XIV 



STATUTES. 



General Secretaries, the General Treasurer, and the Presidents 

 of the Association in former years. 



An Ordinary Member of the Committee for each Section 

 shall be nominated by the Committee of that Section. 



If the President of a Section be unable to attend a meeting 

 of the Committee of Recommendations, the Sectional Com- 

 mittee may appoint a Vice-President, or some other member 

 of the Committee, to attend in his place, due notice of such 

 appointment being sent to the Secretary of the Associa- 

 tion. 

 Functions. 2. Every recommendation made under Chapter IV. and 



every resolution on a scientific subject, which may be sub- 

 mitted to the Association by any Sectional Committee, or by 

 the Conference of Delegates, or otherwise than by the Council 

 of the Association, shall be submitted to the Committee of 

 Recommendations. If the Committee of Recommendations 

 approve such recommendation, they shall transmit it to the 

 General Committee ; and no recommendation shall be con- 

 sidered by the General Committee that is not so trans- 

 mitted. 



Every recommendation adopted by the General Committee 

 shall, if it involve action on the part of the Association, be 

 transmitted to the Council ; and the Council shall take such 

 action as may be needful to give effect to it, and shall report 

 to the General Committee not later than the next Annual 

 Meeting. 



Every proposal for establishing a new Section, for altering 

 the title of a Section, or for any other change in the consti- 

 tutional forms or statutes of the Association, shall be referred 

 to the Committee of Recommendations for their consideration 

 and report. 



Chapter IV. 

 Research Committees. 



1. Every proposal for special research, or for a grant of 

 money in aid of special research, which is made in any 

 Section, shall be considered by the Committee of that Section ; 

 and, if such proposal be approved, it shall be referred to the 

 Committee of Recommendations. 



In consequence of any such proposal, a Sectional Com- 

 mittee may recommend the appointment of a Research 

 Committee to conduct research or administer a grant in aid of 

 research, and in any case to report thereon to the Association ; 

 and the Committee of Recommendations may include such 

 recommendation in their Report to the General Committee. 



