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6. RESOURCES OF THE CONGRESS. 
The resources of the congress consist of a special appropriation by the Congress of 
the United States, of voluntary contributions from interested persons, and of member- 
ship fees fixed at $2 for each person. In the case of official representatives of govern- 
ments the membership fee is remitted. 
7. METHOD OF DEBATE. 
All the debates of the congress take place in full assembly. ‘The official language 
is English, but in presenting papers and in debates members have the right to use also 
the French, German, or Italian language. 
The meetings will be presided over by the president or vice-president, who will 
conduct the debates according to the established order. The president, on yielding 
the chair, may himself take part in the debates. The duration of the discussion of a 
subject will be regulated by the extent of the programme and will be communicated to 
the assembly before the commencement of the debate. Members desiring to speak 
will inscribe their names and subjects during or after the reading of papers, and the 
president will call on them to speak in the order of their inscription. 
A member may speak only twice on the same subject in the same meeting, personal 
remarks and corrections excepted. The motion for the close of a debate must imme- 
diately be put to a vote; this motion once accepted, only the members who have pre- 
viously asked recognition may speak. ‘The author of a proposition or paper shall at the 
end of the debate be recognized for a final résumé. 
8. MINUTES AND PUBLICATIONS. 
Minutes will be prepared on all the proceedings of the congress and will contain 
the reports and debates in brief and in extenso. The full transactions of the congress 
will be published as soon as practicable after the final adjournment. 
g. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS. 
The local committee of organization will make such further regulations as may 
be necessary for the proper conduct of the work of the congress. 
