BYE-LAWS. Vll 



Matriculation Examination and the University Senior Certificate Examination; 

 and who is not over the prescribed age for Exhi'oitio)is at the Mal'riculation 

 Examination. 



(c) The standard of marks shall be not less 'than 65 per cent, of the 

 maximum. 



(d) The Medals shall be struck in bronze. 



BYE-LAWS. 



I. Bye-laws under which the O.F.S. Philosophical Society was incorporated, 



from 1st July, 1914, with, the South African Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, ivith the designation of " The Oraiige Free 

 State Branch " of the Association. 



1. The O.F.S. Philosophical Society to be incorporated with the South 

 African Association for the Advancement of Science, tins being the only 

 course of procedure open under the existing Constitution. 



2. The title of the Society so incorporated to be "The Orange Free 

 State Branch of the South African Association for the Ad\ancement of 

 Science." 



3. All members of the South Afiican Association for the Advancement 

 of Science resident in the Orange Free State will, for purposes of these bye- 

 laws, be considered members of the Orange Free Sta^te Branch of the 

 Association. 



4. The local Committee of the Branch to consist of the Council members 

 of the Association for the Orange Free State, together with such additional 

 members as the Branch may elect to serve on its local Committee. 



5. Subscription notices to members of the Brarich to be circulated from the 

 Head Office of the Association in Johannesburg, and subscriptions to be paid 

 to the General Treasurer of the Association at Johannesburg, 10 per cent, 

 thereof being remitted to the Oran£);o Free State Brancli for local expenses. 

 Subscriptions of £1 per annum to entiiie to membersliio of the Association 

 as a whole, as well as of the Orange Free State Branch. 



6. All members ati present on the books of the Orange Free State 

 Philosophical Society to be entitled to become member.s of the Association, 

 to receive its Journal, and to enjoy the full priviliges of membeiship, as soon 

 as their subscription of £1 for the financial year 1914-15 shall have Joeen paid. 



7. Papers read before the Orange Free State Branch may either (Ij be 

 printed by title, abstract, or in extcnso, in the Journal of the Association for 

 the current year, after reference to the Presidents of the respective Sectional 

 Committees, or (2) be read at the next Aimual Session of the Association 

 (provided that they have not been jneviously jniblished in abstract or in 

 extenso), and thereafter printed in the Association's Journal, subject to the 

 ordinary conditions. 



II. Bye-laws for the guidance of Sectioned Officers. 



1. The afttention of all Sectional Officers is directed to Chapter XIII. of 

 the A.'jsociation's Constitution, relating to the Sectional Committees and their 

 functions. 



2. The President and Recorxler (or Secretary) of a Section shall have 

 power during the Annual Session to act on behalf of the Seciion in any 

 matter of urgency which cannot be brought before the consideration of th? 

 whole Sectional Committee; and they shall report such action to the next 

 meeting of the Sectional Committee. 



3. The President of the Section, or, in his absence, one of the two Vice- 

 Presidents, shall preside at all meetings of the Section or of the Sectional 

 Committee. 



4. The President of the Section is expected to prepare a Presidential 

 Address, which shall be delivered during the Annual Session. 



6. Prior to the commencement of the Session, the Recorder of each 

 Section shall prepare a list of all papers notified to be read during the Session, 



