20 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 



The non-resident Councillors shall be citizens of the United States, 

 and shall not come from the same institution of learning. 



The Coiincil, through the executive ofhcer, shall solicit a library 

 of reprints of the original work done in pure physics, in the United 

 States or elsewhere, by Americans, in order to remain additionally 

 informed as to the status of the physicists of the country, in regard 

 to their efficiency as investigators. 



After continuous sen-ice of more than twelve (12) years, a mem- 

 ber of the Council who has passed sixty-two (62) j^ears of age may 

 become inactive and ask for a pension of his full salary of $2,000. 



Three members of the Council shall constitute a quorum, and a 

 majority of votes shall decide. 



(B) Resident and Non-resident Associates and Assistants. 



(12) Permanent non-resident associates. — In recognition of the 

 peculiar habits of work of great investigators, and for other reasons, 

 there shall be established not more than four permanent non-resi- 

 dent associateships of research. They shall be recommended to the 

 Trustees by the Council. A specific account of the accomplish- 

 ments of the candidate is to be attached to the recommendation. 



These permanent non-resident associateships shall be granted to 

 persons of the recognized exceptional eminence, herein already speci- 

 fied, in recognition of their past and present continuous services to 

 scientific research in phj'sics. If appointed from another institution, 

 it shall be at a salary not less than that received immediately prior 

 to the appointment and not less than 6,000 dollars per annum. They 

 shall be provided with a laboratory of their own design, costing not 

 more than $10,000 for grounds and building, and not more than 

 $4,000 per annum for assistants, equipment and maintenance. 



These associateships shall be filled only when the person of recog- 

 nized ability has been found, and they need not be filled continu- 

 ously. 



(13) Temporary non-resident associates. — To bring the laboratory 

 in touch with the wishes of the Founder as expressed in his deed of 

 trust; to provide that the Institution may react usefullj^on the coun- 

 try at large, with a view to stimulating research; and in order to 

 reciprocally stimulate those resident at the physical laborator}-, there 

 shall be established not more than twenty temporary non-resi- 

 dent associates/lips of research. They shall be recommended to the 

 Trustees by the Council, after consultation with the physicist in 



