THE SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL. V 



Council may consider necessary, who shall be elected by the Council. 

 Of the Secretaries, one shall act as Recorder of the Section, and at 

 least one shall be resident in the Centre where the Annual Session is to 

 be held. 



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

 as possible after the Session of the Association, they shall form them- 

 selves into an organising Committee for the purpose of obtaining 

 information upon Papers likely to be submitted to the Sections, and 

 for the general furtheranc3 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 Pipers before the beginning of the Session, keeping the 

 General Secretaries infcrmed from time to time of their work. It is 

 therefore desirable in order to give an opportunity to the Committees 

 of doing justice to the several communications, that each author should 

 prepare an Abstract of his Paper, and he should send it, together with 

 the original Paper, to the Secretary of the Section before which it is to 

 be read, so that it may reach him at least a fortnight before the 

 Session. 



(e) 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 of the Section before the conclusion of the Session. 



(i) The Sectional Committees shall report to the Council what 

 Reports, Papers or Abstracts it is thought advisable to print, but the 

 final decision shall rest with the Council. 



XIV.— 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. 

 6. Shall be duly considered by the Council and communicated 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 by the next Annual Meeting. 



XV.— VOTING. 



In voting for Members of Council, or on questions connected with 

 Alterations to Rules, absent Members may record their vote in writing. 



RULES (FOR THE AWARD OF MEDALS. 



A. — The South Africa Medal, 



I. — Constitution of Committee. 



(a) The Council of the South African Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science shall, annually and within three months after the 

 close of the Annual Session, elect a Committee to be called "the South 

 Africa Medal Committee," on which, as far as possible, every Section 



