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Article V 



1. Any member of the Union may -withdraw 

 therefrom, provided said member shall have ful- 

 filled all of its current obligations. 



2. A member of the Union may be expelled or 

 dropped from membership by a three fourths vote 

 of the members of the council, either present or 

 represented, for non-payment of the minimum an- 

 nual subscription or for a serious offense, the mem- 

 ber having previously been called upon to furnish 

 explanations. 



Article VI 

 1. The Union shall be administered by a council 

 composed of the delegates of the constituent coun- 

 tries, the numbers and distribution of such dele- 

 gates to be determined by the categories of Article 

 IV. in accordance with the following table: 



Delegatea 



Category A 1 



2. These delegates shall be appointed for a 

 term of three years by the "National Chemical 

 Federation " of the respective countries. One 

 third of the membership of the council shall re- 

 tire annually but the retiring members shall be 

 eligible for reappointment. 



Article VII 

 1. The executive functions of the council shall 

 be exercised through a committee of the officers 

 which shall be a president, four vice-presidents, 

 and a general secretary. These officers shall be 

 elected by the council from among its own mem- 

 bership by a majority vote. They shall serve for 

 terms of three years, and with the exception of the 

 general secretary shall not be eligible for immedi- 

 ate reelection to the same office. The president 

 shall be chosen from among the vice-presidents. 



Article VIII 



1. The council shall meet at least once a year 

 on the day before the annual general meeting in 

 the town where the latter is to be held, and, in 

 addition, as often as it shall be convened by its 

 president, or upon the requisition of one fourth 

 of its members. 



2. The council shall fix the date and place of 

 meeting, draw up the budget, and decide as to ex- 



3. Resolutions shall be adopted by a majority. 



4. On questions of an administrative or finan- 

 cial nature the voting shall be by countries, each 

 country having a number of votes equal to the 

 number of its delegates. In such voting it is, 

 however, not necessary that all these delegates be 

 present. The delegates of any country may ap- 

 point one or several proxies to represent them and 

 to vote in their name. 



5. Voting by correspondence is permitted. 



6. All questions to be voted upon must appear 

 on the agenda of the meeting. 



7. The president shall have the casting vote in 

 case of a tie. 



Article IX 



1. Minutes shall be kept of all meetings. Two 

 copies of the minutes shall be prepared and signed 

 by the chairman and the secretaries of the meeting. 



2. The permanent secretarial staff shall have 

 the custody of the archives, and shall be entrusted 

 with the execution of the decisions taken by the 

 council and by the committee of officers and in 

 particular with the circulation of the agenda. 



> Article X 



1. The functions of the committee of officers 



shall be: 



(o) To see that the rules are strictly observed. 



(6) To prepare the agenda for meetings of the 

 council. 



(c) To record and carry out the decisions of the 

 council. 



{d) To perform during the entire period elapsing 

 between two meetings of the council the 

 necessary acts of administration and to re- 

 port the same in writing to the members 

 of the council. 



(e) To submit to the council a draft yearly 

 budget. 



(/) To represent the Union or to appoint its rep- 

 resentatives. 



Article XI 



1. There shall be instituted, in addition to the 

 council, a consultative committee, consisting of as 

 many sections as shall be necessary to ensure the 

 complete representation of pure and applied chem- 

 istry in conformity with the regulations of the 

 Union. 



Article XII 



1. The general assembly of the Union shall con- 

 sist of the members of the council and of the 

 delegates of the ' ' National Chemical Federations ' ' 

 of the constituent countries. 



