STANDING: RULES 
OF THE 
GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL 
SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
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 mem- 
bers, six members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. 
7. The names of proposed new members recommended in con. 
formity with Section13 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- 
rence of twelve members of the Committee shall be necessary to 
election. 
The Secretary of the General Committee shall keep a chronologi- 
cal register of the elections and acceptances of members. 
8. These Standing Rules, and those for the government of the 
Society, shall be modified only with the consent*of a majority of 
the members of the General Committee. 
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