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10. Written communications to the Association arc to be read by tlie 

 secretary, unless objection is made; and if objected to, will be read if it 

 be ordered by a majority of the members present. 



1 1. The I'olytechnic Association will recommend what papers read before 

 them, or what part of other transactions they judg-e wortli}^ of publication, 

 to the committee of arts and sciences, by which the publ cations may bo 

 ordered in its discretion. 



12. No person altciidin<j;- the meetinccs of tlie Association shall speak 

 more than once on any one subject, nor shall occupy, in such speech, more 

 than fifteen minutes, except by j)ermission of the Association. 



13. The chairman may invite any person to address the meetiiifr "i" to 

 participate in the deliberations, but such person not a nsember, sliall be 

 announced as a visitor. 



14. Topics presented for consideration, or the announcement of a dis- 

 covery or invention, improvement or novelty, or the exhibition of any 

 machine or part thereof, or any manufacture or article, n\ust be preceded 

 by a statement setting forth the point, in writing, to be deliberated upon, 



15. Any peison desiring to put on record any supposed or real discovery 

 in science, manufacture, or arts, may address a communication to the chair- 

 man of the Association, under seal and properly indorsed, which shall be 

 preserved in the archives of the American Institute as evidence for the 

 jiarty depositing the same. 



16. Ill all cases not provided for by the rules, Jefferson's Manual shall 

 be t;iken as a standard. 



17. The official reports of the meetings of tlie Association shall lie upon 

 the desk of the recording secretary until 11 o'clock of the day following 

 the meetings, for ihe inspection of members, and such corrections as are 

 necessary before going to the public press. 



18. The n)inntes of the i)revious meeting shall be read at the opening in 

 order for correction, unless otherwise directed by the meeting*. 



19. No argument is allowed between members. Facts alone are to be 

 stated. 



20. All questions of order are decided without appeal by the presiding 

 officer. 



OPENING ADDRESS BEFORE THE POLYTECHNIC 



ASSOCIATION. 



By THE Chairman, Peof. Samuel D. Tillman. 



[Delivered at the commencemeDt of the Fall Scesion, September 8, 1864.] 



ADDKESS. 



Genllemcn : It gives me great plcasun; to greet you at our first autumnal 

 meeting. Our time is again to be agretjably occupied in listening to 

 accounts of new discoveries, examining new inventions and comparing 

 opinions respecting their merits. It siiould be widely known that this 

 branch of the Institute is especially designed tor trie benefit of all who are 

 interested in the progress of Science and Art; that our Platform is free to 

 all who have anything of importance, relating to these subjects, to commu- 

 nicate, and that no fee or formal initiation is required from those who come 

 to listen or to speak. This plan of proceeding has been successfully fol- 

 lowed for several years. One of its beneficial results is the colIectii)n for 

 pul)lication of interesting facts, experiments, and suggestions which other- 

 wise might escape general attention. Another is the means here afibrded 



