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3. The Vice-presidents shall hold seniority in the 

 order of their continuous membership in the Asso- 

 ciation. 



i. The Permanent Secretary shall attend to the 

 business of the Association, the arrangements for 

 the meetings and such other matters as the Council 

 may designate. He may employ, with the approval 

 of the Council, an Assistant Secretary. The salar- 

 ies of the Secretaries shall be determined by the 

 Council. 



5. The General Secretary shall attend to matters 

 connected with the organization of the Associa- 

 tion, its relations to the affiliated societies and 

 such other matters as the Council may designate. 

 He shall receive such compensation as may be de- 

 termined by the Council. 



6. The Permanent Secretary, the General Secre- 

 tary and the Treasurer shall present annually to 

 the Council an account of the funds in their 

 charge. These accounts shall be audited by an 

 Auditor elected by the Council. There shall be a 

 Finance Committee of three, elected by the Coun- 

 cil, including the Treasurer, who shall give advice 

 in regard to the investment of the funds of the 

 Association. The Treasurer and the Permanent 

 Secretary and General Secretary shall present a 

 budget to the Council for the year following the 

 annual meeting. 



IV 



1. There shall be a Committee on Grants, ap- 

 pointed by the President, with the advice of the 

 Council, consisting of eight members, two ap- 

 pointed annually for a period of four years, which 

 shall award for scientific research such part of the 

 income from the permanent and special funds of 

 the Association as may be appropriated for that 

 purpose by the Council. 



2. The following standing committees are au- 

 thorized: Committee of One Hundred on Scientific 

 Eesearch; Committee of One Hundred on National 

 Health; Committee on Delegates from Educational 

 and Scientific Institutions; Committee on Expert 

 Testimony; Committee on the Jane M. Smith Life 

 Membership Fund. 



3. A local committee shall be organized by the 

 members resident in the place where a meeting of 

 the Association is held. This committee may ap- 

 point an executive committee and other commit- 

 tees and shall make arrangements for the meeting, 

 in cooperation with the Permanent Secretary and 

 the other officers of the Association. 



1. The Sectional Committees shall arrange for 

 each annual meeting a program of general scien- 



tific interest, occupying usually one or two sessions. 

 The Section shall not hold sessions for the reading 

 of special papers when the affiliated society in the 

 same field meets with the association. 



2. No member shall take part in the organization 

 or hold office in more than one section at any one 

 meeting. 



VI 



1. A Pacific Division has been organized whose 

 territory lies west of the "Rocky" Mountains. 

 This Division and other Divisions that may be au- 

 thorized by the Council have full control of their 

 meetings, their affiliations with other scientific or- 

 ganizations, and of all movements to promote the 

 advancement and diffusion of science in their terri- 

 tory. The Pacific Division shall be allowed for its 

 expenses the entrance fees collected through its 

 efforts and one dollar a year for each member in 

 good standing. 



^. Local Branches may be formed by members 

 residing in the same locality. These branches shall 

 be allowed for their expenses the entrance fees 

 collected through their efforts and an amount for 

 their expenses not to exceed fifty cents for each 

 memlber in good standing. 



vn 



1. Affiliated societies having two representatives 

 on the Council and on the Sectional Committees 

 are: 



8. Affiliated societies having one representative 

 on the Council and on the iSectional Committees 

 are: 



3. Associated societies are: 



VIII 



, 1. A general session of the Association shall 

 usually be held on the first evening of the meeting 

 and at this session the address of the retiring 

 president shall be given. Other general sessions 

 may be arranged by the Council. 



2. The Council shall ordinarily meet on the 

 afternoon of the first day of the meeting. It may 

 also meet at such other times as may be decided, 

 and shall ordinarily hold a meeting in the spring 

 at "Washington. 



3. The Sectional Committees shall ordinarily 

 hold meetings on the morning of the fij^t day of 

 the annual meetings and may hold such other meet- 

 ings as they may arrange. 



4. The Executive Committee shall meet on the 

 day preceding the annual meeting and at such other 

 times during the meeting as it may decide. It 

 shall ordinarily hold meetings in the spring and 

 in the autumn. 



