92 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CORDILLERAS SECTION 



10.15 a. m., in room 334, Geology Building, by the chairman of the sec- 

 tion, Prof. A. C. Lawson. 



The minutes of the twelfth annual meeting were read and approved. 



RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING NOMINATIONS AND TENURE OF OFFICE 



The. Secretary introduced two motions concerning nominations and 

 tenures of office of the section officers, and they were adopted without dis- 

 senting vote, as follows : 



1. At the time of sending the preliminary notices of the annual meet- 

 ing, the secretary of the section shall call for nominations for section 

 offices, which members of the section may send in by mail. From the 

 nominations so received a ticket shall be made and presented at the an- 

 nual meeting. 



2. Officers elected at any annual meeting shall be considered elected 

 for the year following the meeting, including the annual meeting held at 

 the end of that year. In other words, change of officers takes place after 

 the annual meeting, and not during it. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS 



The section then balloted for officers for the year 1912-1913, Prof. 

 A. S. Eakle and the Secretary being appointed by the chair a committee 

 of election to count and report the votes. 

 .The following officers were elected: 

 J. C. Branner, Chairman. 

 G. D. Louderback, Secretary. 

 W. S. Tangier Smith, Councillor. 



representation on the council 



The Secretary read a communication from the general secretary con- 

 cerning the representation of the section on the council. 



There being no further business, the scientific program was taken up, 

 and the following papers were presented in the order given : 



DUST STORMS IN CHINA 

 BY N. F. DBAKE 



(Abstract) 



Distribution of the dust storms and their characteristics and modes of oc- 

 currence. Present and past distribution of the transported materials. Some 



