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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
Article VIII — Amendment of the Organization 
Section I. This organization may be amended by a vote of the Council of the National 
Academy of Sciences at any stated meeting, provided that notice of the proposed amend- 
ment has been given to each member of the Council of the National Academy at least thirty 
days in advance of the stated meeting. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Budget Committee be directed to confer with the Finance Committee 
of the National Academy of Sciences and with Mr. Gano Dunn concerning a plan for the 
administration of the financial affairs of the National Research Council under the provision 
of the new organization by which "the Treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences shall 
be ex-officio Treasurer of the National Research Council" and to submit such a plan with 
recommendations. (Adopted.) 
In accordance with the resolution, passed at a previous meeting, that the 
Budget Committee make recommendations for allotments to the several 
Divisions on the basis of their minimum requirements for the period ending 
June 30, 1919, the Budget Committee presented the following resolutions: 
That the balances of allotments to the several Divisions, amounting in all to $45,378,99 
be and are hereby reverted to the unappropriated fund. 
That appropriations to the several Divisions amounting in all to $39,200, be made for the 
period February 1 to June 30, 1919. 
On this basis the unappropriated funds of the Council derived from the Carnegie Foun- 
dation are $50,810.01; the unappropriated fund available from the Government is $8,000. 
Moved: That the foregoing recommendations of the Budget Committee be approved. 
(Approved.) 
The Chairman presented a check from Dr. W. W. Keen of Philadelphia, 
amounting to $106.22, being the proceeds from the recent sales of the book 
which he prepared for the National Research Council entitled "Treatment of 
War Wounds." 
Moved: That a vote of thanks and appreciation be extended to Dr. Keen for this further 
gift to the funds available for research in connection with the Division of Medicine and 
Related Sciences. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the new Divisions be considered to be effective when the divisional nomi- 
nations have been approved by the Executive Board, and that present officers of Divisions 
shall continue to serve until their successors shall have been elected. (Adopted.) 
Mr. Hale reported on the present status of the organization of the Divi- 
sions and presented the nominations received to date for membership on the 
Divisions of Physical Sciences, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, and 
Engineering. 
Moved: That the nominations as presented be approved, and that the approval of the 
nominations required to complete the foregoing Divisions be referred to the Interim Com- 
mittee with power. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the question of the publication of the following bulletins be referred to the 
Interim Committee, with power: 
1 . National Importance of Scientific and Industrial Research (Hale and others) 
2. Report of Committee on Patent Office (Baekeland) 
3. Report of the Psychology Committee of the National Research Council (Yerkes) 
