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title of the volume and the precise elate of publication. As soon 

 as practicable after the close of each year, a volume title page, 

 a list of contents and illustrations of the volume, a list of officers 

 and committees, an abstract of proceedings for the year, a gen- 

 eral index to the volume, and such other matter as may be or- 

 dered by the Council, shall be issued as a separate brochure to 

 complete the volume. All of this matter except the index shall 

 be arranged for Innding at the beginning of the volume under 

 a distinct Roman pagination, l)ut the index shall take the regu- 

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Section 2. The regular edition shall be five hundred and 

 twenty-five copies. 



Section 3. The matter published in the Proceedings of the 

 Biological Society of Washington may comprise (1) original ar- 

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 of the Society, including condensed minutes of meetings pre- 

 pared by the Secretaries; (3) lists of members, by-laws and 

 rules, resolutions of a permanent character, etc.; and (4) title 

 pages, lists of contents, and indexes for each volume. 



Section 4. Matter designed for publication in the Proceedings 

 of the Biological Society of Washington may be transmitted to 

 the Committee on Publications, either direct or through the 

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 publications, or refer the matter to the Council for decision. 

 Communications from non-members and translated memoirs 

 shall be published only upon unanimous vote of the Committee 

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 .Committee on Publications or the Council may refer any com- 

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Section 5. Matter offered for publication in the Proceedings 

 of the Biological Society of Washington becomes thereby the 

 property of the said Society and shall not be published elsewhere 

 prior to publication in the Proceedings except by consent of the 

 Council. 



Section 6. Of the matter offered for publication, that which 

 is rejected shall be returned to the author at once; that which 

 is accepted shall be issued without unnecessary delay. Ordi- 

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