IV CdNSTITl'TIOX. 



(/) In the event of a vacancy occurring in the Council, or 

 among the Officers of the Association, in the intervals between 

 the Annual Sessions, or in the event of the Annual Meeting leav- 

 ing vacancies, the Council shall have the power to hll such 

 vacancies. 



(g) Dm-ing any Session of th.e Association the Council shall 

 meet at least twice, and the Council shall meet at least six times 

 (luring the year, in addition to such Meetings as mav be necessarv 

 during the Annual Session of the Association. 



( h I 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. 



( / ) The Council shall have power to frame Bye-laws to facili- 

 tate the {practical working of the Association, so long as these 

 P>ye-laws are not at variance with the Constitution. 



\-]I._TX)CAL AXD RECEPTION COM^^flTTEES. 



(a) A Eocal Committee shall be constituted for the Centre 

 at which the Annual Session is to be held, and shall consist of the 

 Members of the Council resident in that Centre, with such other 

 Members of the .\ssociation as the said ^lembers of Council may 

 elect. 



(//) The Local C'ommittee shall form a Reception Committee 

 to assist in making arrangements for the reception and entertain- 

 ment of visitors. Such Reception Committee may include per- 

 sons not necessarilv Members or Associates of the Association.* 



I c) The Eocal Committee shall be responsible for all ex- 

 penses in connection with the Annual Session of the Association, 



Vni._HEADOUARTERS. 



The Headquarters of the .Vssociation shall be in Cape Town. 



IX.— EINANCE. 



( a ) llie h'inancial 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 bv the Ccxmcil, and only the interest arising from such 



* The Reception 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 Room for members and others, 

 at which all information regarding the Association can be obtained, and which 

 shall have attached to it two Secretaries' Offices, a Writing Room for members 

 and others, a Smoking Room, and Ladies' Room. 



(1) Four rooms, each capable of accommodating about 30 or 40 people, to be 

 used as Sectional Meeting Rooms, and, if possible, to have rooms attached, or in 

 close proximity, for the purpose of holding meetings of Sectional Committees. 



(4) Other requirements, such as office furniture, blackboards, window blinds 

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



