PUBLICATION RULES 



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



Genekal Provisions 



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

 cation Committee, consisting of the Secretary and two others, whose duties shall 

 be to determine the disposition of matter offered for publication, except as provided 

 in Section 17; to determine the expediency, 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 (including illustrations) to be borne by the author when it be- 

 comes 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 ex- 

 amine and submit same with estimates of cost to the Publication Committee; to 

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

 proofs in connection with authors ; topreparelistsof contentsand general indices; 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 proceed- 

 ings of each meeting of the Society in form for publication, and the custody, dis- 

 tribution, sale, exchange or other authorized disposition of the publications. (Con- 

 stitution, Art. IV, 4; By-laws, chap. II, 2.) 



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

 mittee to examine and report on any matter offered for publication. (Rules, Sec. 16. ) 



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, for immediate distribution, in covered parts 

 or brochures, consecutively paged for each volume. The brochures shall be desig- 

 nated by volume numbers and limiting pages, and each shall bear a special title 

 setting forth the contentsand authorship, the seal and imprint of the Society and 

 the date of publication (Rules, Sec. 27). The Bulletin shall also be published in 

 complete volumes, and each volume shall comprise the issue of a calendar year. 



7. The brochures shall be memoir brochures and brochures of proceedings. 



8. Each memoir brochure shall consist normally of a single memoir or article, 

 either accompanied by discussion or not; it may consist exceptionally of two or 

 more memoirs where the subject-matter is closely related. 



9. The proceedings of the annual, summer, and special meetings of the Society, 

 prepared by the Secretary (including short papers, abstracts, etc.), shall be pub- 

 lished as separate brochures as soon as may be after these meetings. 



10. The proceedings of the annual meeting shall form the closing portion of the 

 volume for the year. 



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