IV CONSTITUTION. 



ing of President, General Treasurer. General Secretaries, and four 

 other Members, elected annually by the Council. Three of the 

 Committee shall form a quorum. 



VIII.— LOCAL COMMITTEES. 



In the intervals between the Sessions of the Association, its local 

 affairs shall be managed by the Local Committees. This Committee 

 shall consist of the Members of the Council resident in that Centre, 

 with such other Members of the Association as the said Members of 

 Council may elect. 



IX.— RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 



The Local Committee of the Centre at which the Session is to be 

 held shall form a Reception Committee, to assist in making arrange- 

 ments for the meeting, and for the reception and entertainment of 

 the visitors.* This Committee shall have power to add to its 

 number from among the Members and Associates of the Association. 



X.— HEADQUARTERS. 



The Headquarters of the Association shall be in Cape Town. 



XL— FINANCE. 



((?) The Financial Year shall end on the 30th of June. 



{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 be applied to the uses of the Association. 



(c)' Subscriptions shall be collected by the Local Honorary 

 Treasurer of each Centre, and by him forwarded to the General 

 Treasurer, after deducting expenditure authorised by the Council. 



{d) The Local Committees shall not have power to expend money 

 without the authority of the Council, with the exception of the 

 Local Committee of the Centre in which the next ensuing Session 

 is to be held, which shall have the power to expend money collected 

 or otherwise obtained in that Centre. Such disbursements shall 

 be audited, and the financial statement and the surplus funds 

 forwarded to the General Treasurer at least half-yearly. 



{e) All cheques shall be signed either by the General Treasurer 

 and a General Secretary, or by the Local Treasurer and Secretary 

 of the Centre at which the next ensuing Session is to be held. 



(/) 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. 



(g) The whole of the accounts of the Association, i.e., the local 

 as well as the general accounts, shall be audited annually by an 

 auditor appointed by 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. 



* For arrangements with regard to Papers to be read, see Section XIV. 



