COUNCIL. FINANCE. Ill 



'Sessions, or in the event of the Annual Meeting leaving vacancies, the 

 Council shall have the power to fill such vacancies. 



(g) During any Session of the Association the Council shall meet 

 at least twice, and the Council shall meet at least six times during 

 the year, in addition to such meetings as may be necessary during the 

 Annual Session of the Association. 



(h) The Council shall have the power to pay for the services of 

 Assistant General Secretaries for such clerical assistance as it may 

 consider necessary, and for such assistance as may be needed for the 

 publication of the Association Report or Journal. 



(i) The Council shall have power to frame Bye-laws to facilitate 

 the practical working of the Association, so long as these Bye-laws are 

 not at variance with the Constitution. 



VII— LOCAL AND RECEPTION COMMITTEES. 



(a) A Local Committee shall be constituted for the Centre at which 

 the Annual Session is to be held, and shall consist of the Members of 

 the Council resident in that Centre, with such other Members of the 

 Association as the said Members of Council may elect. 



(b) The Local Committee shall form a Reception Committee to 

 assist in making arrangements for the reception and entertainment of 

 visitors. Such Reception Committee may include persons not neces- 

 sarily Members or Associates o£ the Association.* 



(c) The Local Committee shall be responsible for all expenses in 

 connection with the Annual Session of the Association. 



VIII.— HEADQUARTERS. 



The Headquarters of the Association shall be in Johannesburg. 



IX.— FINANCE. 



(a) The Financial Year shall end on the 31st of May. 



(b) All sums received for Life Subscriptions and for Entrance Fees 

 shall be invested in the names of three Trustees appointed by the 

 Council, and only the interest arising from such investment shall be 

 applied to the uses of the Association, except by resolution of a General 

 Meeting ; provided that any composition fee as a Life Member paid 

 over to the Trustees of the Endowment Fund after the 30th day of 

 May, 1914, may, upon the death of such Member, be repaid by the 

 Trustees to the General Account of the Association, if the Council 

 shall so decide. 



(c) The Local Committee of the Centre in which the next ensuing 

 Session is to be held shall have the power to expend money collected, 

 or otherwise obtained in that Centre, other than the subscriptions of 

 Members. Such disbursements shall be audited, and the financial state- 

 ment and the surplus funds forwarded to the General Treasurer within 

 one month after the Annual Session. 



(d) All cheques shall be signed by Ehe General Treasurer and a 

 General Secretary, or by such other person or persons as may be 

 authorised by the Council. 



(e) Whenever the balance in the hands of the Treasurer shall exceed 

 the sum requisite for the probable or current expenses of the Association, 

 the Council shall invest the excess in the names of the Trustees. 



(f) On the request of the majority of the Members of Council of 

 any Centre in which two or more Members of Council reside, the 



* The Reception Committee should make arrangements to provide :— 



(1) A large hall for the delivery of the Presidential Address and evening 

 lectures. 



(2) A large room to be used as a Reception Room for members and others, at 

 which all information regarding the Association can be obtained, and which shall 

 have attached to it two Secretaries' Offices, a Writing Room for members and 

 others, a Smoking Room, and Ladies' Room. 



(3) Six rooms, each capable of accommodating about 30 or 40 people, to be used 

 as Sectional Meeting Rooms, and, if possible, to have rooms attached, or in close 

 proximity, for the_ purpose of holding meetings of Sectional Committees. 



(4) Other requirements, such as office furniture, blackboards, window blinds to 

 darken sectional meeting rooms for Lantern lectures, notice boards, etc. 



