SEPTEMBER 10, 1937
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the Chemist, which was approved by t h e Council:
(EXPLANATION. Made to comply with the laws of New York which require the object to be the same as stated in the SOCIETY'* charter. >
We move that the Council instruct the President of the SOCIETY to appoint a standing committee composed of individuals selected from various local sections geo graphically near state capitals. Each metnBer of thia committee shall report to the Business Manager the introduction and progress of all bills affecting the professional status of chemists and chemical engineers introduced in the legislature of his state as such events occur. Said member, in order to secure recompense therefor, should make prior arrangements with the Business Manager covering any limited expense involved.
word " t h r e e " t o " t w o " so t h a t t h e first phrase shall read: Any person, who shall have been nomi nated in writing in due form by two members
ARTICLE I I I , SECTION 3 .
Change t h e
of the SOCIETY, etc.
(EXPLANATION. It te frequently very difficult to get the third signature for individuals abroad or living in isolated localities. The third Hignature serves no good purpose. Decision lies with the Membership Committee in any case.) ARTICLE
III,
SECTION
4.
Substitute
"five" for " t h r e e " in t h e first sentence thereof so t h a t Section 4 shall read: SECTION- 4. Any member, not in arrears, paying at any one time the sum of five hundred dollars into the treasury of the The Secretary was instructed t o send SocrETY as commutation for dues, shad I appropriate letters of thanks t o those who !>ecome a Life Memt>er, shall he exempt from were responsible for t h e success of t h e the further payment of annual dues, and meeting and t h e Council gave a rising vote shall receive the Journal of the American of thanks to t h e members of the Rochester Section and all others to whom we are Chemical Society, Chemical Abstracts, and Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. indebted for such a good meeting. President-elect Whitmore announced (EXPLANATION. The Life Membership Fund is already in arrears. The income from $:*
