158 FINAL ACT OF SECOND PAN AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. 



RULES OF THE CONGRESS. 



I. The sessions of the Congress will extend over a period of 13 days, 

 from Monday, December 27, 1915, to Saturday, January 8, 1916, at hours 

 to be announced. The sections will meet simultaneously on each day; 

 and the arrangement of the program will be in charge of the chairman and 

 reporting member of each section, in consultation with the secretary 

 general. 



II. The time to be allowed for the presentation and discussion of 

 each paper will be determined by the several section committees, after 

 receipt of papers and reports; preference will be given to those subjects 

 upon which the papers submitted are most important or useful to 

 Pan-American countries in general. 



III. In view of the great number of papers to be submitted, they 

 should be as concise as possible. It is desirable that each paper shall 

 be typewritten. They may be accompanied by illustrations and tabular 

 matter to clarify and shorten descriptions. 



IV. It is suggested that illustrations be limited in number, and be 

 submitted upon sheets not over 10 inches by 22 inches (25 cm. by 56 

 cm.) including the border, or 9 inches by 21 inches (23 cm. by 53 cm.) 

 inside the border. 



V. Bach paper should be accompanied by a resum of not more 

 than 1,500 words, followed by a footnote giving the bibliography of 

 the subject to include references to important original papers and 

 sources of information referred to in the paper. 



VI. In view of the desire to take full advantage of the great progress 

 of recent years, it is suggested that the papers submitted have special 

 reference to the trend of recent progress and to the probable development 

 of the immediate future. 



VII. Papers descriptive of special works, and largely statements of 

 facts, should be restricted to the particular work under consideration t 

 and should give as much detail as is possible. 



VIII. All resolutions presented in plenary session shall immediately 

 be referred to the Executive Committee, which committee shall make 

 report thereon to the Congress. 



IX. All resolutions presented to sectional meetings shall first be 

 referred to the subcommittee in charge of the section. 



X. The official languages of the Congress will be the Spanish, the 

 Portuguese, the French, and the English. 



XI. In order to enable the officers of the Congress to prepare for its 

 labors, it is essential that the authors of papers shall forward their papers 

 to be received by the secretary general not later than November i , 1915. 



