ART. 21. A General Session shall be held at 10 o'clock, A. M., on the first day of the meeting, and at such other times as the Council may direct. SECTIONS AND SUBSECTIONS. ART. 22. The Association shall be divided into Sections, namely:—A, Mathematics and Astronomy; B, Physics; C, Chemistry; including its application to Agriculture and the Arts; D, Mechanical Science and Engineering; E, Geology and Geography; F, Zoology; G, Botany; H, Anthropology and Psychology; I, Social and Economic Science; K, Physiology and Experimental Medicine; L, Education. The Council shall have power to consolidate any two or more Sections temporarily, and such consolidated Sections shall be presided over by the senior Vice-President and Secretary of the Sections comprising it. SECTIONAL COMMITTEES. ART. 23. Immediately on the organization of a Section there shall be a member or fellow elected by ballot after open nomination, who, with the Vice-President and Secretary and the VicePresident and Secretary of the preceding meeting, and the members or fellows elected by ballot at the four preceding meetings, shall form its Sectional Committee. The Sectional Committee shall have power to fill vacancies in their own numbers. Meetings of the Sections shall not be held at the same time with a General Session. The Sectional Committee may invite distinguished foreign associates present at any meeting to serve as honorary members of said Committee. ART. 24. The Sectional Committee of any Section may at its pleasure form one or more temporary Subsections, and may designate the officers thereof. The Secretary of a Subsection shall, at the close of the meeting, transmit his records to the Secretary of the section. ART. 25. No paper shall be read in any Section or Subsections until it has been placed on the program of the day by the Sectional Committee. ART. 26. The Sectional Committees shall arrange and direct the business of their respective Sections. They shall prepare the daily programs and give them to the Permanent Secretary for printing at the earliest moment practicable. No titles of papers shall be entered on the daily programs except such as have passed the Committee. No change shall be made in the program for the day in a Section without the consent of the Sectional Committee. The Sectional Committees may refuse to place the title of any paper on the program; but every such title, with the abstract of the paper or the paper itself, must be referred to the Council with the reasons why it was refused. The Sectional Committee shall also make nominations to the General Committee for Vice-President and Secretary of their respective Sections as provided for in Article 19. ART. 27. The Sectional Committees shall examine all papers and abstracts referred to the Sections, and they shall not place on the program any paper inconsistent with the character of the Association; and to this end they have power to call for any paper, the character of which may not be sufficiently understood from the abstract submitted. PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS. ART. 28. All members and fellows must forward to the Secretary of the proper Section or to the Permanent Secretary, as early as possible, and when practicable before the convening of the Association, full titles of all the papers which they propose to present during the meeting, with a statement of the time that each will occupy in delivery, and also such abstracts of their contents as will give a general idea of their nature; and no title shall be considered by a Sectional Committee until an abstract of the paper or the paper itself has been received. ART. 29. If the author of any paper be not ready when called upon, in the regular order of the official program, the title may be dropped to the bottom of the list. ART. 30. Whenever practicable the proceedings and discussions at General Sessions, Sections and Subsections, shall be reported by professional reporters, but such reports shall not appear in print as the official reports of the Association unless revised by the Secretaries. PRINTED PROCEEDINGS. ART. 31. The Permanent Secretary shall have the Proceedings of each meeting printed in an octavo volume as soon after the meeting as possible, beginning one month after adjournment. Authors must prepare their papers or abstracts ready for the press, and these must be in the hands of the Secretaries of the Sections before the final adjournment of the meeting, otherwise only the titles will appear in the printed volume. The Council shall have power to order the printing of any paper by abstract or title only. Whenever practicable, proofs shall be forwarded to authors for revision. If any additions or substantial alterations are made by the author of a paper after its submission to the Secretary, the same shall be distinctly indicated. Illustrations must be provided for by the authors of the papers, or by a special appropriation from the Council. Immediately on publication of the volume, a copy shall be forwarded to every member and fellow of the Association who shall have paid the assessment for the meeting to which it relates, and it shall also be offered for sale by the Permanent Secretary at such price as may be determined by the Council. The Council shall also designate the institutions to which copies shall be distributed. LOCAL COMMITTEE. ART. 32. The Local Committee shall consist of persons interested in the objects of the Association and residing at or near the place of the proposed meeting. It is expected that the Local Committee, assisted by the officers of the Association, will make all essential arrangements for the meeting, and issue a circular giving necessary particulars, at least one month before the meeting. LIBRARY OF THE ASSOCIATION. ART. 33. All books and pamphlets received by the Association shall be in charge of the Permanent Secretary, who shall have a list of the same printed and shall furnish a copy to any member or fellow on application. Members and fellows who have paid their assessments in full shall be allowed to call for books and pamphlets, which shall be delivered to them at their expense on their giving a receipt agreeing to make good any loss or damage, and to return the same free of expense to the Permanent Secretary at the time specified in the receipt given. All books and pamphlets in circulation must be returned at each meeting. Not more than five books, including volumes, parts of volumes, and pamphlets shall be held at one time by any member or fellow. Any book may be withheld from circulation by order of the Council. [The Library of the Association was, by vote of the Council in 1895, placed on deposit in the Library of the University of Cincinnati Ohio. Members can obtain the use of books by writing to the Librarian of the University Library, Cincinnati, Ohio.] ADMISSION FEE AND ASSESSMENTS. ART. 34. The admission fee for members shall be five dollars in addition to the annual dues. ART. 35. The annual dues for members and fellows shall be three dollars. ART. 36. Any member or fellow who shall pay the sum of fifty dollars to the Association, at any one time, shall become a Life Member, and as such shall be exempt from all further assessments, and shall be entitled to the Proceedings of the Association. All money thus received shall be invested as a permanent fund, the income of which, during the life of the member, shall form a part of the general fund of the Association, but, after his death, shall be used only to assist in original research, unless otherwise directed by unanimous vote of the Council. (New members becoming life members must pay the admission fee of five dollars.) ART. 37. All fees and dues must be paid to the Permanent Secretary who shall give proper receipts for the same. ACCOUNTS. ART. 38. The accounts of the Permanent Secretary and of the Treasurer shall be audited annually by Auditors appointed by the Council. ALTERATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. ART. 39. No part of this Constitution shall be amended or annulled, without the concurrence of three-fourths of the members and fellows present in General Session, after notice given at a General Session of a preceding meeting of the Association. MEMBERS AND FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. SURVIVING FOUNDERS. [At the Brooklyn Meeting, 1894, a resolution was unanimously adopted by which all the surviving founders of the Association who have maintained an interest in science were made Honorary Life Members of the Association in recognition of their pioneer work in American Science.] BOYÉ, MARTIN H., Coopersburg, Pa. PATRONS. [Persons contributing one thousand dollars or more to the Association are classed as Patrons, and are entitled to the privileges of members and to the publications. The names of Patrons are to remain permanently on the list.] THOMPSON, MRS ELIZABETH, Stamford, Conn. (22). (Died July, 1899.) LILLY, GEN. WILLIAM, Mauch Chunk, Pa. (28). (Died Dec. 1, 1893.) HERRMAN, Mrs. Esther, 59 West 56th St., New York, N. Y. (29). MCMILLIN, EMERSON, 40 Wall St., New York, N. Y. (37). HONORARY FELLOWS. [See ARTICLE VI of the Constitution.] BC *GIBBS, PROF. WOLCOTT, Newport, R. I. 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