PUBLICATION RULES 49 



PUBLICATIOI^ EULES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA 



(Adopted hy the Coiuicil April 21, 1891; Revised April 30, 1894, ^(^y, 1904, 



mid February 5, 1910) 



Genekal Provisions 



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

 lication 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 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 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 Committee ; 

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

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

 eral 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 pro- 

 ceedings of each meeting of the Society in form for publication, and the cus- 

 tody, distribution, sale, exchange or other authorized disposition of the publica- 

 tions. (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 



IV — Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 21, 1909 



