BVE-LAWS. XI 



/. reapers read before the Orange Free State Branch may 

 either (i) be printed by title, abstract, or in extcnso, in the Jour- 

 nal of the Association for the current year, after reference to the 

 Presidents of the respective Sectional Committees, or (2) be read 

 at the next Annual Session of the Association (provided that 

 they have not been previously published in abstract or in extcnso), 

 and thereafter printed in the Association's Journal, suliject to 

 the ordinary conditions. 



//. Byc-liiTK's for t/ir f/iiidaiicc of Sectional Officers. 



1. The attention of all Sectional Officers is directed to 

 Chapter XIll. of the Association's Constitution, relating;- to the 

 Sectional Committees and their functions. 



2. The President and Recorder (or Secretary) of a Section 

 shall have power durinj^ the Annual Session to act on l)ehalf 

 of the Section in any matter of urgency which cannot be brought 

 before the consideration of the whole Sectional Committee ; and 

 they shall report such action to the next meeting of the Sectional 

 Committee. 



3. The ] 'resident of the Section, or, in his absence, one of 

 the two \'ice-Presidents, shall preside at all meetings of the 

 Section or of the Sectional Committee. 



4. The IVesident of the Section is expected to pre|)are a 

 Presidential Address, which shall be delivered during the Annual 

 Session. 



5. Prior to the commencement of the .Session, the Recorder 

 of each Section shall prepare a list of all papers notified to be 

 read during the Session, and shall also kee]) the Assistant Secre- 

 tary of the ,\ssociation informed (tf the titles and author-; of all 

 such i)apers. The Assistant Secretary sliall. on his i^art, kee]) 

 the Recorder informed of all ]:)apers that nia>' 1)e notibed to him 

 direct. 



6. When a proposal is made for the reading of a \m\)tr at a 

 joint meeting of Sections, the President, Recorder and Secretary 

 of each .Section shall ex officio attend a meeting convened bv 

 ci General .Secretary to consider the same. 



7. During the continuance (if the Annual .Session, the Local 

 Secretar}' of each Section shall be re.s]>onsible 'for the punctual 

 transmission to the Assistant Secretary of the daily programme 

 of his Section for early ])ublication. and of any other recommen- 

 dations ado])ted by the Sectional Committee ; and shall, at the 

 close of the !-^ession, furnish the Assistant Secretary with a list, 

 showing which of the i)apers notified for reading befcjre the 

 .Section have Ijeen so read, and which have been taken as read, 

 and giving the dates in either case. He shall, at the same time, 

 indicate the recommendations of the Sectional Committee with 

 respect to each jjaper, i.e., whether it sliould l)e i)rinted in full, or 

 in abstract, or by title only. 



8. Each Sectional Committee shall cause to be prepared a 

 record of the discussion on each paper read at its meetings ; and 



