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issued or sponsored by the Judicial Commission or the Inter- 

 national Committee on Bacteriological Nomenclature. 



(5) With the cooperation of the Permanent Secretaries, to 

 formulate tentative Opinions and proposals either for dis- 

 cussion or for vote by the members of the Judicial Com- 

 mission, and to receive and codify or tabulate the results. 



(6) To maintain a list of all requests for Opinions or for as- 

 sistance in nomenclatural problems which come to the Com- 

 mission and to expedite the formulation and publication 

 of Opinions of the Judicial Commission. 



(7) With the cooperation of the Permanent Secretaries to put 

 in form for consideration requests or suggestions for emenda- 

 tion of the International Bacteriological Code of Nomen- 

 clature of the Bacteria and Viruses, to circulate such requests 

 or formulations to the Commissioners, to call for votes, to 

 tabulate them and to make the appropriate recommendations 

 to the International Committee on Bacteriological Nomen- 

 clature. 



(8) To transmit, through the Permanent Secretaries, to the In- 

 ternational Committee the Opinions as issued by the Judicial 

 Commission, and all recommendations and actions of the 

 Judicial Commission requiring the consideration or the ap- 

 proval of the International Committee. 



(9) To represent the Judicial Commission on such International 

 Committees, Boards or Commissions as may be organized 

 to consider cooperation in biology in the solution of com- 

 mon problems of nomenclature and taxonomy, particularly 

 to work with other similar Commissions or Executive Com- 

 mittees organized for action on problems on nomenclature 

 in botany and in zoology. 



(10) To undertake such other duties as may from time to time 



be requested by the Judicial Commission. 

 Functions of the Judicial Coynmission. The Judicial Commission 

 has the following functions: 



(1) To hold such regular sessions as may be necessary for the 

 transaction of all business which should come before it at 

 the time of the sessions of each Congress of the International 

 Association of Microbiological Societies. 



(2) To consider all requests for Opinions relative to the inter- 

 pretation of the Principles, Rules, Recommendations and 

 Provisions of the International Code of Nomenclature of 

 the Bacteria and Viruses where applications are doubtful. 

 A request for an Opinion should be accompanied by a fully 



