THE SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL. Vll 



into an organising Committee for the purpose of obtaining information 

 upon Papers likely to be submitted to the Sections, and for the general 

 furtherance 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 Papers before the beginning of the Session, keeping the 

 General Secretaries informed 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. 



(j7)"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. 



ih) The Council cannot guarantee the insertion of any Pteport, 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. 



b. Shall be duly considered bv the Council and communicated by 



circular to the Members of the Association for their considera- 

 tion, 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. 



(n) 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 he called " the South Africa 

 Medal Committee, ' on which, as far as possible, every Section of the 

 Association and each Province of South Africa shall have fair representa- 

 tion. 



