SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. Vll 



{b ) From the time of their election, which shall take place as 

 soon as possible after the Session of the Association, they shall 

 form themselves into an organising Committee for the purpose 

 of obtaining information upon Papers likely to be submitted to 

 the Sections, and for the general furtherance of the work of the 

 Sectional Committees. 



(c) The Sectional Committees shall have power to add to 

 their number from among the Members 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 eacli 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. 



( c) Members may communicate to the Sections the Papers 

 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 Committees shall report to the Council 

 what Reports. Papers or x\bstracts it is thought advisable to 

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



XTV.— 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 Ijy 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. 



