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the Sections and Local Secretaries. (2) Members of the Association 

 delegated to the Council by Scientific Societies.* (3) Secretaries of 

 Research Committees appointed by the Council. 



Delegates. — Scientific Societies shall be invited by the Local Com- 

 mittees of the State in which the ensuing meeting is to be held to 

 delegate members to the General Council. The number of such 

 delegates is not to exceed one for every hundred members of the 

 delegating societies. Such delegates shall be members of the General 

 Council only for the Session to which they are delegated. 



7. The Council shall meet only during the Session of the Associa- 

 tion, and during that period shall be called together at least twice. 



Local Committees. 



8. In the intervals between the Sessions of the Association, its 

 affairs shall be managed in the various States by Local Committees. 

 The Local Committee of each State shall consist of the Members of 

 Council resident in that State. 



Officers. 



9. The Officers shall include a President, five Vice-Presidents, a 

 General Treasurer, and Local Secretaries and Treasurers, who shall be 

 appointed by the General Council at each meeting of the Association, 

 and shall take office at the next following meeting. There shall also be 

 a Permanent Honorary Secretary, who shall hold office until his 

 appointment be terminated by death or resignation, or by resolution of 

 the General Council. The mover of such resolution shall give not less 

 than three months' notice in writing. 



Reception Committee. 



10. The Local Committee of the State in which the Session is to 

 be held shall (recommended that the word " may " be substituted for 

 " shall ") form a Reception Committee to assist in making arrange- 

 ments for the reception and entertainment of the visitors. This Com- 

 mittee shall have power to add to its number. 



Office. 



11. The permanent Office of the Association shall be in Sydney. 



* By resolution of General Council, Melbourne, 1913, the following is a definition of a 

 Scientific Society with power to send a delegate to the General Council of the Association : — 



Any Society is eligible which undertakes local scientific investigations and publishes 

 notices of the results : Provided that the Council shall have the power to vary this 

 rule in exceptional cases. 

 Applications for the appointment of delegates must be in the hands of the Permanent 

 Honorary Secretary not later than three months before the date of any meeting of 

 the Association. 



