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3.  On  motion,  Messrs.  Hilton  and  Motter  were  constituted  a 
Sub-committee  on  Arrangements,  with  power. 
4.  On  motion,  the  Chairman  and  Secretary  were  constituted  a 
committee  on  the  preparation  of  blank  forms  for  the  notification 
of  the  appointment  of  delegates,  credentials,  and  identification  cards ; 
the  suggestion  that  the  form  shown  should  contain  an  additional 
line  in  red  ink  giving  further  instructions  being  approved. 
5.  S.  L.  Hilton  reported  on  the  local  arrangements  already 
effected:  hotel  headquarters  at  the  New  Willard,  with  provision 
for  general  meeting  room,  committee  rooms,  lavatories,  registration, 
hotel  rates  at  eighteen  different  hotels,  etc.  On  motion  this  report 
was  approved. 
6.  The  question  of  railroad  rates  and  arrangements  was  left 
to  the  Sub-committee  on  Arrangements,  with  the  suggestion  that 
a  conference  be  had  with  the  proper  officials  of  the  Congress  of 
American  Physicians. 
7.  On  the  question  of  the  interpretation  of  the  Constitution 
and  By-Laws,  the  committee  holds  that  the  terms  of  Sections  i 
and  2  of  Article  II  of  the  Constitution  are  quite  explicit  and  clear 
in  their  definition  of  eligibility  to  membership  in  the  Convention. 
(a)  The  word  "  corporation  "  in  Section  2,  Article  II,  of  the 
Constitution  is  interpreted  to  mean  the  Convention. 
(b)  The  words  "  examined  and  acted  upon  as  provided  for  by 
the  By-Laws,"  mean  certification  to  the  Convention  by  the  Com- 
mittee on  Credentials  and  Arrangements  and  the  acceptance  and 
approval  of  this  committee's  report  by  the  Convention. 
(c)  The  last  sentence  of  Section  2,  Article  II,  is  held  to  be 
in  no  sense  retroactive  and  to  refer  to  the  Convention  of  1910 
and  Conventions  thereafter. 
(d)  In  order  further  to  clarify  the  meaning  of  Article  I, 
Chapter  VIII  of  the  By-Laws,  particularly  the  last  sentence,  on 
motion  of  J.  H.  Beal,  seconded  by  S.  L.  Hilton,  the  committee 
decided  that  it  could  not  recognize  the  right  of  any  one  individual 
to  represent  more  than  one  organization  or  institution. 
8.  On  motion  of  S.  L.  Hilton,  seconded  by  H.  M.  Whelpley, 
the  list  of  organizations  represented  in  the  Convention  of  1900, 
as  printed  in  the  U.S. P.  VIII,  is  held  to  be  authentic. 
9.  On  motion  of  H.  M.  Whelpley  the  Secretary  was  requested  to 
prepare  the  minutes  of  this  meeting  and  a  statement  of  such  data  as 
it  might  be  advisable  to  publish  which,  after  approval  by  the  Chair- 
