THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



RULES RELATING TO PUBLICATION. 



General Rules. 



Section 1. The duties of the Editor are, to receive material offered 

 for publication; to examine the same and submit it to the Publication 

 Committee, with estimates as to cost of publishing; to publish all 

 material accepted for that purpose by the Council or Publication Com- 

 mittee; to revise proofs in connection with authors; to prepare lists of 

 contents and general indices; to audit bills for printing and illustrating: 

 and to perform all other duties connected with publication which are not 

 assigned to other officers. 



Section 2. The Council shall annually appoint from their own number 

 a Publication Committee, consisting of the Secretary and two others, 

 whose duties shall be to determine the disposition of matter offered for 

 publication, except as provided in Section 17; to determine the expediency, 

 in view of the financial condition of the Society, of publishing any matter 

 accepted on its merits; to exercise general oversight of the matter and 

 manner of publication; to determine the share of the cost of publication 

 (including illustrations)- to be borne by the author when it becomes neces- 

 sary to divide cost between the Society and the author; to adjudicate any 

 questions relating to publication that may be raised from time to time by 

 the Editor or by the Fellows of the Society; and in general to act for I lie 

 Council in all matters pertaining to publication. 



Section 3. Special committees may be appointed by the Council or 

 the Publication Committee to examine and report upon any matter offered 

 for publication. 



Section 4. The duties of the Secretary include the preparation of a 

 record of the proceedings of each meeting of the Society in form for 

 publication; and the custody, distribution, sale, exchange or other author- 

 ized disposition of the publications. 



Form of Publication. 



Section 5. The Society shall publish a serial record of its work enti- 

 tled "Bulletin of the Geological Society of America." 



Section 6. The Bulletin shall be published, for immediate distribu- 

 tion, in covered parts or brochu res, consecutively paged for each volume. 

 The brochures shall be designated by volume numbers and limiting p.i 



