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At this point Mr. Walcott took the chair and Mr. Hale presented a draft 
of a proposed Constitution of the National Research Council. After discus- 
sion of this draft it was 
Moved: That the draft o' the Constitution be referred back to the Committee with the 
request that it report at the next meeting, and that copies of the draft of the Constitution 
as revised be circulated among the members of the Council of the National Academy of 
Sciences and of the Executive Board of the National Research Council, prior to the meet- 
ing when its adoption is to be considered. {Adopted.) 
The meeting adjourned at 1.00 pm. 
Paul Brockett, Assistant Secretary. 
Meeting of February 11, 1919, at 9.30 a.m. 
Present: Messrs. Clevenger, Cross,* Hale,* Howe, Hussey, Johnston, 
Manning, Millikan, Noyes,* Pupin,* Stratton, Walcott,* Welch, Woods, 
Woodward, and by invitation, Leuschner. Mr. Hale in the chair. 
The minutes of the meeting of the Council of the National Academy of 
Sciences, on December 30, 1918, and of the joint meeting of the Executive 
Board of the National Research Council and the Council of the National 
Academy of Sciences, on January 14, 1919, were approved, as were the minutes 
of the several meetings of the Interim Committee, on January 21, 30, and Feb- 
ruary 5, 1919, except that two motions of February 5 relative to publi- 
cation were amended to read as follows: 
That the publication of a series of bulletins on the general activities of the National Re- 
search Council be authorized, and that the matter be left to the Chairman and Secretary 
with power. 
That accounts of scientific work done under the auspices of the National Research Coun- 
cil shall in general be published in scientific periodicals, provided that the connection of the 
Council with the work is acknowledged in a footnote or otherwise; and that the Council 
procure, and pay the cost of, a sufficient number of reprints of such articles. 
The Chairman presented a revised plan of Organization of the National 
Research Council which was discussed in detail. 
Moved: That the Executive Board of the National Research Council approve and 
recommend to the Council of the National Academy of Sciences the adoption of the 
Organization of the National Research Council as presented. {Adopted.) 
The organization as finally adopted is given on page 184. 
The Council of the National Academy of Sciences and the Executive Board 
of the National Research Council adjourned at 1.08 p. m. 
* Members of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences. 
