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will be so fixed that they are suflficient to cover the cost (o) of the publica- 

 tions of the Association, (6) of comparative tests and other researches, 

 (c) of stationery and clerical assistance. 



4. Meetings, Committees and Administration. — A Congress will be 

 summoned by the Association approximately every third year and at 

 the same time the general assembly of the Association will meet. At this 

 assembly the following Executive Committee and officers will be 

 elected : — 



(a) The President. 



(6) The Vice-President. 



(c) Not less than 3 nor more than 5 ordinary members of the 

 Executive Committee. 



(d) Two substitute members of that Committee. 



(e) Two honorary auditors and one substitute who shall not 

 be members of that Committee. 



All the foregoing must be technical officers in direct charge of Official 

 Seed Testing Stations. 



The General Assembly shall also elect such further Committees as 

 may be necessary for the better ordering of finance, research, publications, 

 &c. All such Committees and officers shall hold office until the next 

 General Assembly of the Association. • 



The General Assembly will decide as to place and date of future 

 Congresses, will approve the amount of the contributions and will 

 nominate as honorary members men who have, by reason of their seed 

 testing work or their laboiu's on behaK of the Association, especially 

 deserved this distinction. , 



By resolution of the Executive Committee a General Assembly may 

 be summoned at other times than that of the triennial Congress. 



The General Assembly forms a quorum when 20 members with the 

 right of voting are present. 



6. Despatch of Business. — The Executive Committee will consist of 

 the President, the Vice-President and its ordinary members. When, by 

 reason of death or prolonged inability to serve, an ordinary menaber 

 is unable to assist in the despatch of business, the President may call 

 upon the services of either or both of the substitute members. The 

 accounts of the Association shall be audited in each year by the two 

 auditors and the audited accounts shall be circulated annually to all 

 members with the Executive Committee's report on the year's work. 



The Executive Committee will make decisions as to expenditure, will 

 elect sub-committees and approve the business of the Congress. When 

 the General Assembly is not a quorum the Committee has power to make 

 final decisions on finance and the next place of meeting for the Congress. 

 In case of equal voting on the Committee the President shall have a casting 

 vote. 



6. The President. — The President will preside over the General Assembly 

 and the Executive Committee and at those sessions of the Congress at 

 which important technical resolutions are passed. 



He will, as Chairman of the Executive Conunittee and with the 

 Committee's knowledge and approval, take the initiative in conducting 

 the business of the Association, in intercourse with Governments and other 

 Associations whether of Official Stations and seed analysts or of members 

 of the seed trade. He will arrange, in consultation with representatives 

 of the country where a Congress is to be held, (a) the programme of the 

 Congress, (6) the proposal for the chairmanship of the Congress, (c) the 

 admission to the Congress of observers and guests. He will siunmon 

 the meetings of the Executive Committee, will be an ex-officio member of 

 all other committees and sub-committees of the Association and will 

 supervise the publication of the Association's reports. 



The President shall have power to appoint a Secretary-Treasurer 

 to assist him, at such remuneration as may be approved by the Executive 



