XXn STATUTES. 



Report shall be vested in the authors ; and the copyright 

 of the Reports of Research Committees appointed by the 

 General Committee shall be vested in the Association. 



Applications. 



Obligations. 



Expulsion. 



Conditions 

 and Privileges 

 of Member- 

 ship. 



Chapter X. 

 Admission of 31 embers. 



1. No technical qualification shall be required on the 

 part of an applicant for admission as a Member of the 

 British Association ; but the Council is empowered, in the 

 event of special circumstances arising, to impose suitable 

 conditions and restrictions in this respect. 



The Council shall also have power to refuse any application 

 for membership. 



Every person admitted as a Member shall conform to 

 the Statutes and Regulations of the Association, and for any 

 infringement thereof shall be liable to exclusion by the 

 Council, who have also authority, if they think it necessary, 

 to withhold from any person the privilege of attending any 

 Annual Meeting or to cancel a ticket of admission already 

 is.sued. 



If it shall appear to the Council that it is not desirable that 

 a person shall continue to be a Member of the Association, 

 the Council shall direct the General Secretaries to ascertain 

 whether that person is willing to resign his membership. 



If that person do not, within a time to be fixed by the 

 Council, either resign or appeal in writing to the General 

 Committee, the Council may declare such person to be no 

 longer a Member. Upon the appeal, the General Committee 

 may make the like declaration by a majority of two-thirds of 

 those present and voting. 



It shall be competent for the General Officers to act, in 

 the name of the Council, on any occasion of urgency which 

 cannot be brought under the consideration of the Council ; 

 and they shall report such action to the Council at the next 

 meeting. 



2. All Members, except as hereafter provided, are eligible 

 to any office in the Association. 



(i) Every Life Member hereafter admitted shall pay, on 



admission, the sum of Fifteen Pounds. 

 (ii) Every Annual Member shall pay, on admission, the 

 sum of One Pound, and in any subsequent year 

 the sum of One Pound, 

 (iii) Persons not exceeding twenty-three years of age, 

 being students of universities or of any educational 



