53© WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



RULES RESPECTING PUBLICATIONS. 



1. The Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sci- 

 ences shall be issued in dated brochures, paged consecutively for the 

 volume. 



2. A brochure may comprise one or more papers, according to 

 length, at the option of the Committee on Publication. 



3. The date on each brochure shall be that of actual publication, 

 which shall be one day later than the date of delivery by the printer to 

 the Committee. 



4. Each brochure shall be distributed on the date of its publication. 

 Copies shall be sent to all members of the Academy, to subscribers 

 and to a library and exchange list approved by the Board of Managers. 



5. At the close of each volume, which shall coincide as nearly as 

 possible with the calendar year, a brochure comprising the title page, 

 contents and index of the volume shall be issued. 



6. The regular edition shall consist of twelve hundred copies. 



7. Contributors to the Proceedings must be members of the 

 Academy, or of one of the Affiliated Societies; provided, however, 

 that in exceptional cases the Board, by a three-fourths vote of the 

 members voting at a stated meeting, may accept for publication papers 

 contributed by non-members of the Affiliated organizations. 



8. Papers offered for publication shall be delivered to the Chair- 

 man of the Committee on Publication, who shall be Editor of the 

 Proceedings. The Editor shall submit to the Committee an estimate 

 of cost, and shall see that papers are promptly examined in such man- 

 ner as the Board of Managers may direct. 



9. Manuscript submitted for publication must be in form, as well as 

 in substance, ready for the printer. It must be complete as to text 

 and illustrations, must be perfectly legible (preferably typewritten), 

 and must be preceded by a brief table of contents. 



10. The Academy shall not be responsible for the cost of revising 

 manuscripts or illustrations. The cost of proof corrections due to 

 alterations made by the author shall be charged to him. 



11. Papers accepted for publication in the Academy's Proceed- 

 ings must not be previously published elsewhere except by consent of 

 the Board of Managers of the Academy. 



