OBJECTS AND RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION. XvVli 
one of them, who has notified his willingness to accept the office, 
shall be appointed to act as Secretary. The number of members 
appointed to serve on a. Research Committee should be as small 
as is consistent with its efficient working. Individuals may be 
recommended to make reports. 
34. All recommendations adopted by Sectional Committees 
shall be forwarded without delay to the Recommendation Com- 
mittee; unless this is done, the recommendation cannot be con- 
sidered by the Council. 
OFFICIAL JOURNAL. 
35. At the close of each meeting of the Sections, the Sectional 
Secretaries shall correct, on a copy of the official journal, the lists 
of papers which have been read, and add to them those appointed 
to be read on the next day, and send the same to the General 
Secretaries for printing. 
RECOMMENDATION COMMITTEE, 
36. The Council, at its first imeeting in each Session, shall 
appoint a Committee of Recommendations, to receive and con- 
sider the reports of the Research Committees appointed at the 
last Session, and the recommendations from Sectional Com- 
mittees. The Recommendation Committee shall also report to 
the Council, at a subsequent meeting, the measures which they 
would advise to be adopted for the advancement of science. 
*87. All proposals for the appointment of Research Committees, 
and for grants of money (see “Rules 19-21), must be sent in 
through the Recommendation Committee. 
PusiicaTion CoMMITTEE. 
38. The Council shall, each Session, elect a Publication Com- 
mittee, which shall receive the recommendation of the Sectional 
Committees with regard to publication of papers, and decide 
finally upon the matter to be printed in the volume of Transac- 
tions, Reports, or Proceedings. ; 
ALTERATION OF RULES. 
39. No alteration of the rules shall be made unless due notice 
of all such additions or alterations shall have been given at one 
meeting, and carried at another meeting of the Council held 
during a subsequent Session of the Association. 
40. Should an interim vacancy occur in any office appointed 
by the General Council, the vacancy shall be filled by a majority 
of votes recorded by correspondence by an H'ection ee 
composed of the following officers :—The President, the President- 
Elect, the Vice-Presidents, the General Secretaries, the Treasurer, 
and the Local Secretaries. 
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