CXX REGULATIONS OF THE 
It shall be the duty of the president of each section, or in event of 
his being unable to do so, of the vice-president, to prepare an address, 
having reference to the special objects of the section, for each annual 
meeting. 
The society in general session, or any of the sections, with consent of 
the society, may appoint committees to prepare reports on any special 
literary or scientific matters, or on the progress of literature and science, 
or on works published in Canada, and to suggest such honorary notice as 
may seem desirable in the case of meritorious works or researches. 
The ordinary committee of the section shall be limited to three in 
number, and consist of the officers of the section or any members that the 
section may select to make up the number. 
17. Reading of Papers. 
I.—The representatives of each section in the council shall be the 
judges of the papers to be accepted or rejected. No paper shall be read 
in any section, at any general meeting of the society, unless it has been 
presented, either in full or in abstract, at least three weeks before the 
first day of the meeting, and formally accepted by the council, in accord- 
ance with rule X. of the society, except by special permission of the 
council. The publication of any paper not so accepted, as having been 
read before or presented to it, may be disavowed by the society. 
II.—No paper already published shall be accepted by the society 
except in cases where it shall have been entirely recast. 
IIl.—A programme containing the titles of papers to be read shall 
be printed and sent to the members of the society at least one week 
before the time of meeting. 
IV.—It shall be the duty of the secretaries of each section to prepare 
before each day’s meeting a list of the papers to be presented to each 
section, with the names of the authors and the time demanded for their 
reading. These lists shall be printed and made public each morning 
before the time fixed for the meeting. 
18. Publication of Papers. 
I.—The author shall revise his MS. after reading, to prepare it for 
the press. 
II.—The first proof in galley shall be sent to the author, and also a 
revise in galley. 
ITT.—The matter shall then be put in page, and a proof sent to the 
secretary of the section to which it belongs, who will sign the proof when 
he has corrected it. . Should the author demand it, he may see a proof in 
page. 
IV.—The chairman of the printing committee or his deputy will 
