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Sections op the Association. 



22. The following Sections shall be constituted : — 



A. — Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics. 



B. — Chemistry, with Pharmacy as a sub-Section. 



C. — Geology and Mineralogy. 



D. — Biology. 



E. — Geography and History. 



F. — Ethnology and Anthropology. 



G. — Social and Statistical Science. 



H. — Engineering and Architecture. 



/. — Sanitary Science and Hygiene. 



J. — Mental Science and Education. 



K. — Agriculture. 



L. — Veterinary Science. 



Sectional Committees. 



23. The President of each Section shall take the Chair and proceed 

 with the business of the Section not later than 11 a.m. In the middle 

 of the day an adjournment for luncheon shall be made, and at 4 p.m. 

 the Sections shall close. 



24. On the second and following days the Sectional Committees 

 shall meet at 10 a.m. 



25. The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the several 

 Sections shall be nominated by the Local Conmiittee of the State in 

 which the next ensuing Session of the Association is to be held, and 

 shall have power to act until their election is confirmed by the Council. 

 From the time of their nomination — which shall take place as soon 

 as possible after the Session of the Association — they shall be regarded 

 as an Organizing 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 Organizing 

 Committees. 



26. The Sectional Committees shall have power to add to their 

 number. 



27. The Committees for the several Sections shall determine the 

 acceptance of papers before the beginning of the Session. It is there- 

 fore desirable, in order to give an opportunity to the Committee 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, Reports, or Proceedings of the Association, 

 and that 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. 



