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the publications of the Society and such other matter as the Publication Com- 

 mittee may deem necessary, all arranged under Roman pagination. 



MATTER OF THE BULLETIN 



8. The matter published in the Bulletin shall comprise (1) communications 

 presented at meetings by title or otherwise; (2) communications or memoirs 

 not presented before the Society: (3) abstracts of papers read before the So- 

 ciety, prepared or revised for publication by authors; (4) reports of discus- 

 sions held before the Society, prepared or revised for publication by authors ; 

 (5) proceedings of the meetings of the Society prepared by the Secretary: (6) 

 plates, maps, and other illustrations necessary for the proper understanding 

 of communications; (7) lists of Officers and Fellows, Constitution, By-Laws, 

 resolutions of permanent character, rules relating to procedure, to publication, 

 and to other matters, etcetera, and (S) indexes, title-pages, and lists of con- 

 tents for each volume. 



9. Abstracts, reports of discussion, or other matter purporting to emanate 

 from any author shall not be published unless prepared or revised by the 

 author. 



10. Manuscript designed for publication in the Bulletin must be complete as 

 to copy for text and illustration, except by special arrangement between the 

 author and the Council or Publication Committee : it must be perfectly legible 

 (preferably typewritten) and preceded by a table of contents (section 15). 

 The cost of necessary revision of copy or reconstruction of illustrations shall 

 be assessed on the author. 



11. The Editor shall examine matter designated for publication, and shall 

 prepare an itemized estimate of the cost of publication and convey the whole 

 to the Publication Committee. The Publication Committee shall then scruti- 

 nize the communication with reference, first, to relevancy; second, to scientific 

 value; third, to literary character, and, fourth, to cost of publication, including 

 revision. For advice with reference to the relevancy, scientific value, and 

 literary character of any communication the Publication Committee may refer 

 it to a special committee of their own number or of the Society at large or 

 may call to their aid from outside one or more experts. Questions of disagree- 

 ment between the Editor and authors shall be referred to the Publication 

 Committee and appeal may be taken to the Council. 



12. Communications from non-fellows shall be published only by specific 

 authority from the Council. 



13. Communications from Fellows not presented at regular meetings of the 

 Society shall be published only upon unanimous vote of the Publication Com- 

 mittee, except by specific authority from the Council. 



14. Matter offered for publication becomes thereby the property of the So- 

 ciety, and shall not be published elsewhere prior to publication in the Bulletin, 

 except by consent of the Publication Committee. 



DETAILS OF THE BULLETIN 



15. The matter of each memoir shall be classified by subjects, and the classi- 

 fication suitably indicated by subtitles; and a list of contents shall be ar- 



