REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING 
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ing, agriculture, medicine, and other useful arts, with the object of increasing knowledge, of 
strengthening the national defense, and of contributing in other ways to the public welfare, 
as expressed in the Executive Order of May 11, 1918. 
Article II. — Membership 
Section 1. The membership of the National Research Council shall be chosen with the 
view of rendering the Council an effective federation of the principal research agencies in 
the United States concerned with the fields of science and technology named in Article I. 
Section 2. The Council shall consist of 
1. Representatives of national scientific and technical societies; 
2. Representatives of the Government, as provided in the Executive Order; 
3. Representatives of other research organizations and other persons whose aid may 
advance the objects of the Council. 
Article III. — Divisions 
Section 1. The Council shall be organized in Divisions of two classes: 
A. Divisions dealing with the more general relations and activities of the Council; 
B. Divisions dealing with related branches of science and technology. 
Section 2. The initial constitution of the Divisions of the Council shall be as follows: 
A. Divisions of General Relations: 
I. Government Division. 
II. Division of Foreign Relations. 
III. Division of States Relations. 
IV. Division of Educational Relations. 
V. Division of Industrial Relations. 
VI. Research Information Service. 
B. Divisions of Science and Technology: 
VII. Division of Physical Sciences. 
VIII. Division of Engineering. 
IX. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. 
X. Division of Geology and Geography. 
XL Division of Medical Sciences. 
XII. Division of Biology and AgriculturCo 
XIII. Division of Anthropology and Psychology. 
Section 3. The number of divisions and the grouping of subjects in Article III, section 
2, may be modified by the Executive Board of the National Research Council. 
Section 4. The Divisions of General Relations shall be organized by the Executive Board 
of the National Research Council (Article IV, section 2). 
Section 5. To secure the effective federation of the principal research agencies in the 
United States, provided for in Article II, a majority of the members of each of the Divisions 
of Science and Technology shall consist of representatives of scientific and technical societies, 
chosen as provided for in Article V, section 2. The other members of the Division shall be 
nominated by the Executive Committee of the Division, approved by the Executive Board 
of the National Research Council, and appointed in accordance with Article V, section 4, 
Section 6. The Divisions of the Council, with the approval of the Executive Board, may 
establish sections and committees, any of which may include members chosen outside the 
membership of the Council. 
Article IV. — ^Administration 
Section 1. The affairs of each Division shall be administered by a Chairman, a Vice-Chair- 
man, and an Executive Committee, of which the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman shall be 
ex-officio members; all of whom shall be elected annually by the Division and confirmed by 
the Executive Board. 
