l66 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 



II, Permanent Advisory Committee. 



That as a feature of the permanent plan of the Institution, an ad- 

 visory committee on zoology somewhat similar to this be constituted 

 on the rotation system, to act as advisers in connection with the Ma- 

 rine Biological Laboratory and Experimental Station, the encourage- , 

 ment of research, expeditions, and all applications for grants, etc., 

 in the field of zoology. 



More in detail, that this advisory committee of five be chosen to 

 represent the following subjects : 



1 . The zoology of vertebrates. 



2. The zoology of invertebrates. 



3. Embryology and cytology. 



4. Experimental morphology. 



5. Biology, oecology, evolution, heredity, biometrics, geographical 

 distribution, etc. 



This committee to be chosen for terms of five years, but at the 

 first election to determine by lot the members to hold ofiice for one, 

 two, three, four, and five years, respectively, so that one member of 

 the committee shall go out of office each year, and not be eligible for 

 immediate reelection, to be replaced by another member elected by 

 the Carnegie Institution. For this purpose the committee shall 

 submit annually a list from which the Institution may select the new 

 member. In this manner the committee will keep thoroughly in- 

 formed as to the past and will be freshened constantly by the accession 

 of a new member each year. 



Such advisory committee to hold stated quarterly meetings, for 

 attendance at which members present will receive an adequate fee 

 in addition to expenses. 



Such committee to elect its own chairman annually. 



Such committee to have the power given by the Institution to 

 appoint annually a salaried secretary, preferably a scientific man, 

 whose duty it shall be to keep all the records, to prepare and present 

 applications, and to act especially as business editor of zoological 

 publications. 



The organization, duties, and powers of this committee will natu- 

 rally conform to the rules adopted by the Institution for advisory 

 committees on other subjects. 



