BYE-LAWS. Vll 



year, and to devote the funds rendered available thereby in subsequent 

 award or awards, provided the stipulation contained in the second term 

 of conveyance of the British Association is adhered to. 



(g) No alteration shall be made in these Rules except under the 

 condition specified in Chapter XIV of the Association's Constitution, 

 reading : — 



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 be communicated 



by circular to the Members of the Association for their 



consideration, and dealt with at the said Session of the 



Association. 



(h) Should a Member of the Medal Committee accept nomination 



for the Award or be absent from South Africa at any time within four 



months before the commencement of the ensuing Annual Session, he 



will, ipso facto, forfeit his seat on the Committee. 



B. The Goold-Adams Medals.* 



(a) The Medals shall be awarded on the joint result of the 

 Matriculation and University Senior Certificate Examination of the 

 University of the Cape of Good Hope. 



(b) One Medal shall be awarded to the student who has taken 

 the highest place in each of the seven Science subjects: (1) Physics. 

 (2) Chemistry, (3) Elementary Physical Science, (4) Botany, (5) 

 Zoology, (6) Elementary Natural Science, and (7) Mathematics, as 

 set forth in the University Matriculation and the University Senior 

 Certificate Examination ; and who is not over the prescribed age for 

 Exhibitions at the Matriculation Examination. 



(c) The standard of marks shall be not less than 65 per cent, of 

 the maximum. 



(d) The Medals shall be struck in bronze. 



BYE-LAWS. 



I. Bye-laws under which the O.F.S. Philosophical Society was incor- 

 porated, from 1st July, 1914, with the South African Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, with the designation of "The 

 Orange Free State Branch" of the Association. 



1. The O.F.S. Philosophical Society to be incorporated with the 

 South African Association for the Advancement of Science, this being 

 the only course of procedure open under the existing Constitution. 



2. The title of the Society so incorporated to be "The Orange Free 

 State Branch of the South African Association for the Advancement 

 of Science." 



3. All members of the South African Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science resident in the Orange Free State will, for the 

 purpose of these bye-laws, be considered members of the Orange Free 

 State Branch of the Association. 



4. The local Committee of the Branch to consist of the Council 

 members of the Association for the Orange Free State, together with 

 such additional members as the Branch may elect to serve on its local 

 Committee. 



5. Subscription notices to members of the Branch to be circulated 

 from the Head Office of the Association in Johannesburg, and sub- 

 scriptions to be paid to the General Treasurer of the Association at 

 Johannesburg, 10 per cent, thereof being remitted to the Orange 

 Free State Branch for local expenses. Subscriptions of £1 10s. per 

 annum to entitle to membership of the Association as a whole, as well 

 as of the Orange Free State Branch. 



* The award of these medals is at present suspjnded. 



