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RULES RELATING TO PUBLICATION. 



Form of Public atiox. 



Section 1 . The Biological Society of Washington will continue 

 to |)ul)lisli a volume entitled Proceedings of the Biological Society 

 of Washington. 



Section 2. This volume shall he puhlished in covered parts or 

 brochures, consecutively paged for each volume. The brochures 

 shall be designated by volume numbers and limiting pages, and 

 each shall bear a special title setting forth the contents and au- 

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Section 3. A brochure may consist of a single memoir or article, 

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 about the close of each year there sliall be published, in a 

 brochure arranged to complete the volume, a title-page, a list of 

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 with an abstract of the i)roceedings of the Society and list of 

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 a co])y of tlie constitution and l)y-laws and rules governing 

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Matter of Publication. 



Section 5. The matter published in the Proceedings of the Bio- 

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