270 Fcderation of American Biological Societics [Jan. 



That the presidents and the secretaries of the constituent societies 

 form the executive committee of the Federation. 



That the chairmanship of the executive committee be held in turn 

 by the presidents of the constituent societies who shall succeed one 

 another annually in the order of seniority of the constituent societies 

 (Physiological, Biochemical, Pharmacological). 



That the secretary of the society whose president is chairman 

 shall be the secretary of the executive committee. 



That the secretaries of the three societies shall consult in pre- 

 paring the programs of the annual meeting, and that, so far as prac- 

 ticable, and with the authors' consent, papers be so distributed as to 

 be read to the society in which they properly belong. 



That the programs of the three societies be published by the 

 secretary of the Federation under one cover and that the expense 

 of publication be shared pro rata by the societies according to the 

 number of members. 



That the official title of the new Organization be the "Federa- 

 tion of American Societies for Experimental Biology : Comprising 

 the American Physiological Society, the American Society of Bio- 

 logical Chemists, and the American Society for Pharmacology and 

 Experimental Therapeutics." 



That a common meeting place of the Federation with the socie- 

 ties of Anatomists, Zoologists and Naturalists is desirable but not 

 mandatory. 



That, in the name of the Federation, the International Physio- 

 logical Congress be invited to meet in the United States in 191 6. 



That the present Conference committee delegate all its powers to 

 the executive committee of the Federation. 



The first meeting of the new Federation will be held in Decem- 

 ber, 191 3, in Philadelphia. 



Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 

 New York City. 



