the Committee, the Secretaries, 
the Treasurer, and the Auditors, receive the report of the Com¬ 
mittee for the past year, and transact all other necessary business. 
Rule 5 . The affairs of the Museum shall be directed by the Com¬ 
mittee (three of whom shall be a Quorum), who shall have the 
management and application of the funds of the Museum, but it 
shall not be competent for either the Annual General Meeting 
of the Members, or for the said Committee to make any dividend, 
gift, division, or bonus, in money or otherwise, unto or between 
any of the Members of the Museum. 
