RULES. 25
ment and Lecturers, and make such other arrangements as they may
deem best for the comfort of the Members and their friends.
XXII.—The copyright in, and the original copy of every paper, after
having been read before the Club, shall be considered as the property
of the Club, if there shall be no engagement with its author to the
contrary. But if the Club shall decline or omit to publish any paper
for six calendar months after it shall have been read before the Club,
such paper and the copyright therein shall remain and be the property
of the author, the Club, however, having the right to take and retain
for its own use one or more copy or copies of such paper. And the
non-publication by the Club of any such paper for the period above
mentioned shall constitute or be sufficient evidence of an engagement
to the effect above mentioned with the author of the paper.
XXIII.—The publications of the Club shall be printed at such times
and in such manner as the Council shall direct.
XXIV.—The Club shall strongly discourage the practice of removing
rare plants from the localities where they are to be found or of which
they are characteristic, and of risking the extermination of birds and
other animals by wanton persecution; and shall use its influence with
landowners and others for the protection of the same, and to dispel the
prejudices which are leading to their destruction. The rarer botanical
specimens collected at the Field Meetings shall be such as can be
gathered without disturbing the roots of the plants; and notes of the
habits of birds shall be recorded instead of collecting specimens either of
the birds or of their eggs. In like manner the Club shall endeavour to
cultivate a fuller knowledge of local antiquities, historical, popular, and
idiomatic, and to promote a taste for carefully preserving the monuments
of the past from wanton injury. [This rule is not intended to restrict the
judicious collecting of specimens by individual Members necesssary for
their studies.]
XXV.—The principal MUSEUM shall be situated at Stratford, Essex,
and its management shall be subject to the AGREEMENT made the 25th
of July, 1898, which is set out in full in Appendix A.
XXVI.—The conditions and restrictions contained in the Agreement of
July 25th, 1898 (Appendix A) shall not apply to the Branch Museum
established by the Council by permission of the Epping Forest Committee
of the Corporation of London in Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, Chingford,
which is under the control of the Council subject to any agreement or
agreements with the said Corporation, and the rules laid down by the said
Epping Forest Committee.
XXVII.—In like manner the conditions and restrictions mentioned in
the previous Rule shall not apply to the Library or Libraries of the
Essex Field Club which are the property of the Club, and under the
control of the Council. The Libraries shall consist of books, MSS.,
prints, photographs, etc., appertaining in any way to the county of Essex,
and also of scientific, antiquarian, topographical and other literature, and
shall be for the use of the members only and such visitors as may be
admitted under the regulations of the Librarians and Curator to be
approved by the Council.
XXVIII.—The Council may at its discretion promote the teaching and
pursuit of science, and the application of science in technical education,
etc., by means of Biological or other Stations, Lectures, Demonstrations,
or otherwise, to the members or the public in various parts of the county,
and may make temporary collections as occasion may demand in further-
ance of such objects, and may accept donations or grants for specific
application to such purposes, and may undertake the care or curatorship
of collections in any part of the county.
XXIX.—The general superintendence of the Museums and any Bio-
logical, etc., Stations, and the business details thereof shall be placed
(subject to the control of the Council) in the hands of a Curator (who
may also be the principal Hon. Secretary and Editor of the Club)
Papers read.
Publications.
Museum at
West Ham.
Epping Forest
Museum.
Library.
Educational
Work.
Curatorship.