CHARTER OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. ix 



6. There shall be a General Committee of the Association 

 being the governing body thereof and exercising such powers 

 and consisting of such members with such qualifications as 

 the Statutes of the Association shall direct. The first 

 General Committee of the Association shall be the General 

 Committee of the existing Association. 



7. There shall be a Council of the Association elected by 

 the General Committee, being the executive body of the 

 Association and exercising such powers and consisting of 

 such number of members, to be elected and to hold office 

 for such period, as the Statutes of the Association shall 

 direct. The first Council of the Association shall be the 

 Council of the existing Association. 



8. Of the Members of the said General Committee and 

 Council of the Association one shall be the President of the 

 Association, one shall be the General Treasurer thereof, and 

 two or more shall be the General Secretaries thereof. And 

 the said Officers shall be elected by the General Committee 

 in such manner, hold office on such terms, and exercise such 

 powers as the Statutes of the Association shall direct. And 

 the Association shall have such other Officers and Servants 

 as the Council of the Association may from time to time 

 appoint. 



9. The terms and conditions of membership of the 

 Association shall be such as the Statutes of the Association 

 shall direct. 



10. The affairs of the Association shall be managed and 

 regulated in accordance with the Statutes hereunto scheduled. 

 Any of the Statutes may from time to time be altered, added 

 to or repealed in manner provided by the Statutes and any 

 new Statutes may from time to time be made in the like 

 manner. Provided that no new Statute and no alteration 

 of or addition to any of the Statutes shall have any force or 

 eflTect if it be repugnant to any of the provisions of this Our 

 Charter or to the Laws of Our Realm and that no such new 

 Statute, alteration, addition or repeal shall take effect until 

 the same has been submitted to and approved by the Lords 



