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{h) The Council shall have the power to pay for the services of Assistant 

 General Secretaries, for such clerical assistance as it may consider necessary, 

 and for such assistance as may be needed for the publication of the 

 Association Report or Journal. 



(j) The Council shall have power to frame Bye-laws to facilitate the 

 practical working of the Association, so long as these Bye-laws are not at 

 variance with the Constitution. 



VII.— LOCAL AND RECEPTION COMMITTEES. 



(a) A Local Committee shall be constituted for the Centre at which the 

 Annual Session is to be lield. and shall consist of the ^lembers of the Council 

 resident in that Centre, with such other ]\Iembers of the Association as the 

 said jMembers of Council may elect. 



(b) The Local Committee shall form a Reception Committee to assist in 

 making arrangements for the reception and entertainment of visitors. Such 

 Reception Committee may include persons not necessarily Members or 

 Associates of the Association.* 



(c) The Local Committee shall be responsible for all expenses in connec- 

 tion with the Annual Session of tlfe Association. 



VIII.— HEADQUARTERS. 



The Headquarters of the Association shall be in Johannesburg. 



IX.— FINANCE. 



{a) Tlie Financial Year shall end on the 31st of May. 



(b] All sums received for Life Subscriptions and for Entrance Fees shall 

 be invested in the names of three Trustees appointed by the Council, and 

 only the interest arising from such investment shall bei applied to the uses 

 of the Association, except by resolution of a General Meeting; provided that 

 any composition fee as a Life ]\Iember paid over to the Trustees of the 

 Endowment Fund after the 30th day of J\Iay, 1914, may, upon the death of 

 such Member, be repaid by the Trustees to the General Account of the 

 Association, if the Council shall so decide. 



(c) The Local Committee of the Centre in which the next ensuing Session 

 is to be held shall have the power to expend money collen.'tied, or otherwise 

 obtained in that Centre, other than the subscriptions of Members. Such 

 disbursements shall be audited, and the financial statement and the surplus 

 funds forwarded to the General Treasurer within one month after the Annual 

 Session. 



{(l) All cheques shall be signed by the General Treasurer and a General 

 Secretary, or by such other person or persons as may be authorised by the 

 Council. 



(e) Whenever the balance in the hands of the Treasurer shall exceed the 

 sum requisite for the probable or current expenses of the Association, the 

 Council shall invest the excess in the names of the Trustees. 



if) On the request of the majority of the Members of Council of any 

 Centre in which two or more Members of Council reside, the Council shall 

 empower the local Members of Council in that Centre to expend sums not 

 exceeding in the aggregate 10 per cen.him of the amount of Annual Subscrip- 

 tions raised in that Centre. 



ig) The whole of the accounts of the Association, i.e., the local as well 

 as the general accounts, shall be audited annually bv an auditor appointed 

 bv the Council, and the balance-sheet shall be submitted to the Council at 

 the first meeting thereafter, and be printed in the Annual Report of the 

 Association. 



• The Heception Committee should make arrangements to provide: — 



(1) A large hall for the delivery of the Presidential Address and evening lectures. 



(2) A large room to be used as a Reception Boom for memher."! and otlwrs, at which 

 all information regarding the Association c:)n be obtained, and wliich shall have attach.?d 

 to it two Secretaries' Offices, a Writing Room for memb(rs and other.^. a Smoking Room, 

 and Ladies' Boom. 



Ci) Six rooms, each capable of accommodatins about 30 or JO people, lo be used as 

 Sectional Meeting Booms, and, if pcFSible, to have rooms attached, or in close pioximity, 

 for the purpose of holding meetings of Scctumal Committ.es. 



(4) Other requirements, such a^ office furniture, hbai-kboards, window blinds to darken 

 sectional meeting rooms for Lantern lectures, notice boards, etc. 



