168 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMHERST MEETING 



Chapter VI 



OF PUBLICATIONS 



1. The publications are in charge of the Council and under its control. 



2. One copy of each publication shall be sent to each Fellow, Correspondent, 

 and Patron, and each author shall receive forty (40) copies of his memoir. 



Chapter VII 

 or the publication fund 



1. The Publication Fund shall consist of donations made in aid of publica- 

 tion, and of the sums paid in commutation of dues, according to the By-Laws, 

 Chapter I, clause 2. 



2. Donors to this fund, not Fellows of the Society, in the sum of two hun- 

 dred dollars, shall be entitled, without charge, to the publications subsequently 

 appearing. 



Chapter VIII 



OF ORDER OF BUSINESS 



1. The Order of Business at Winter Meetings shall be as follows : 



(1) Call to order by the presiding officer. 



(2) Introductory ceremonies. 



(3) Report of the Council (including report of the officers). 



(4) Appointment of the Auditing Committee. 



(5) Declaration of the vote for officers, and election by the meeting in 



case of failure to elect by the Society through transmitted ballots. 



(6) Declaration of the vote for Fellows. 



(7) Deferred business. 



(8) New business. 



( ) Announcements. 



(10) Necrology. 



(11) Reading of scientific papers. 



2. At an adjourned session the order shall be resumed at the place reached 

 on the previous adjournment, but new business will be in order before the 

 reading of scientific papers. 



3. At the Summer Meeting the items of business under numbers (3), (4), 

 (5), (10) shall be omitted. 



4. At any Special Meeting the order of business shall be numbers (1), (2), 

 (3). (9). followed by the special business for which the meeting was called. 



