STATUTES. XV 



2. Every appointaient of a Research Committee shall be Constitution, 

 proposed at a meeting of the Sectional Committee and adopted 



at a subsequent meeting. The Sectional Committee shall 

 settle the terms of reference and suitable Members to serve 

 on it, which must be as small as is consistent with its efficient 

 working ; and shall nominate a Chairman and a Secretary. 

 Research Committees shall have power to add to their 

 numbers. 



3. The Sectional Committee shall state in their recommen- Proposals by 

 dation whether a grant of money be desired for the purposes Sectional 



of any Research Committee, and shall estimate the amount 

 required. 



i. Research Committees are appointed for one year only. Tenure. 

 If the work of a Research Committee cannot be completed 

 ill that year, application may be made through a Sectional 

 Committee at the next Annual Meeting for reappointment, 

 with or without a grant — or a further grant — of money. 



5. Every Reseai'ch Committee shall present a Report, Reports. 

 whether interim or final, at the Annual Meeting next after 



that at which it was appointed or reappointed, and may in the 

 meantime present a Report through a Sectional Organising 

 Committee to the Council. Interim Reports, whether in- 

 tended for publication or not, must be submitted in writing. 

 Each Sectional Committee shall ascertain whether a Report 

 has been made by each Research Committee appointed on their 

 recommendation, and shall report to the Committee of 

 Recommendations . 



6. In each Research Committee to which a grant of money Gkants. 



has been made, the Chairman is the only person entitled to call ^'?^ Drawn by 



. , Chairman. 



on the General Treasurer for such portion of the sum granted 



as from time to time may be required. 



Grants of money sanctioned at the Annual Meeting (*) Expire at 

 expire at the close of the financial year of the Association gjai^ygar °^"' 

 following, to wit, on June 30, or on such other date as the 

 General Committee may appoint. The General Treasurer is 

 not authorised, after that date, to allow any claims on account 

 of such grants. 



A Research Committee, whether or not in receipt of a ('") <^'««'''a*- 

 grant, shall not raise money, in the name or under the auspices 

 of the Association, without special permission from the General 

 Committee. 



Chapter V. 



The Council. 

 1. The Council shall consist of ex officio Members and of Constitution. 

 Ordinary Members elected annually by the General Committee. 



