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That the Committee on Sewage Disposal be constituted with the following personnel: 
Professor G. C. Whipple, Professor of Sanitary Engineering, Harvard University, Chair- 
man. 
Major C. G. Hyde, (Professor of Sanitary Engineering, University of California) Surgeon 
General's Ofifice, War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Lt.-Col. Edward Bartow, Sanitary Corps, U. S. A., A. E. F. Water Analysis Laboratory, 
U. S. A. P. O. No. 702 (?) (Chief of the Illinois State Water Survey and Professor of Sanitary 
Chemistry, University of Illinois.) 
Lt.-Col. W. D. Bancroft, (Chairman Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Na- 
tional Research Council), American University Experiment Station Washington, D. C. 
Professor E. B. Phelps, care of Dr. Charles North, 30 Church Street, New York. 
Mr Martin H. Ottner, 105 Judson St., Jersey City, N. J. 
Dr. W. W. Garner, Physiologist, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture, Washington, D. C. (Adopted.) 
That the title of the Committee on Specific Heats of Explosive Materials, authorized at 
the meeting of April 21, be changed to the Committee on the Thermal Properties of Explosive 
Materials. (Adopted.) 
That the Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology be authorized 
to expend $150.00 for the purchase of reference books, (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the question of preparing a list of the reference books belonging to the Na 
tional Research Council be referred to the Research Information Service. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the hotel bills connected with attendance on the meetings of April 14-15, 
1919, and of April 26-27, 1919, of the members of the Division of Biology and Agriculture be 
approved, but that this action on the part of the Interim Committee shall not be considered as 
a precedent. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Interim Committee approve the bills for railroad fare and sleeper for 
the members of the Executive Committees of the Divisions of Physical Sciences and of Biology 
and Agriculture for meeting to be held the latter part of May, 1919. (Adopted.) 
The following recommendations were submitted by Mr. Woods in behalf of 
the Division of Biology and Agriculture: 
That the present Committee on Bibliography of the Division of Biology and Agriculture 
be continued with the addition of two members to be appointed by the Chair, and that 
this committee be instructed to cooperate with Mr. Yerkes of the Research Information 
Service. " (Adopted.) 
That the Fertilizer Committee of the Division of Biology and Agriculture be temporarily 
continued with Mr. J. B. Lipman as Chairman. (Adopted.) 
That the Committee on Protein Metabolism in Animal Feeding of the Division of Biology 
and Agriculture be continued until a new general committee is established. (Adopted.) 
That the present Committee on Salt Requirements of the Division of Biology and Agri- 
culture be continued, and that Dr. Crocker be substituted for Dr. Woods on this Committee. 
(Adopted.) 
The Interim Committee adjourned at 12.15 p.m. 
Paul Brockett, Assistant Secretary, 
