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Section 5. The General Secretary shall attend to matters connected with the organi- 

 zation of the Association, its relations to the affiliated societies and such other matters 

 as the Council maj' designate. He shall receive such compensation as may be determined 

 by the Council. 



Section 6. The Permanent Secretary, the General Secretary and the Treasurer shall 

 present annually to the Council an account of the funds in their charge. These accounts 

 shall be audited by an Auditor elected by the Council. There shall be a Finance Com- 

 mittee of five, including the Permanent Chairman, the Treasurer and three other mem- 

 bers elected one each year for a period of three years. The Finance Committee shall 

 give advice in regard to the investment of the funds of the Association. The Treasurer 

 shall administer bequests and gifts in accordance with the provisions of the donor; and 

 shall sell such securities and properties of the Association and buy such securities and 

 properties for the Association zvith the permanent funds of the Association and exchange 

 such securities and properties of the Association for such securities and properties as the 

 Finance Committee shall direct by formal rote recorded in its minutes (April 21, 1940). 

 The Treasurer and the Permanent Secretary and General Secretary shall each present 

 a budget to the Council at the annual meeting. 



Article IV 



Section 1. The Executive Committee shall haic full po-ivcr to act for the Council 

 when the Council is not in session (Dec, 28, 1923). 



Section 2. There shall be a Committee on Grants, appointed by the President, with 

 the advice of the Council, consisting of eight members, two appointed annually for a 

 period of four years, which shall award for scientific research such part of the income 

 from the permanent and special funds of the Association as may be appropriated for that 

 purpose by the Council. 



Section 3. The following standing committees are authorized : Committee of One 

 Hundred on Scientific Research ; Committee on the Jane M. Smith Life Membership 

 Fund. 



Section 4. A local committee shall be organized by the members resident in the place 

 where a meeting of the Association is held. This committee may appoint an executive 

 committee and other committees and shall make arrangements for the meeting, in co- 

 operation with the Permanent Secretary and the other officers of the Association. 



Article V 



Section 1. The Sectional Committees shall arrange for each annual meeting a pro- 

 gram of general scientific interest, occupying usually one or two sessions. The section 

 shall not hold sessions for the reading of special papers when the affiliated society in 

 the same field meets with the Association. 



Section 2. No member shall take part in the organization or hold office in more than 

 one section at any one meeting. Council representatives of affiliated organizations which 

 are not specially related to any single section of the Association are members of the 

 respective section committees to which their scientific interests are most closely related. 



Article VI 



Section 1. Regional divisions authorized by the Council have full control of their 

 meetings, of their affiliations with other scientific organizations, and of all movements 

 to promote the advancement and diffusion of science in their territory. 



Section 2. The Pacific Division (organized in 1915) includes members resident in 

 Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and 



