Publication Rules of the Geological Society of America 



(Adopted by the Council April 21, 1891; Revised April 30, 1894, May, 1904, and 



February 5, 1910) 



General Provisions 



Section 1. The Council shall annually appoint from their own number a 

 Publication Committee, consisting of the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Editor, 

 and two others, whose duties shall be to determine the disposition of matter 

 offered for publication, except as provided in section 12 ; to determine the ex- 

 pediency, in view of the financial condition of the Society, of publishing any 

 matter accepted on its merits ; to exercise general oversight of the matter and 

 manner of publication ; to determine the share of the cost of publication (in- 

 cluding illustrations) to be borne by the author when it becomes necessary to 

 divide cost between the Society and the author ; to adjudicate any questions 

 relating to publication that may be raised from time to time by the Editor or 

 by the Fellows of the Society ; and in general to act for the Council in all 

 matters pertaining to publication. (Cons., Art. IV, 7; Art. VII; By-Laws, 

 chap. VI.) 



2. The duties of the Editor are to receive material offered for publication; 

 to examine and submit it, with estimates of cost, to the Publication Commit- 

 tee ; to publish all material accepted by the Council or Publication Committee ; 

 to revise proofs in connection with authors ; to prepare lists of contents and 

 general indexes ; to audit bills for printing and illustrating ; and to perform 

 all other duties connected with publication not assigned to other officers. 

 (Cons., Art. IV, 6; Rules, Sec. 16.) 



3. The duties of the Secretary include the preparation of a record of the 

 proceedings of each meeting of the Society in form for publication, and the 

 custody, distribution, sale, exchange or other authorized disposition of the 

 publications. (Cons., Art. IV, 4; By-Laws, chap. II, 2.) 



4. Special committees may be appointed by the Council or the Publication 

 Committee to examine and report on any matter offered for publication. 

 (Rules, Sec. 11.) 



The Bulletin 



title and general character 



5. The Society shall publish a serial record of its work entitled "Bulletin of 

 the Geological Society of America.'* 



6. The Bulletin shall be published in quarterly parts, consecutively paged 

 for each volume. The parts shall be suitably designated and each shall bear a 

 title setting forth the contents and authorship, the seal and imprint of the 

 Society and the date of publication. 



7. The closing quarterly part of each volume shall contain an index, paged 

 consecutively with the body of the volume ; and it shall be accompanied by a 

 volume title-page and lists of contents and illustrations, together with lists of 



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