THE ESSEX AND CHELMSFORD MUSEUM.
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I. It is agreed that the Essex Field Club and the Essex and
Chelmsford Museum and Philosophical and Natural History
Society shall combine their funds, property, deeds, records, and
membership under one Council and one set of officers, subject to
the following conditions, viz. :—
(a) That the title of the combined Society shall be The Essex
Field Club.
(b) That in addition to the ordinary work of the Club as set forth
in the Rules, and hitherto pursued, the Club shall establish
at Chelmsford a Local (Essex) Museum, Library and
Laboratory, the scope and objects of which shall be as set
forth in paragraphs II., III., IV., and V. below. Such
Museum and Library, &c., shall be the sole property of the
Club, and shall be placed in the hands of Trustees to be
held by them for the Club in fulfilment of the objects for
which the Club was established,and the said Museum shall be
so managed and controlled as the Council may from time
to time determine, and as the funds and income of the
Club will permit.
(c) That, previously to the amalgamation as above, the two
bodies shall unite in making an appeal for subscriptions,
not only to their own members but also to the public
generally, in aid of the establishment of the Museum and
Library, and for annual subscriptions for the maintenance of
the same.
(d) That the Club shall appoint seven Trustees, of whom not
more than two shall be resident in or within five miles of
Chelmsford. The Trustees shall hold the funds, build-
ings, fittings, instruments, specimens, maps, books, pictures,
engravings, and other property of the Club (but not
the annual income, donations for specific purposes, explora-
tion or other funds, sales of publications, nor the balances
accruing year by year from any such sources, nor the present
or future stock of publications, and the copyrights and
interests of and in the same) upon trust for the objects of
the Club. Subject, nevertheless, to the reasonable control
of the Council over the specimens, cabinets, books, instru-
ments, &c., as may in its opinion be best for the interests
of the institution. The control of the Trustees over
the property of the Club, other than the building and any
endowment funds and the building, is not to come into
operation until the other property of the Club has been
duly examined and arranged by the Council as stated
under (e).