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7. Reports of Committees. 
8. Miscellaneous business. 
g. Presentation and discussion of scientific papers, or 
remarks. 
to. Reading and correction of the minutes of the day’s 
session. 
tr. Adjournment. 
III. The business portion of each day’s session shall be 
open to Fellows and Members only. 
IV. The Rules of Order of the Union shall be those of the 
United States Senate, unless suspended by unanimous consent. 
V. The order of business at any session of the Union may 
be varied from the above, by a two-thirds vote of the Fellows 
and Members present. 
VI. The claims and qualifications of nominees for member- 
ship may be discussed before the Union, but such discussions 
shall be held as strictly confidential. 
VII. There shall be a Committee on Publications, con- 
sisting of the President, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, and 
Assistant Editor, who shall have charge of the printing of 
the Union, under the direction of the Council. 
VIII. A Committee on Communications consisting of 
three Fellows or Members shall be appointed by the President 
each year, which shall receive from the Secretary all papers 
sent to him, from which said Committee shall select those 
to be read at the next Stated Meeting. 
IX. The publication of the Quarterly Journal ‘The Auk,’ 
shall be in charge of the Council, which, at each Stated Meet- 
ing of the Union, shall appoint the editorial staff for the ensu- 
ing year, and shall authorize the editorial staff to secure a 
competent publisher, and otherwise provide for the proper 
publication of the Journal. 
X. Any of the above Rules may be amended, suspended, or 
repealed, on the written motion of two Fellows or Members 
signed by them, and presented at a Stated Meeting of the 
Union, in case the same shall be approved by a two-thirds 
vote of the Fellows and Members present. 
