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RULES OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



The 

 Sections. 



Sectional 

 Officers. 



Rooms. 



Sectional 

 Committees. 



Constitution. 



Privilege of 

 Old Members. 



Daily 

 Co-optation. 



Chapter IX. 

 The Work of the Sections. 



1. The scientific work of the Association shall be trans- 

 acted under such Sections as shall be constituted from time 

 to time by the General Committee. 



It shall be competent for any Section, if authorised by the 

 Council for the time being, to form a Sub-Section for the 

 purpose of dealing separately with any group of communica- 

 tions addressed to that Section. 



2. There shall be in each Section a President, two or 

 more Vice-Presidents, and two or more Secretaries. They 

 shall be appointed by the Council, for each Annual Meet- 

 ing in advance, and shall act as the Officers of the Section 

 from the date of their appointment until the appoint- 

 ment of their successors in office for the ensuing Annual 

 Meeting. 



Of the Secretaries, one shall act as Recorder of the Section, 

 and one shall be resident in the locality where the Annual 

 Meeting is held. 



3. The Section Rooms and the approaches thereto shall 

 not be used for any notices, exhibitions, or other purposes 

 than those of the Association. 



4. The work of each Section shall be conducted by a 

 Sectional Committee, which shall consist of the following : — 



(i) The Officers of the Section during their term of office. 



(ii) All past Presidents of that Section. 



(iii) Such other Members of the Association, present at 

 any Annual Meeting, as the Sectional Committee, 

 thus constituted, may co-opt for the period of the 

 meeting : 



Provided always that — 



(a) Any Member of the Association who has served on 

 the Committee of any Section in any previous year, 

 and who has intimated his intention of being present 

 at the Annual Meeting, is eligible as a member of 

 that Committee at their first meeting. 



(6) A Sectional Committee may co-opt members, as above 

 set forth, at any time during the Annual Meeting, 

 and shall publish daily a revised list of the members. 



