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REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING 
Section 2. The a£fairs of the National Research Council shall be administered by an Exec- 
utive Board, of which the oflacers of the Council, the President and Home Secretary of the 
National Academy of Sciences, the President of the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Divisions of Science and Technology 
and the Chairmen of the Divisions of General Relations shall be ex-ofl&cio 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 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 military, to be represented in the Govern- 
ment Division, and the scientific and technical societies, to be represented in the Divisions of 
Science and Technology of the National Research 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 appointed by the President of the Na- 
tional 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 Executive Commit- 
tees of the Divisions, approved by the Executive Board, and appointed by the President of 
the National Academy of Sciences to membership 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 approxunately one-third of the other 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 deter- 
mined 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 office 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 Relations. 
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. 
