RULES.
(1.) This Society shall be called 'The Photographic and
Pictorial Survey and Record of Essex,' and shall be a
Committee of the Council of the Essex Field Club, and shall
consist of the Officers of the Essex Field Club, the Curator of
the Essex Museum (ex-officio) and an Honorary Secretary, with
the addition of (subject to their acceptance) the Chairman of the
Education Committee of the County Borough of West Ham, the
Principal of the Technical Institute, the Secretary of the Essex
Archaeological Society ; and such co-opted members as may be
nominated by the Council of the Survey.
(2.) All those persons referred to in Rule 1 shall be denomi-
nated the Council of the Survey, hereinafter referred to as 'the
Council,' whose Executive Officers shall consist of a President,
Vice-Presidents, an Hon. Treasurer, an Hon. Secretary, and the
Curator of the Essex Museum (ex-officio). The President of the
Essex Field Club tor the time being shall be the President of
this Council.
(3.) The objects of the Society shall be :—
(a) To obtain and to preserve, by permanent photographic
process, drawing, painting or engraving, records of
antiquities, anthropology, buildings of interest, geology,
natural history, passing events of local or historical
importance, portraits, scenery, maps, plans and docu-
ments, so as to give a comprehensive survey of all that
is valuable and representative of the County of Essex,
and of the neighbouring rivers and sea. Lantern
slides of a like nature shall also be admissible.
(b) To promote intercourse with kindred societies, Archaeo-
logical Societies and Photographic Societies, and to
exchange prints therewith.
(c) To arrange where possible for the photographing of
any objects not generally accessible.
(4.) The photographs, pictures, engravings, plans, etc., as
defined by Rule 3, collected by the agency of the Council, shall
be deposited in the Essex Museum of Natural History (the
Passmore Edwards Museum) in accordance with the Agreement
between the Corporation of West Ham and the Essex Field
Club for the management of the Museum, and with rule 9.
Duplicates may be exchanged or deposited with any other
Museum, Library, or other depository, at the discretion of the
Council.
(5.) That a special Committee of Selection and Advice shall
consist of the President as Chairman, the Hon. Treasurer, the
Principal of the Technical Institute, the Curator of the Essex