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ARTICLE V. — NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS 



Section 1. The government bureaus, civil 

 and military, to be represented in the govern- 

 ment division, and the scientific and technical 

 societies, to be represented in the Divisions 

 of Science and Technology of the ISTational 

 Eesearch Council, shall be determined by 

 joint action of the covmcil of the ISTational 

 Academy of Sciences and the executive board 

 of the ISTational Eesearch Council. 



Section S. Eepresentatives of scientific and 

 technical societies shall be nominated by the 

 societies, at the request of the executive board, 

 and appointed by the president of the Na- 

 tional Academy of Sciences to membership in 

 the council and assigned to one of its divi- 

 sions. 



Section 3. The representatives of the gov- 

 ernments shall be nominated by the president 

 of the ISTational Academy of Sciences after 

 conferences with the secretaries of the de- 

 partments concerned, and the names of those 

 nominated shall be presented to the President 

 of the United States for designation by him 

 for service with the National Eesearch 

 Cotmcil. 



Section k- Other members of the council 

 shall be nominated by the executive com- 

 mittees of the divisions, approved by the 

 executive board, and appointed by the presi- 

 dent of the National Academy of Sciences to 

 membership and assigned to one of the divi- 

 sions. 



Section 5. Prior to the first annual meeting 

 of the council following January 1, 1919, all 

 divisions shall be organized by appointment 

 of their members in accordance with article 

 II. and article V., sections 1 to 4. 



Section 6. As far as practicable one third 

 of the original representatives of each sci- 

 entific and technical society and approxi- 

 mately one third of the other original mem- 

 bers of each of the divisions of science and 

 technology shall serve for a term of three 

 years; one third for a term of two years, and 

 one third for a term of one year, their re- 

 spective terms to be determined by lot. Each 

 year thereafter, as the terms of members ex- 



pire, their successors shall be appointed for 

 a period of three years. 



Section 7. The government representatives 

 shall serve for periods of three years, unless 

 they previously retire from the government 

 office which they represent, in which case 

 their successors shall be appointed for the un- 

 expired term. 



Section 8. As far as practicable a similar 

 rotation shall be observed in the appointment 

 of the members of the Divisions of General 

 Eelations. 



ARTICLE VI. — MEETINGS 



Section 1. The council shall hold one stated 

 meeting, called the annual meeting, in April 

 of each year, in the city of Washington, on a 

 date to be fixed by the executive board. Other 

 meetings of the council shall be held on call 

 of the executive board. . 



Section 2. The executive board and each of 

 the divisions shall hold an annual meeting, 

 at which ofF.cers shall be elected, at the time 

 and place of the annual meeting of the coun- 

 cil, unless otherwise determined by the exec- 

 utive board, and such other meetings as may 

 be required for the transaction of business. 



Section S. Joint meetings of the executive 

 board of the National Eesearch Council and 

 the council of the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences shall be held from time to time, to con- 

 sider special requests from the government, 

 the selection of organizations to be repre- 

 sented in the National Eesearch Council, and 

 other matters which, in the judgment of the 

 president of the National Academy, require 

 the attention of both bodies. 



ARTICLE Vn. PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS 



Section 1. An annual report on the work of 

 the National Eesearch Council shall be pre- 

 sented by the chairman to the National 

 Academy of Sciences, for submission to Con- 

 gress in connection with the annual report of 

 the president of the academy. 



Section 2. Other publications of the Na- 

 tional Eesearch Council may include papers, 

 bulletins, reports and memoirs, which may ap- 

 pear in the Proceedings or Memoirs of the 



