THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB
(Founded January 10th, 1880).
RULES
Revised at a Special Meeting held on April 8th, 1905.
I.—The Society shall be called "The Essex Field Club:" its Head-
quarters shall be in the County of Essex ; and its objects shall be the study and
investigation of the Natural History, Geology, and Archaeology of the County
of Essex (special attention being given to the Fauna, Flora, Geology, and
Antiquities of Epping Forest) ; the publication of the results of such investi-
gations ; the formation of a Library ; the formation of a Museum, with or
without local branches ; and the dissemination of information on Natural Science
and Antiquities. *
II.—The Club shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary Members and
Associates, including Ladies ; the number of Ordinary Members being unlimited,
the number of Honorary Members being limited to twenty-five, and the number
of Associates being limited to five.
HI.—The management of the Club and the control of all its property,
subject as to the part of it to the provisions of the agreement set
out in Appendix A, shall be vested in a Council, consisting or a
President, Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant-Secretary, Two Librarians, the
Permanent Vice-Presidents for the time being, and twenty-five other Members,
all of whom must be Ordinary Members of the Club; five to form a quorum. In
addition to the Permanent Vice-Presidents established by Rule V., the President
shall nominate four Members of the Council to act as Vice-Presidents during his
year of office.
IV.—The President, Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant-Secretary, Librarians,
and those four of the other Members of the Council who, shall have been
longest in office (reckoning from their original appointment or election if they
shall not have been re-elected, or from their last re-election when they shall
have been re-elected), shall retire annually, but shall be eligible for re-election.
If, in consequence of several members having been elected or appointed at the
same time, there shall be any difficulty in determining which four Members
ought to retire under this rule, those members who have been elected or
appointed at the same time shall decide such question by mutual arrangement
between themselves, or, in default of such arrangement, by lot.
V.—Former Presidents, and future retiring Presidents, shall hold office
during membership of the Club as "Permanent Vice-Presidents" ; such
Permanent Vice-Presidents to be ex-officio members of the Council, and to be
eligible to hold any office in the Club.
* By a resolution of the Council made on March 6th, 1900, the Headquarters and Main
Library of the Club are now at the Essex Museum of Natural History (the Passmore
Edward's Museum), Romford Road, Stratford, Essex.