ROBERT T. ANDREWS, Esq., 25 Castle Street, Hertford. bon. Secretary. W. B. GERISH, Esq., Ivy Lodge, Bishop's Stortford. 176307 East Herts Archæological Society. REVISED RULES, JANUARY, 1905. 1. This Society shall be called the "EAST HERTS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY". 2. The term "East Herts" shall include the Hundreds of Braughing, Edwinstree, Hertford, Hitchin, and Odsey, parts of the Hundred of Cashio lying within the before-named Hundreds, and the north portion of the Hundred of Broadwater north of a line between the west point of Tewin and the east point of Ayot St. Peter. 3. The objects of the Society shall be (a) To collect and publish information on the History and Antiquities of the District. (b) To oppose and prevent, as far as may be practicable, the execution of any injuries with which ancient buildings and monuments of every description, within the District, may be from time to time threatened, and to collect accurate drawings, plans, and descriptions thereof. 4. The Society shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary Members of both sexes. Candidates for admission must be proposed and seconded by Members, and may be elected at any General or Council Meeting. 5. An Ordinary Member shall pay an Annual Subscription of 108. 6d., to be due in advance on the 1st of January, and remain a Member of the Society until he withdraws from it by a notice in writing to the Secretary, or fails, after due notice, to pay his Subscription within twelve months of its becoming due. 6. The Officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Editor, Honorary Secretary, Assistant Honorary Secretary, and District Correspondents, all of whom shall be elected for the year at the Annual Meeting. 7. The General Management of the Affairs of the Society shall be vested in the Council, consisting of the Officers and of twenty Members elected from the general body of the Members, five of whom shall retire annually but shall be eligible for re-election. Ten of these shall form an Executive Committee. 8. The Council shall meet to transact the ordinary business of the Society not less than twice a year. They shall have the power to make By-laws, appoint Committees, frame Reports, and prepare Accounts, duly audited, for submission to the Annual Meeting, etc. At the Meetings of the Council, four to be a quorum, and the Chairman to have a casting vote. 9. The ordinary General Meetings of the Society shall be held at such times and places, being within the boundaries of East Herts, as the Council shall determine. 10. Every Member whose Subscription is not in arrear shall be entitled to one copy of such parts of the Transactions as may be issued during the current year of his Membership. 11. The Annual Meeting shall be held in the month of February, or at such other time as shall be fixed upon by the Council. 12. The Council shall (with permission of the Authors) select such of the papers read at the Meetings of the Society, and of the communications received, as it thinks proper for publication in the Transactions of the Society or otherwise. 13. No alteration or addition to these Rules shall be made except at a General Meeting, fourteen days' notice of any proposed alteration or addition having been previously given to the Council. |