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ORIGINAL LAWS OF POWYS-LAND CLUB.

I. The Club shall consist of not more than one hundred Members. II. The Council shall consist of the following persons, in whom the management of the Club shall be vested, that is to say, the President, Vice-Presidents, the Secretaries, Treasurer, and twelve other Members.

III. That the following gentlemen shall constitute the first Officers and Council of the Club:

President-THE EARL OF POWIS.

Vice-Presidents-THE LORD SUDELEY; THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH; SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bart.

Rev. E. L. BARNWELL, M.A.,
Melksham, Wilts.
EDMUND BUCKLEY, Esq., M.P.,
Plas Dinas.

J. PRYCE DREW, Esq., M.A.,
Milford, Newtown.

Rev. JOHN EDWARDS, M.A.,

Rectory, Newtown.

Council.

Ven. ARCHDEACON FFOULKES, M.A.,
Rectory, Llandyssil.
ABRAHAM HOWELL, Esq.,
Rhiewport, Welshpool.

Hon. Treasurer-THOMAS BOWEN, Esq.

DAVID HOWELL, Esq.,

Dolguog, Machynlleth.
Rev. D. PHILLIPS LEWIS, M.A.,
Vicarage, Guilsfield.

Hon. CHAS. HANBURY TRACY, M.P.,
Gregynog, Newtown.

PRYCE BUCKLEY WILLIAMES, Esq.,
Pennant, Welshpool.

Rev. ROBERT WILLIAMS, M.A.,
Rectory, Llanfyllin.

C. W. WILLIAMS WYNN, Esq., M.P.,
Coed y Maen, Welshpool.

(Messrs. Beck & Co.), Welshpool. Hon. Secretaries-MORRIS C. JONES, Esq., 20, Abercromby Square, Liverpool (and Gungrog, Welshpool); T. O. MORGAN, Esq., Aberystwith

(and Lincoln's Inn).

IV. A General Meeting of the Members shall be held annually, on the first day of the month of October, or on a day soon after, and at such place as the Council shall appoint. And the President, or in his absence one of the Vice-Presidents, shall have power to call Extraordinary General Meetings, on giving, through the Secretaries, a fortnight's notice to the Members.

V. The Council shall be elected at a General Meeting, to continue in office for three years, and be capable of re-election.

VI. The names of the Members proposed to be elected into the Council shall be transmitted by the proposers to the Secretaries one fortnight before the General Meetings; and notice of the persons so proposed shall be forwarded by the Secretaries to all the Members.

VII. At the General Meetings votes for the election of the Council may be given either personally, or by letter addressed to the Secretaries; but no Member shall be entitled to vote at a General Meeting whose subscription is in arrear.

VIII. Any vacancy which may occur in the Council, or in the

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offices of Secretaries or Treasurer, shall be provisionally filled up by the Council.

IX. Those gentlemen who have assented or do assent to these rules, and have signified their wish to become members, shall be deemed original Members of the Society.

X. Subsequent Members may be elected by ballot at any one of the General Meetings, according to priority of application, upon being proposed in writing by two existing Members. One black ball in five shall exclude.

XI. The subscription of each Member shall be paid in advance to the Treasurer, and shall be as follows:-Any Member of the Cambrian Archæological Association who shall become an original Member of the Club shall pay the annual sum of half-a-guinea; any other Member of the Club shall pay the annual sum of one guinea. If any Member's subscription shall be in arrear for two years, and he shall neglect to pay his subscription after being reminded by the Treasurer, he shall be regarded as having ceased to be a Member of the Club.

XII. The Council may elect as an Honorary Member any gentleman contributing papers or information such as shall, in their judgment, be in furtherance of the objects of the Club.

XIII. The objects of the Club shall be carried out with the honorary assistance of the Members, and the funds of the Club shall be disbursed in printing and illustrating such information as shall be contributed by the Members, searching for and transcribing public records, etc., and the necessary expenses of the Club.

XIV. The Members are earnestly invited to contribute articles and information; and contributors of papers shall be entitled to twelve copies of such articles.

XV. Every Member not in arrear of his annual subscription will be entitled to one copy of every publication of the Club, to be delivered as soon as it shall be completed.

XVI. The Council shall determine what numbers of each publication shall be printed, and the copies over and above those required for the Members shall be sold to the public at such time and price as may be fixed by the Council, and the proceeds be carried to the account of the Club.

XVII. No alteration shall be made in these Laws, except at an Anniversary Meeting; one month's notice of any proposed alteration to be communicated, in writing, to the Secretaries.

At the second Annual Meeting of the Club held on the 11th of October, 1869, in pursuance of notice given in accordance with Rule XVII, the following alterations in the Laws were made

"That the Club shall be extended and shall consist of not more than two hundred members; all additional Members shall pay the annual subscription of one guinea."

"That the Secretary shall be at liberty to admit Members up to that enlarged limit; the applicants for membership who are willing

to pay the back subscriptions so as to entitle them to the back parts of the publications of the Club, to have the preference."

"That the Secretaries shall also be at liberty to admit new Members to supply vacancies caused by death or resignation or non-payment of subscriptions."

"That the following words be added to Rule XII: or may present him with a copy of all or any of the publications of the Club.'"

At the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Powys-land Club, held on the 5th of October, 1874, the following were adopted

as

"THE RULES OF THE POWYS-LAND MUSEUM AND LIBRARY."

1. The Museum and Library shall be open to the public on Saturdays and Mondays from Ten to Four, on payment by each person of an admission fee of threepence; except on the last Saturday in each month, when from One to Four it shall be open free of charge.

2. An annual family subscription of 5s. shall admit all the members of a family subscribing, and an annual subscription of 2s. 6d. shall admit an individual person, on Saturdays and Mondays, for one year.

3. The Members of the Powys-land Club shall have access to the Museum and Library every day (Sundays excepted) from Ten to Four, and also shall have the privilege of taking therein any personal friends accompanying them, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

4. That Donors to the Building Fund, to the amount of 10s. or upwards, and their families, shall be admitted free on Saturdays and Mondays for one year from the opening of the Museum and Library.

5. Each person visiting the Museum and Library shall be required to enter his or her name in a Visitor's book, to be provided for that purpose.

6. No article or book shall, on any account, be removed from the Museum and Library without the special permission of the Committee.

At the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Powys-land Club, held on the 4th of October, 1875, in pursuance of notice given in accordance with Rule XVII, an alteration in the laws was made by the adoption of the following additional rule :

XVIII. That no dividend, gift, division, or bonus in money shall be made unto or between any of the Members of the Powys-land Club, or of the said Museum or Library, or any other person whatsoever.

And the following alteration and addition to the Rules of the Powys-land Museum and Library were made:-

Rule I was altered to read thus :-
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1. That the public shall be admitted to the Museum every weekday, from Ten to Four, on the payment of an admission fee of Threepence, except when the Council shall otherwise determine; and except on the last Saturday in each month, when from One to Four it shall be open free of charge.

The following additional Rule was adopted

2. That the Books in the Library shall be open gratuitously to the public, subject to such regulations as shall be made by the

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"I hereby certify that this Society is entitled to the benefit of the Act 6 and 7 Vict., cap. 36, intituled 'An Act to exempt from County, Borough, Parochial, and other Local Rates, Lands and Buildings occupied by Scientific or Literary Societies.'

(Signed)

"J. M. LUDLOW,

"Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies,

"The Barrister appointed to certify the Rules of Savings Banks, for the Central Office, London, 19th November, 1875."

LIST OF THE MEMBERS

OF THE

POWYS-LAND CLUB.

September 30, 1875.

Those marked * have contributed papers to the "Montgomeryshire Collections". Those marked † are Donors of objects to the Powys-land Museum and Library. Those marked ‡ have exhibited articles of interest at the Annual Meetings.

+Adnitt, W. H., Esq., The Square, Shrewsbury Anderson, J. Corbett, Esq., Croydon, Surrey

Babington, Charles C., Esq., F.S. A., etc., 5, Brookside, Cambridge *Barrett, Thomas Brettell, Esq., Welshpool

*Barnwell, Rev. E. L., M. A., Melksham, Wilts Beattie, John, Esq., East Molesey Lodge, Surrey

Beattie, Joseph, Esq., 242, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham Beck, Peter Arthur, Esq., Guilsfield, Welshpool +Bennett, Nicholas, Esq., Glanrafon, Caersws

+Black, Adam William, Esq., 42, Heriot Row, Edinburgh ‡Bowen, Thomas, Esq., Old Bank, Welshpool (Treasurer) *+Breese, Edward, Esq., F.S.A., Morva Lodge, Portmadoc

Brewster, Rev. Waldegrave, M.A., Rectory, Middleton, Lancashire *Bridgeman, Hon. and Rev. Canon, M. A., The Hall, Wigan

Bridgeman, Hon. and Rev. J. R. O., M.A., Rectory, Weston-underLyziard, Shifnal

+Buckley, Sir Edmund, Bart., M.P., Plas Dinas, Dinas Mawddwy

Cokayne, George E., Esq., M.A.Oxon, F.S.A., Lancaster Herald,

College of Arms, London

++Corbett, Major William, Vaynor Park, Berriew

++Davies, Miss, Penmaen Dovey, Machynlleth

Davies, Henry, Esq., Town Clerk, Oswestry

Davies, Rev. James, M.A., Moore Court, Kington, Herefordshire +Davies, Rev. John, M.A., 14, Belsize Square, South Hampstead,

London

++Davies, John Pryce, Esq., Fronfelin, Caersws

Dugdale, John, Esq., Llwyn, Llanfyllin

Edisbury, J. Fisher, Esq., Wrexham

*+Edwards, Rev. Griffith, M.A., Rectory, Llangadfan

++Edye, Thomas, Esq., 10, St. Mark's Crescent, Regent's Park, London

Evans, Rev. D. P., M.A., Trefonen Rectory, Oswestry

*Evans, Rev. D. Silvan, B.D., Rectory, Llan-y-mawddwy

+Evans, David Williams, Esq., Clifton, Nottingham, and Glascoed, Llausantffraid

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