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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 

 Bureaux, and published in some recognized 

 periodical or periodicals, in each of the con- 

 stituent regions. 



28. That the following recommendations 

 of the Royal Society relating to Interna- 

 tional Committees of Referees be referred 

 for consideration to the International Coun- 

 cil when constituted : 



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 correspond- 

 ence or otherwise, on all questions of clas- 

 sification not provided for by the Catalogue 

 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 

 Committee or by a minute if the Commit- 

 tee meets. 



Provided always that when any addition 

 to or change of the schedule of classifica- 

 tion in any one branch may seem likely to 

 affect the schedule of classification of some 

 other branch or branches, the Committees 

 concerned shall have been consulted ; and 

 provided also that in all cases of want of 

 agreement within or between the Com- 

 mittees, or of other difficulty, the matter 

 shall have been referred for decision to the 

 International Council. 



All business transacted by the Commit- 

 tees shall be reported by the Director to 

 the International Council at their next en- 

 suing meeting. 



THIED MEETING, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13. 



The following resolutions were adopted : 



29. That the Committee contemplated in 

 Resolution 21 be constituted as follows : 

 Professor Armstrong, Professor Descamps, 

 Professor M. Foster, Dr. S. P. Langley, 

 Professor Poincare, Professor Riicker, Pro- 

 fessor Waldeyer and Professor Weiss. 



That this Committee be at liberty, if any 

 of those named are unable to serve, to ap- 

 point substitutes, and also to co-opt two new 

 members. 



30. That the International Committee be 

 termed the ' Provisional International Com- 

 mittee.' 



31. That the Provisional International 

 Committee shall be governed by the de- 

 cisions of the Conference, but shall have the 

 power of introducing such modifications in 

 detail as may appear necessary. 



32. Dr. Adler, referring to Resolution 20, 

 said that he desired to place on record his 

 view that the concluding words — •" and in 

 accordance, as far as possible, with a gene- 

 ral system of registration " — the addition 

 which he had agreed to as an amendment 

 of his original Resolution, must not be re- 



