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original members of each of the Divisions of Science and Technology shall 
serve for a term of three years, one- third for a term of two years, and one- 
third for a term of one year, their respective terms to be determined by lot. 
Each year thereafter, as the terms of members expire, their successors shall be 
appointed for a period of three years. 
■ Section 7. The government representatives shall serve for periods of three 
years, unless they previously retire from the government ofhce which they 
represent, in which case their successors shall be appointed for the unexpired 
term. 
Section 8. As far as practicable a similar rotation shall be observed in the 
appointment of the members of the Divisions of General Relation. 
ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS 
Section 1. The Council shall hold one stated meeting, called the annual 
meeting, in April of each year, in the city of Washington, on a date to be fixed 
by the Executive Board. Other meetings of the Council shall be held on call 
of the Executive Board. 
Section 2. The Executive Board and each of the Divisions shall hold an 
annual meeting, at which officers shall be elected, at the time and place of the 
annual meeting of the Council, unless otherwise determined by the Executive 
Board, and such other meetings as may be required for the transaction of 
business. 
Section 3, Joint meetings of the Executive Board of the National Research 
Council and the Council of the National Academy of Sciences shall be held 
from time to time, to consider special requests from the government, the 
selection of organizations to be represented in the National Research Council, 
and other matters which, in the judgment of the President of the National 
Academy, requires the attention of both bodies. 
ARTICLE VIL PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS 
Section 1. An annual report on the work of the National Research Council 
shall be presented by the chairman to the National Academy of Sciences, for 
submission to Congress in connection with the annual report of the President 
of the Academy. 
Section 2. Other publications of the National Research Council may include 
papers, bulletins, reports, and memoirs, which may appear in the Proceedings 
or Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, in the publications of other 
societies, in scientific and technical journals, or in a separate series of the 
Research Council. 
