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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
Section 2. The affairs of the National Research Council shall be adminis- 
tered by an Executive Board, of which the President and Home Secretary of 
the National Academy of Sciences, the President of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the Divi- 
sions of Science and Technology, and the chairmen of the Divisions of Gen- 
eral Relations shall be ex-officio members. The Executive Board may elect 
additional members, not to exceed ten in number, who, if not already members 
of the National Research Council, shall be appointed thereto, in accordance 
with Article V, Section 4. 
Section 3, The officers of the National Research Council shall consist of a 
Chairman, one or more Vice- Chairmen, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who 
shall also serve as members and officers of the Executive Board of the Council. 
Section 4. The officers of the National Research Council, excepting the 
Treasurer, shall be elected annually by the Executive Board. The Treasurer 
of the National Academy of Sciences shall be ex-officio Treasurer of the 
National Research Council. 
Section 5. The duties of the officers of the Council and of the Divisions shall 
be fixed by the Executive Board. 
ARTICLE v. NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS 
Section 1. The government bureaus, civil and mihtary, to be represented in 
the Government Division, and the scientific and technical societies, to be 
represented in the Divisions of Science and Technology of the National Re- 
search Council, shall be determined by joint action of the Council of the 
National Academy of Sciences and the Executive Board of the National 
Research Council. 
Section 2. Representatives of scientific and technical societies shall be 
nominated by the societies, at the request of the Executive Board, and ap- 
pointed by the President of the National Academy of Sciences to membership 
in the Council and assigned to one of its divisions. 
Section 3. The representatives of the government shall be nominated by 
the President of the National Academy of Sciences after conference with the 
Secretaries of the Departments concerned, and the names of those nominated 
shall be presented to the President of the United States for designation by 
him for service with the National Research Council. 
Section 4. Other members of the Council shall be nominated by the Execu- 
tive Committees of the Divisions, approved by the Executive Board, and 
appointed by the President of the National Academy of Sciences to member- 
ship and assigned to one of the Divisions. 
Section 5. Prior to the first annual meeting of the Council following January 
1, 1919, all Divisions shall be organized by appointment of their members in 
accordance with Article II and Article V, Sections 1 to 4. 
Section 6. As far as practicable one-third of the original representatives of 
each scientific and technical society and approximately one-third of the other 
