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Foreword 



i. To report to the Imernational Committee at its triennial 

 meetings the names of all Commissioners whose terms of 

 service expire, likewise a list of all vacancies caused by resig- 

 nation or death. 



Recommendation. Whenever, in the opinion of any micro- 

 biologist an interpretation of any rule or recommendation 

 is desirable because the correct application of such a rule or 

 recommendation is doubtful, or the stability of nomenclature 

 could be increased by the conservation or by the rejection of 

 some name which is a source of confusion or error, it is 

 recommended that he prepare a brief outlining the problem, 

 citing pertinent references and indicating reasons for and 

 against specific interpretations. This brief should be submit- 

 ted to the Chairman of the Judicial Commission; if desired, 

 through one of the Permanent Secretaries. An Opinion will 

 be formulated, which may not be issued until it has been 

 approved by at least eight members of the Commission. 

 It was further voted: 



That the Proposed International Rules of Bacteriological 

 Nomenclature, in so far as they have been developed by the 

 American-Canadian Committee on Compilation of Proposals 

 on Bacteriological Nomenclature for the International Com- 

 mittee and modified by action of that Committee, shall be 

 referred for final emendation and publication to the Judicial 

 Commission in accordance with Provision (c) above as re- 

 corded. 

 The minutes of the International Committee contain the follow- 

 ing statements relative to the Judicial Commission: 



With regard to the constitution of the Judicial Commission, 

 members of the Committee present were requested to ^i\e its 

 Secretaries lists of persons that they wished to nominate as 

 members of the Judicial Commission, and the Secretaries 

 were requested to transmit such nominations to the entire 

 Committee for ballot, giving members the option of sub- 

 stituting other names if they so desired. It was agreed that 

 after the final ballot the four persons receiving the greatest 

 number of votes should be elected for the nine-}ear period 

 and that the four persons receiving the smallest number of 

 votes should be elected for the three-year period. The re- 

 maining four are to serve for a six-year period. 

 Nominations to membership on the Judicial Commission were 

 made by the membership of the International Committee in attend- 

 ance at the New York meeting. The Permanent Secretaries then 

 conducted a mail ballot, resulting in the election of twelve members 

 (Commissioners) and designation of R. E. Buchanan as Chairman. 



