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Proc. N. a. S. 
VI — Meetings of the Generaiv Assembly 
14. An ordinary meeting of the General Assembly shall, as a rule, take place once 
every three years. The date of the meeting, unless determined by the General As- 
sembly at its previous meeting, shall be fixed by the Executive Committee, and com- 
municated to the organizations adhering to the International Research Council at 
least four months beforehand, together with the agenda of business to be transacted. 
15. For special reasons the President may, with the consent of the Executive Com- 
mittee, summon an extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly. He is obliged to 
do so at the request of one- third of the adhering countries. 
16. The delegates of the different countries taking part in the meetings of the General 
Assembly shall be appointed by the organizations adhering to the International Re- 
search Council. 
17. The President of the Executive Committee may invite to a meeting of the 
General Assembly scientific men who are not delegates, provided that they are subjects 
of one of the adhering countries. Such invited guests may take part in the discussions, 
but shall have no power of voting. Members of any of the Special Committees men- 
tioned in Article 12 shall have the right to attend those meetings of the General Assembly 
which deal with the subjects referred to the Committee. 
18. The agenda of business to be transacted at a meeting shall be determined by 
the Executive Committee, and communicated to the adhering organizations at least 
four months before the first day of the meeting. No question which has not been placed 
on the agenda shall be discussed, unless a proposal to that efi'ect be approved by not less 
than one-half of the total votes of the countries represented at the General Assembly. 
VII — Finance and Voting Power 
19. The Executive Committee shall prepare an estimate of the budget for each of 
the years intervening between two General Assemblies. A Finance Committee, nomi- 
nated for the purpose by the General Assembly, shall examine this estimate, together 
with the accounts for the preceding years. This Committee shall submit separate re- 
ports on the two questions to the General Assembly which, having considered these 
reports, shall fix the unit of contribution for the succeeding period. The contributions 
due from countries and their corresponding voting powers are determined by the popu- 
lation of the countries according to the following scale: 
POPULATION 
NO. OF VOTES 
NO. OP UNITS OF 
CONTRIBUTION 
Less than 5 millions 
1 
1 
Between 5 and 10 millions 
2 
2 
Between 10 and 15 millions 
3 
3 
Between 15 and 20 millions 
4 
5 
Over 20 millions 
5 
8 
Each state is at liberty to include in its population, according to the indication of its 
Government, the inhabitants of its colonies or protectorates. Self-governing dominions 
(South Africa, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) have separate voting power according 
to the above scale. 
The contribution to be levied during the first period of the Convention shall not ex- 
ceed 250 francs^ per annum per unit. 
In each country the organization adhering to the Council shall be responsible for the 
payment of the contribution. 
^ The value of the franc shall be that of the French currency. 
