SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. Vll 



tunity to the Committees of doing justice to the several communi- 

 cations, that each author should prepare an Abstract of his Paper, 

 and he should send it, together with the original Paper, to the 

 Secretary of the Session before which it is to be read, so that it 

 may reach him at least a fortnight before the Session. 



(e) Members may communicate to the Sections the Papers 

 of non-members. 



(f) The Author of any Paper is at liberty to reserve his right 

 of property therein. 



I g ) The Sectional Committees shall meet not later than the 

 first day of the Session in the Rooms of their respective Sections, 

 and prepare the programme for their Sections and forward the 

 same to the General Secretaries for publication. 



( h ) The Council cannot guarantee the insertion of any 

 Report, Paper or Abstract in the Annual Volume unless it be 

 handed to the Secretary before the conclusion of the Session. 



(t) The Sectional Committees shall report to the Council 

 what Reports, Papers or Abstracts it is thought advisable to 

 print, but the final decision shall rest with the Council. 



XIV.— ALTERATION TO RULES. 

 Any proposed alteration of the Rules — 



a. Shall be intimated to the Council three months 



before the next Session of the Association. 



b. Shall be duly considered by the Council and com- 



municated by Circular to the Members of the 



Association for their consideration, and dealt with 



at the said Session of the Association. 



During the interval between two Annual Sessions of 



the Association, any alterations proposed to be made in 



the Rules shall be valid if agreed to by two-thirds of the 



Members of Council. Such alteration of Rules -shall not 



be permanently incorporated in the constitution until 



approved by the next annual meeting. 



XV.— VOTING. 



In voting for Members of Council, or on questions con- 

 nected with Alterations to Rules, absent Members may record 

 their vote in writing. 



RULES FOR THE AWARD OF MEDALS. 

 A. The South Africa Medal. 

 I. — Constitution of Committee. 



(a) The Council of the South African Association for the 

 Advancement of Science shall, annually and within three months 

 after the close of the Annual Session, elect a Committee to be 

 called " the South Africa Medal Committee " on which, as far 

 as possible, every Section of the Association and each Province 

 of South Africa shall have fair representation. 



