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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY CONGRESS. 
Meetings. 
Sec. 8. The Congress shall determine, each day, the hours of 
meeting for the day following. 
Sec. 9. Except when otherwise ordered, the discussions of the 
Congress shall be public. 
Sec. 10. The President shall have the right to exercise final 
diciplinary authority, in accordance with established parliament¬ 
ary rules, whenever required in the interest of the Congress. 
Sec. 11. The Secretary shall, at the opening of each meeting, 
read the correspondence, papers, manuscripts and publications re¬ 
ceived. 
The President shall present to the Congress such of the com¬ 
munications as he may select ; and direct the reading of the min¬ 
utes of the preceding meeting. 
Sec. 12. The duties of the Adjunct Secretaries are to keep a 
record of the proceedings of the meetings, and to deliver to the 
General Secretary all communications presented or read by the 
members, together with all publications offered at the meetings. 
Sec. 13. Except when specially permitted by the Congress, no 
member shall speak more than twice on the same subject, nor for 
a period exceeding fifteen minutes at one time. But this rule is 
not intended to apply to the authors of the reports under discus¬ 
sion. 
Sec. 14. If no member rises to speak, the discussion shall be 
considered as closed de facto. If requested by twenty members 
the previous question shall be put by the President and the votes 
of a majority of active members present shall be final.. 
Sec. 15. The results of the reports and discussions, together 
with any proposed amendments, shall be submitted to a vote of 
the Congress, and with a statement of the number of votes cast, 
shall appear on the record of proceedings. 
Active members only possess the right of voting; but the privi¬ 
leges of discussion are accorded to honorary members also. 
Sec. 16. All questions shall be determined by a viva voce , ex¬ 
cept in case of doubt, when, on the request of not less than five 
active members, the question may be determined by a rising vote. 
