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Foreword 



THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL CONGRESS 

 (New York, 1939) 



The proposed tentative code was considered at some length by 

 the International Committee for Bacteriological Nomenclature at 

 its New York meeting; many suggestions developed. The report was 

 also presented to one of the sections of the Congress, and about one 

 hundred copies of the "Annotated" and "Tentative" codes dis- 

 tributed. 



Upon recommendation of the International Committee on 

 Bacteriological Nomenclature the Plenary Session of the Third In- 

 ternational Congi-ess for Microbiology on Sept. 9, 1939 approved the 

 following resolution: 



1. That a recognized Bacteriological Code be developed. 



2. That publication of such a proposed Code when developed be 

 authorized with the proviso that it shall be regarded as wholly 

 tentative, but in the hope that it shall be widely tested so that 

 it may be brought up for further consideration and final dis- 

 position at the next Microbiological Congress which should 

 normally take place in 1942. 



3. That the Nomenclature Committee, as at present constituted, 

 shall continue to function under the auspices of the Interna- 

 tional Association of Microbiologists* as it did under the Inter- 

 national Society for Microbiology. 



4. That the International Committee shall select from its member- 

 ship a Judicial Commission consisting of twelve members, ex- 

 clusive of members ex officio, and shall designate a Chairman 

 from the membership of the Commission. The two Permanent 

 Secretaries of the International Committee on Bacteriological 

 Nomenclature shall be members ex officio of the Judicial Com- 

 mission. The commissioners shall serve in three classes of four 

 commissioners each for nine years, so that one class of four 

 commissioners shall retire at every International Congress. In 

 case of resignation or death of any commissioner, his place shall 

 be filled for the unexpired term by the International Committee 

 at its next meeting. 



The functions of the International Committee on Bacteriological 

 Nomenclature were more accurately defined as follows: 



a. To consider and pass upon all recommendations relating to 

 the formation or modification of Rules of Nomenclature. The 

 Committee will recommend such action as may be appropri- 

 ate to the next Plenary Session of an International Congiess 



* The new name approved for the international organization sponsoring micro- 

 biological congresses. 



