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in the United States concerned with the fields 

 of science and technology named in article I. 

 Section 2. The council shall consist of (1) 

 Representatives of national scientific and 

 technical societies; (2) representatives of the 

 government, as provided in the executive 

 order; (3) representatives of other research 

 organizations and other persons whose aid 

 may advance the objects of the council. 



ARTICLE III. — DmSIONS 



Section 1. The council shall be organized in 

 divisions of two classes : (A) Divisions deal- 

 ing with the more general relations and 

 activities of the council; (B) divisions deal- 

 ing with related branches of science and 

 technology. 



Section S. The initial constitution of the 

 divisions of the council shall be as follows: 

 (A) Divisions of General Relations: (1) Gov- 

 ernment Division, (2) Division of Foreign 

 Relations, (3) Division of States Relations, 

 (4) Division of Educational Relations, (5) 

 Division of Industrial Relations, (6) Research 

 Information Service. (B) Divisions of Sci- 

 ence and Technology: (7) Division of Phys- 

 ical Sciences, (8) Division of Engineering, 

 (9) Division of Chemistry and Chemical 

 Technology, (10) Division of Geology and 

 Geography, (11) Division of Medical Sci- 

 ences, (12) Division of Biology and Agricul- 

 ture, (13) Division of Anthropology and Psy- 

 chology. 



Section S. The nimiber of divisions and the 

 grouping of subjects in article III., section 2, 

 may be modified by the executive board of the 

 National Research Council. 



Section 4- The Divisions of General Rela- 

 tions shall be organized by the Executive 

 Board of the National Research Council 

 (article TV., section 2). 



Section 6. To secure the effective federation 

 of the principle research agencies in the 

 United States, provided for in article II., a 

 majority of the members of each of the Divi- 

 sions of Science and Technology shall con- 

 sist of representatives of scientific and tech- 

 nical societies, chosen as provided for in 

 article V., section 2. The other members of 



the Division shall be nominated by the exec- 

 utive committee of the division, approved by 

 the executive board of the National Research 

 Council, and appointed in accordance with 

 article V., section 4. 



Section 6. The divisions of the council, 

 with the approval of the executive board, may 

 establish sections and committees, any of 

 which may include members chosen outside 

 the membership of the coimcil. 



ARTICLE rv. — ADMINISTRATION 



Section 1. The affairs of each division shall 

 be administered by a chairman, a vice-chair- 

 man and an executive committee, of which 

 the chairman and the vice-chairman sliall be 

 ex-ofRcio members; all of whom sliall be 

 elected annually by the division and con- 

 firmed by the executive board. 



Section S. The affairs of the National Re- 

 search Council shall be administered by an 

 executive board, of which the officers of the 

 Council, the president and home secretary of 

 the National Academy of Sciences, the presi- 

 dent of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, the chairmen and 

 vice-chairmen of the Divisions of Science and 

 Technology, and tlie chairmen of the Divi- 

 sions of General Relations shall be ex-officio 

 members. The executive board may elect ad- 

 ditional members, not to exceed ten in num- 

 ber, who, if not already members of the Na- 

 tional Research Council, sliall be appointed 

 thereto, in accordance with article V., sec- 

 tion 4. 



Section S. The officers of the National Re- 

 search Council shall consist of a chairman, 

 one or more vice-chairmen, a secretary and a 

 treasurer, who shall also serve as members and 

 officers of the executive board of the council. 



Section 4- The officers of the National Re- 

 search Coimcil, excepting the treasurer, shall 

 be elected annually by the executive board. 

 The treasurer of the National Academy of 

 Sciences shall be ex-officio treasurer of the 

 National Research Council. 



Section 5. The duties of the officers of the 

 coimcil and of the divisions shall be fixed by 

 the executive board. 



