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XIV.— SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. 



(a) The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the 

 several sections shall be chosen by the Council, after consultation 

 with the Local Committee of the Centre at which the next ensuing 

 Session of the Association is to be held. 



(b) From the time of their election, which shall take place as 

 soon as possible after the Session of the Association, they shall 

 form themselves 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. The Sectional Presidents of former years 

 shall be ex officio members of the Organising Committee. 



(c) The Sectional Committee shall have power to add to their 

 number from among the Members and Associates of the Associa- 

 tion. 



(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 of a length 

 suitable for insertion in the published Transactions of the Associa- 

 tion, 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. 



(g) 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. 



(h) The Council cannot guarantee the insertion of any Report, 

 Paper, or Abstract in the Annual Volume, unless it be handed to 

 the Secretary before the conclusion of the Session. 



(/) 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. 



XV.— RESEARCH COMMITTEES. 



(a) In recommending the appointment of Research Committees, 

 all members of such Committees shall be named, and one of them, 

 who has notified his wnllingness to accept the office, shall be ap- 

 pointed to act as Secretary. The number of Members appointed 

 to serve on a Research Committee shall be as small as is consistent 

 with its efficient working. Individuals may be recommended to ma 

 reports. /^VX^C/^^ 



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