VUl CONSTITUTION. 



6. All members at present on the books of the Orange Free State 

 Philosophical Society to be entitled to become members of the Associa- 

 tion, to receive its Journal, and to enjoy the full privileges of mem- 

 bership, as soon as their subscriptions for the financial year 1914-15 

 shall have been paid. 



7. Papers read before the Orange Free State Branch may either 

 (1) be printed by title, abstract, or in extenso, in the Journal 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 extenso), and thereafter printed in the 

 Association's Journal, subject to the ordinary conditions. 



II. Bye-laws for the guidance of Sectional Officers. 



1. The attention of all Sectional Officers is directed to Chapter 

 XIII 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 during the Annual Session to act on behalf of the Section 

 in any matter of urgency which cannot be brought before the consider- 

 ation of the whole Sectional Committee; and they shall report such 

 action to the next meeting of the Sectional Committee. 



3. The President of the Section, or, in his absence, one of the 

 two Vice-Presidents, shall preside at all meetings of the Section or 

 of the Sectional Committee. 



4. The President of the Section is expected to prepare a Presi- 

 dential 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 keep the Assistant Secretary of 

 the Association informed of the titles and authors of all such papers. 

 The Assistant Secretary shall, on his part, keep the Recorder informed 

 of all papers that may be notified to him direct. 



6. When a proposal is made for the reading of a paper at a joint 

 meeting of Sections, the President, Recorder and Secretary of each 

 Section shall, ex officio, attend a meeting convened by a General 

 Secretary to consider the same. 



7. During the continuance of the Annual Session, the Local Sec- 

 retary of each Section shall be responsible for the punctual transmis- 

 sion to the Assistant Secretary of the daily programme of his Section 

 for early publication, and of any other recommendations adopted by 

 the Sectional Committee; and shall at the close of the Session furnish 

 the Assistant Secretary with a list, showing which of the papers 

 notified for reading before the Section hav^e been 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 paper, i.e., whether it should be 

 printed 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 meeting: and such record 

 shall be attached to the paper and handed in with the same in terms 

 of Clause 11 of these instructions. 



9. Each Sectional Committee shall, during the continuance of the 

 Annual Session, meet daily, unless otherwise determined, to complete 

 the arrangements for the next day. 



10. In deciding on any recommendation regarding the printing 

 of or otherwise of a paper submitted to it, the Sectional Committee 

 shall consider only the merits of the paper, and not the financial con- 

 dition of the Association. 



11. The Local Secretary of each Section shall, at the close of each 



