10. Papers offered for publication shall be delivered to the Chair- 

 man of the Committee on Publication, who shall be Editor of the 

 Proceedings. The Editor shall submit to the Committee an estimate 

 of cost, and shall see that papers are promptly examined in svich man- 

 ner as the Board of Managers may direct. 



11. ^lanuscript submitted for publication must be in form as well 

 as in substance ready for the printer. It must be complete as to text 

 and illustrations, must be perfectly legible (preferably type-written) 

 and must be preceded by a brief table of contents. 



12. The Academy shall not be responsible for the cost of revising 

 manuscripts or illustrations. The cost of proof corrections due to 

 alterations made by the author shall be charged to him. 



13. Proofs shall be submitted to authors or persons designated by 

 them whenever practicable ; but printing shall not be delayed by rea- 

 son of absence or inattention of authors. 



14. Papers accepted for publication in the Academy's Proceed- 

 ings must not be previously published elsewhere except by consent of 

 the Board of Managers of the Academy. 



15. Author's separates shall not differ in any particular from the 

 regular edition. Any desired number may be ordered in advance 

 through the Committee on Publication, at the expense of author, and 

 at a rate of cost agreed upon by the Committee and printer. 



16. Authors shall receive free of cost thirty copies of their papers. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



February 18, 1898. Meeting for incorporation. 



March 5, 189S. Meeting for organization. 



March 17, 1898. Second meeting for organization. 



March 29, 1898. Third meeting for organization. 



May 27, 1898. Business meeting. Election of members, etc. 



January 18, 1899. Annual meeting. Election of officers. 



January 31, 1899. Special meeting for communication from Mr. 

 Philip Mauro on Developments in the Art of Recording and Repro- 

 ducing Sounds, with an exhibition of the ' graphophone grand.' 



March 15, 1899. Special meeting and informal reception to hear 

 communication from Mr. Charles D. Walcott, on the United States 

 National Museum. 



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