X CONSTITUTION. 



to receive its Journal, and to enjoy the full privileges of membership, as. 

 soon as their subsc'ri})tions for the financial year 1914-15 shall have been 

 paid. 



7. Papers read before tlie Orange Free State Branch may either (1) be 

 printed by title, abstract, or in ext<nso, in the Journal of the Association 

 for the curreat year, after reference to the Presidents of the respective 

 Sectional Committees, or (2) be read at the next Annual Session of the 

 Association (provided tliat they have not been previously published in 

 abstract or in extcitso), and thereafter printed in the Association's Journal^ 

 subject to the ordinary conditions. 



II. — Bye-laws for the Guidance of Sectional Officern. 



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 

 povi^er during the Annual Session to act on behalf of the Section in any 

 matter of urgency which cannot be brought before the consideration 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 Presidential 

 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 siiall also keep the Assistant Secretary of the Association 

 informed of the titles and authors of all such papers. The Assistant Secre- 

 tary 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 Secretary 

 of each Section shall be responsible for the punctual transmission to the 

 Assistant Secretary of the daily programme of his Section for early publi- 

 cation, and of any other recommendations adopted by the Sectional Com- 

 mittee ; 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 have 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 recom- 

 mendatiims of the Sectional Committee with respect to each paper, i.e.., 

 w-hether 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 recommendations 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 condition of the 

 Association. 



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

 day, collect the jjapers that'have been read and hand them to the Assistant 

 Secretary, together witji a note explaining the cause of absence of any paper 

 not so handed over. 



