VI CONSTITUTION. 



tional Committees. The Sectional Presidents of former years sluill 

 be c% officio members of the Organising Committee. 



(c) The Sectional Committee shall have power to add to their 

 number from among the Members and Associates of the Association. 



{d) The Committees of the several Sections shall determine 

 the acceptance of Papers before the beginning of the Session, 

 keeping the General Secretaries informed from time to time of 

 their work. It is therefore desirable, in order to give an oppor- 

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

 cations, that each author should prepare an Abstract of his Pa])er, 

 and he should send it, together with the original Pai:)er. to the 

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

 may reach him, at least, a fortnight before the Session. 



((,') Members may communicate to the Sections the Pajuns of 

 non-members. 



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

 property therein. 



[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. 



{i) The Sectional Committee 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. 



XV.— RESEARrH com:\httees. 



{a) In recommending the appointment of Research Committees, 

 all members of such Committees shall be named, and one of them, 

 who has notified his willingness to accept the office, shall be 

 appointed to act as Secretary. The number of Members apjwinted 

 to serve on a Research Committee shall be as small as is consistent 

 with its eiticient working. Individuals may be recommended to 

 make reports. 



(6) All recommendations adopted l)y Sectional Committees shall 

 be forwarded without delay to the Council for consideration and 

 decision. 



XVI.— AITERATION TO RULES. 



Any ])roposed alteration of the Rules 



n. Shall be intimated to the Council six months before the 



next Session of the Association. 

 I). Shall be duly considered by the Council, 



c. And, if approved, shall be communicated by Circular to 



the Members of the Association for their consideration. 



d. And dealt with at the said Session of the Association. 



XVII.— VOTING. 



In Voting for ^Members of Council, or on questions connected 

 with Alterations to Rules, absent Members may record their vote 

 n writing. 



