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(cZ) That each contracting body (as 

 hereinfter defined) shall have a vote in de- 

 ciding all questions brought before the con- 

 vention. 



Of the International Council. 



11. Each Eegional Bureau shall appoint 

 one person to serve as a member of a body 

 to be called The International Council. 



The International Council shall, within 

 the regulations laid down by the Interna- 

 tional Convention, be the Governing Body 

 of the Catalogue. 



The International Council shall appoint 

 its own Chairman and Secretary. 



It shall meet in London, once in three 

 years at least, and at such other times as 

 the Chairman, with the concurrence of five 

 other members, may specially appoint. 



It shall, subject to the regulations laid 

 down by the Convention, be the supreme 

 authority for the consideration of and de- 

 cision concerning all matters belonging to 

 the Central Bureau. 



It shall make a report of its doings, and 

 submit a balance sheet; copies of which 

 shall be distributed to the several Regional 

 Bureaus, and published in some recognized 

 periodical or periodicals, in each of the con- 

 stituent regions. ('98.27.) 



Each Contracting Body shall have one 

 vote in deciding all questions brought be- 

 fore the Council. 



[Pending the constitution of the Inter- 

 national Council a Provisional Committee 

 was appointed.] 



Of the Central Bureau. 



12. The Central Bureau shall be located 

 in London. ('96.24.) 



13. The Paid Staff shall consist of— 



(i) A General Director who, under the 

 International Council, and in accordance 

 with the regulations of the Convention, 

 shall direct, supervise, and be responsible 

 for all the operations of the Central Bureau. 



(ii) Expert Assistants skilled in the lit- 

 erature of various branches of science. 



(iii) Such ordinary Clerks as may be 

 necessary. 



If the International Council so decide, 

 there shall also be a Consultative Commit- 

 tee, appointed by the International Council, 

 consisting of persons representing the sev- 

 eral sciences, and residing in or near Lon- 

 don. The Director shall be the Chairman 

 of this committee. (Report of the Royal 

 Society, p. 2.) 



Of International Committees of Referees. 



14. The following recommendations re- 

 lating to International Committees of Ref- 

 erees are referred for consideration to the 

 International Council when constituted. 

 ('98.22.) 



The International Council shall appoint 

 for each science included in the Catalogue 

 five persons skilled in that science, to form 

 an International Committee of Referees, 

 provided always that the Committee shall 

 be as far as possible representative of the 

 constituent regions. The members shall be 

 appointed in such a way that one retires 

 every year. Occasional vacancies shall be 

 filled up by the Committee itself, subject to 

 the approval of the Chairman of the Inter- 

 national Council, and a member thus ap- 

 pointed shall hold office as long as the 

 member whose place he fills would have 

 held office. 



It shall be the duty of the Director of the 

 Central Bureau to consult the appropriate 

 Committee or Committees, by correspon- 

 dence or otherwise, on all questions of 

 classification not provided for by the Cata- 

 logue Regulations ; or, in cases of doubt, as 

 to the meaning of those Regulations. 



In any action touching classification the 

 Director shall be guided by the written de- 

 cision of a majority of the appropriate Com- 

 mittee, or by a minute if the Committee 

 meets. 



