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Provision 4 cont. 



(6) To keep the minutes of the Committee and of the Judicial 

 Commission and submit them for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the appropriate International Congress and in the 

 International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and 

 Taxonomy. 



(7) To present to the Plenary Session of the Congress all actions 

 of the Judicial Commission or the International Committee 

 requiring approval of said session. 



(8) One or the other of the Permanent Secretaries shall be desig- 

 nated a member of each subcommittee authorized or ap- 

 pointed by the International Committee, and shall be re- 

 sponsible only for advising the specialist subcommittees on 

 the interpretation of the International Code of Nomencla- 

 ture of the Bacteria and Viruses. 



(9) With the Chairman to authorize the formation of new sub- 

 committees to consider the taxonomy and classification of 

 special groups of microorganisms, such subcommittees to have 

 provisional status only until such time as they may be duly 

 authorized by action of the International Committee on Bac- 

 teriological Nomenclature. Proposals for the formation of 

 such subcommittees may be made by an individual or by a 

 group of individuals to one of the Permanent Secretaries. 

 Such a request should be accompanied by a statement of ithe 

 proposed duties of the subcommittee and a list of the mem- 

 bers proposed. 



Functions of Taxonomic Subcommittees. Taxonomic subcom- 

 mittees of experts authorized and appointed by the International 

 Committee on Bacteriological Nomenclature shall work under the 

 following rules: 



(1) The chairman and secretary shall be elected by members of 

 the subcommittee and shall hold office for six years. After 

 holding office they shall be eligible for re-election. 



(2) Ordinary members of the subcommittee shall be appointed 

 by the International Committee. Between Congresses, the 

 chairman and secretary, acting in agreement, may co-opt as 

 temporary members specialists who can contribute sub- 

 stantially to the work of the subcommittee. At the next Con- 

 gress the names of temporary members shall be submitted 

 to the International Committee, which shall determine 

 whether they shall become ordinary members. 



(3) One of the Secretaries of the International Committee shall 

 be an ex officio member of each subcommittee, but shall not 

 have voting powers. 



(4) Each subcommittee shall meet at each International Con- 

 gress and shall review its membership. The names of mem- 

 bers who have retired or have ceased to interest themselves 

 in the work of the subcommittee, or who have died, shall be 

 deleted from the membership list. The subcommittee shall, 

 if it desires, replace the inactive members by more active ex- 

 perts, but it is not essential to maintain the membership at 

 a definite number. 



