STANDING RULES 
OF 
THE GENERAL COMMITTEE 
OF 
THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
With Amendments Adopted April 14, 1888. 
1. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the So¬ 
ciety shall hold like offices in the General Committee. 
2. The President shall have power to call special meetings of 
the Committee, and to appoint Sub-Committees. 
3. The Sub-Committees shall prepare business for the General 
Committee, and perform such other duties as may be entrusted 
to them. 
4. There shall be two Standing Sub-Committees: one on Com¬ 
munications for the Stated Meetings of the Society, and another 
on Publications. 
5. The General Committee shall meet at half-past seven o’clock 
on the evening of each Stated Meeting, and by adjournment at 
other times. 
6. Six members shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, 
except for the amendment of the Standing Rules of the Com¬ 
mittee or of the Society, in which case a majority of the General 
Committee'shall constitute a quorum. 
7. The names of proposed new members recommended in con¬ 
formity with Section 13 of the Standing Rules of the Society may 
be presented at any meeting of the General Committee, but shall 
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