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' 2. A regular meeting of the general assemtily 

 shall be held at least once a year, preferably at 

 the time and place of the meeting of the Interna- 

 tional Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry. 



3. The general assembly shall also meet when 

 called together by the council or when such a 

 meeting is requested by at least one half of the 

 members of the Union. 



4. The general assembly shall receive reports 

 on the administrative work of the council on its 

 financial situation, and on the general condition 

 of the Union. 



5. It shall approve the accounts of the previous 

 fiscal year as certified by an auditor, selected 

 from outside the membership of the council and 

 appointed by the general assembly of the preced- 

 ing year. 



6. It shall pass upon the budget for the next 

 fiscal year and shall discuss those questions ap- 

 pearing upon its agenda. 



7. The annual report and the accounts shall be 

 sent each year to all the members three months in 

 advance of the annual meeting of the general as- 

 sembly. The agenda of the general assembly shall 

 be drawn up by the council and must include every 

 question which shall have been transmitted to it 

 by any of the members of the Union three months 

 in advance of the meeting of the general assembly. 



8. The officers and executive committee of the 

 general assembly shall be identical with those of 

 the council. 



9. Votes on administrative and financial ques- 

 tions shall be cast by countries, each country hav- 

 ing the number of votes indicated in the cate- 

 gories of Article VI. 



10. The delegates of any country may appoint 

 one or several proxies to represent them and to 

 vote in their name. 



Article XIII 



1. All expenditures shall be authorized by the 

 president and disbursed through the administra- 

 tive secretary. 



2. The spokesman and representative of the 

 Union before the public and in aU legal matters 

 and court proceedings shall be its president, who 

 may, however, delegate his powers in this respect 

 to the administrative secretary or to any member 

 of the council. 



Article XIV 



1. Resolutions of the council relating to such 

 purchases, exchanges, and transfer of real prop- 

 erty as may be needed for the accomplishment of 

 the objects of the Union, grant of mortgages on 



the said properties, leases for more than nine 

 years, transfers of properties and loans, must be 

 submitted to the general assembly for approval. 



Article XV 



1. Amendments to these statutes may be con- 

 sidered and voted upon by the general assembly 

 only when submitted thereto by the council of the 

 Union or proposed by a "national chemical fed- 

 eration" of one of its constituent countries. All 

 such proposed amendments shall appear upon the 

 agenda of the meeting of the general assembly, 

 provided they have been received in writing by 

 the committee of officers at least three months in 

 advance of the meeting. 



2. Voting upon amendments shall be by coun- 

 tries in accordance with the categories of Article 

 VI. 



3. Voting by correspondence is permitted. 



4. The statutes may be amended only by a two 

 thirds majority of the votes cast. 



Article XVI 



1. In the event of a meeting of the general as- 

 sembly being convened to decide upon the disso- 

 lution of the Union, special notices to that effect 

 shall be sent three months in advance; and at 

 least three quarters of the members of the Union 

 or their proxies must be present. If this propor- 

 tion is not reached, the general assembly shall be 

 adjourned for not less than six months, when the 

 decision of the adjourned meeting shall be opera- 

 five, irrespective of the number of members pres- 

 ent. 



In any case, dissolution can only be resolved 

 upon by a majority of two thirds of the votes cast. 



Article XVII 

 1. In the event of dissolution the general as- 

 sembly shall appoint one or more trustees to 

 liquidate the property of the Union; and any sur- 

 plus assets shall be donated to an international 

 institution. 



Article XVIII 

 1. In the interpretation of these statutes the 

 French text shall be authoritative. 



Edward W. Washburn, 

 Acting secretary of the American Delegation 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



GIFT FOR THS IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL 

 EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES 



John D. Eockefeller has given to the 

 General Education Board, founded by him in 

 1902, $20,000,000, to be used for the improve- 



