ST-AJNTZDHLTO- IR/TTLESS 



GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL 

 SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



January, 1881. 



1. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the Society- 

 shall hold like offices in the General Committee. 



2. The President shall have power to call special meetings of the 

 Committee, and to appoint Sub-Committees. 



3. The Sub-Committees shall prepare business for the General 

 Committee, and perform such other duties as may be entrusted to 

 them. 



4. There shall be two Standing Sub-Committees ; one on Com- 

 munications for the Stated Meetings of the Society, and another on 

 Publications. 



5. The General Committee shall meet at half-past seven o'clock 

 on the evening of each Stated Meeting, and by adjournment at 

 other times. 



6. For all purposes except for the amendment of the Standing 

 Rules of the Committee or of the Society, and the election of 

 members, six members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. 



7. The names of proposed new members recommended in con- 

 formity with Section 11 of the Standing Rules of the Society, may 

 be presented at any meeting of the General Committee, but shall 

 lie over for at least four weeks before final action, and the concur- 



(11) 



