XXXIV 



RULES OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



Admission. 



Meetings. 



Functions. 



(b) Members who, by the publication of works or 

 papers, have furthered the advancement of know- 

 ledge in any of those departments which are 

 assigned to the Sections of the Association. 



(ii) Temporary Members — 



(a) Vice-Presidents and Secretaries of the Sections. 



(b) Honorary Corresponding Members, foreign repre- 



sentatives, and other persons specially invited 

 or nominated by the Council or General Officers. 



(c) Delegates nominated by the Affiliated Societies. 



(d) Delegates — not exceeding altogether three in 



number — from Scientific Institutions established 

 at the place of meeting. 



2. The decision of the Council on the qualifications and 

 claims of any Member of the Association to be placed on the 

 General Committee shall be final. 



(i) Claims for admission as a Permanent Member must 



be lodged with the Assistant Secretary at least one 



month before the x\.nnual Meeting, 

 (ii) Claims for admission as a Temporary Member may be 



sent to the Assistant Secretary at any time before or 



during the Annual Meeting. 



3. The General Committee shall meet twice at least during 

 every Annual Meeting. In the interval between two Annual 

 Meetings, it shall be competent for the Council at any time 

 to summon a meeting of the General Committee. 



4. The General Committee shall 



(i) Receive and consider the. report of the Council. 



(ii) Elect a Committee of Recommendations. 



(iii) Receive and consider the report of the Committee of 

 Recommendations. 



(iv) Determine the place of the Annual Meeting not less 

 than two years in advance. 



(v) Determine the date of the next Annual Meeting. 



(vi) Elect the President and Vice-Presidents, Local Trea- 

 surer, and Local Secretaries for the next Annual 

 Meeting. 



(vii) Elect Ordinary Members of Council, 

 (viii) Appoint General Officers. 



(ix) Appoint Auditors, 

 (x) Elect the officers of the Conference of Delegates. 



(xi) Receive any notice of motion for the next Annual' 

 Meeting. 



