Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the Year 1888 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the Year 1888 Sec. 2. The officers of the Academy, together with six members, to be elected by the Academy at the first stated session in each year, shall constitute a council for the transaction Of such business as may be assigned to them by the constitution or the Academy. Sec. 3. The president Of the Academy, or, in case of his absence or inability to act, the vice-president shall preside at the meetings Of the Academy and Of the council, shall name all committees, except such as are otherwise especially provided for, shall refer investigations required by the Government of the United States to members specially conver sant with the subjects, and report thereon to the Academy at its ses sion next ensuing, and, with the council, shall direct the general busi ness Of the Academy. It shall be competent for the president, in special cases, to call in the aid, upon committees, of experts, or men of special attainments, not members of the Academy. Sec. 4. The foreign and home secretaries shall conduct the correspond ence proper to their respective departments, advising with the president and council in cases of doubt, and reporting their action to the Academy at one of the stated sessions in each year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.