THE WORE OF THE SECTIONS. XV 



The President (or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presi- Of President 

 dents) shall preside at all meetings of the Sectional Committee 

 or of the Section. His ruling shall be al)solute on all points 

 of order that may arise. 



The Recorder shall be responsible for the punctual trans- and of 

 mission to the Assistant Secretary of the daily programme of 

 his Section, of the recommendations adopted by the Sectional 

 Committee, of the printed retui-ns, abstracts, reports, or papers 

 appertaining to the proceedings of his Section at the Annual 

 Meeting, and for the correspondence and minutes of the 

 Sectional Committee. 



6. The Sectional Committee shall nominate, before the Organising 

 close of the Annual Meeting, not more than six of its own 

 members to be members of an Organising Committee, with 

 the officers to be subsequently appointed by the Council, and 

 past Presidents of the Section, from the close of the Annual 

 Meeting until the conclusion of its meeting on the first day of 

 the ensuing Annual Meeting. 



Each Organising Committee shall hold such meetings as 

 are deemed necessary by its President for the organisation 

 of the ensuing Sectional proceedings, and may at any such 

 meeting resolve to present a report to the Council upon any 

 matter of interest to the Section,* and shall hold a meeting 

 on the first Wednesday of the Annual Meeting : to nominate 

 members of the Sectional Committee, to confirm the Pro- 

 visional Programme of the Section, and to report to the 

 Sectional Committee. 



Each Sectional Committee shall meet daily, unless other- Sectional 

 wise determined, during the Annual Meeting : to co-opt o™™i ^^• 

 members, to complete the arrangements for the next day, and 

 to take into consideration any suggestion for the advance- 

 ment of Science that may be offered by a member, or may 

 arise out of the proceedings of the Section. 



No paper shall be read in any Section until it has been Papers and 

 accepted by the Sectional Committee and entered as accepted ^P°' ^' 

 on its Minutes. 



Any report or paper read in any one Section may be read 

 also in any other Section. 



No paper or abstract of a paper shall be printed in the 

 Annual Report of the Association unless the manuscript has 

 been received by the Recorder of the Section before the close 

 of the Annual Meeting. 



It shall be within the competence of the Sectional Com- Kecommen- 

 mittee to review the recommendations adopted at preceding Nations. 



* Amended by the General Committee at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 191 6. 



