SEC. 4. The officers of the National Research Council, excepting the permanent secretary and the treasurer, shall be elected annually by the executive board. The permanent secretary of the council shall be elected by the executive board for a period of one year or more. The treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences shall be ex officio treasurer of the National Research Council. SEC. 5. The duties of the officers of the council and of the divisions shall be fixed by the executive board. ARTICLE V-NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. SECTION 1. The Government bureaus, civil and military, to be represented in the division of Federal relations and the scientific and technical societies, to be represented in the divisions of science and technology of the National Research Council, shall be determined by joint action of the council of the National Academy of Sciences and the executive board of the National Research Council. SEC. 2. Representatives of scientific and technical societies shall be nominated by the societies, at the request of the executive board, and appointed by the president of the National Academy of Sciences to membership in the council and assigned to one of its divisions. Sec. 3. The representatives of the Government shall be nominated by the president of the National Academy of Sciences after conference with the secretaries of the departments concerned, and the names of those nominated shall be presented to the president of the United States for designation by him for service with the National Research Council. Sec. 4. Other members of the council shall be nominated by the executive committees of the divisions, approved by the executive board, and appointed by the president of the National Academy of Sciences to membership and assigned to one of the divisions. SEC. 5. Members of the council shall be appointed for terms of three years, except when appointed to fill unexpired terms. SEC. 6. The Government representatives shall serve for periods of three years, unless they previously retire from the Government office which they represent, in which case their successors shall be appointed for the unexpired term. ARTICLE VI-MEETINGS. SECTION 1. Meetings of the council may be held on call of the executive board. SEC. 2. The executive board and the divisions shall hold annual meetings, at which, in the case of the divisions of science and technology, officers shall be elected; such other meetings may be called as may be required for the transaction of business. annual meeting of the executive board shall be held in April in the city of Washington, on a date to be determined as the board may direct. The SEC. 3. Joint meetings of the executive board of the National Research Council and the council of the National Academy of Sciences shall be held from time to time, to consider any matters which, in the judgment of the president of the National Academy, require the attention of both bodies. ARTICLE VII-PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS. SECTION 1. An annual report on the work of the National Research Council shall be presented by the chairman to the National Academy of Sciences for submission to Congress in connection with the annual report of the president of the Academy. SEC. 2. Other publications of the National Research Council may include papers, bulletins, reports, and memoirs, which may appear in the proceedings or memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, in the publications of other societies, in scientific and technical journals, or in a separate series of the Research Council. ARTICLE VIII-AMENDMENTS. SECTION 1. Power of amendment of these articles of organization shall reside in the council of the National Academy of Sciences. 45997-21-6 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER. The activities of the National Research Council during the calendar year 1920 were supported by funds derived from various sources. The following list gives the main sources of these funds: (1) For general maintenance expenses of the National Research Council, $170,000 was received from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, $25,000 from the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., and $12,000 from the Commonwealth fund. (2) From the Rockefeller Foundation the following amounts were received and disbursed: For the division of medical sciences the sum of $111.56 was received and the sum of $7,437.38 was disbursed. For the division of physical sciences the sum of $12,775.06 was received and the sum of $16,775.06 was disbursed. The sum of $29,258.16 was received for national research fellowships and the sum of $36,716.05 was disbursed. (3) From the General Education Board contributions were made as follows: For the mental rating of school children the sum of $3,157.15 was received and the sum of $6,950.63 was disbursed. For special work carried on by the division of educational relations, the sum of $7,500 was received and the sum of $4,813.15 was disbursed. (4) The sum of $599.29 was contributed by the Government through the Council of National Defense for governmental activities of the National Research Council prior to June 30, 1919. The sum of $336.50 was received from the Government through the Ordnance Bureau of the War Department to reimburse the National Research Council for expenditures for experimental work on a new type of gun. (5) Other contributions included: The sum of $5,000 from E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and the sum of $2,500 from the General Motors Corporation for special work of the research information service. The sum of $5,911.05 from the William Ellery Hale fund and others for the division of foreign relations. The sum of $800 from the Corning Glass Works for the support of a research fellowship in ceramics at the University of Illinois. The sum of $1,750 from the Southern Pine Association (part payment on pledge of $10,000) for the committee on forestry. The sum of $1,500 from Julius Rosenwald for the support of a fellowship. From various sources: For industrial personnel conference, $1,000; for food products investigation, $1,000; for food and nutrition com mittee, $3,275; for the trustees for the publication of critical tables of physical and chemical constants, $4,890; for international auxiliary language, $1,300. Receipts and disbursements of the National Research Council, Jan. 1, 1920, to Dec. 31, 1920. Balance reported Jan. 1, 1920.... RECEIPTS. On deposit with National Academy of Sciences Jan. 1, 1920, $31, 147.82 Division of foreign relations: William Ellery Hale fund and others.... Research fellowship in ceramics, supported by Corning Glass Works..... Southern Pine Association, for committee on forestry. 25,000.00 599.29 336.50 5,000.00 2,500.00 5, 911. 05 800.00 1,750.00 Julius Rosenwald for support of fellowship.. Industrial personnel conference... Food products investigation fund.. Food and nutrition committee.... Trustees for the publication of physical and chemical constants. International auxiliary language. Unappropriated fund, special interest on investments..... Publication of forest research calendar...... Sale of United States Treasury certificates.... Interest received on United States Treasury certificates....... Reimbursements.... 1,500. 00 1,000.00 1,000.00 3,275.00 4,890.00 1,300.00 134. 17 100.00 40, 564. 77 477.10 2, 316.94 Total... 333, 396. 18 367, 710. 73 General maintenance, 1920.. General maintenance, 1921.. $1,709. 08 Botanical Abstracts, 1921 Committee on forestry.... Food and nutrition committee.. Food products investigation fund.. Physiological salt requirements committee, 1921.. Tropical Research Institute project, 1921... XIII. Anthropology and psychology: General maintenance, 1920... General maintenance, 1921.... American archæological project, 1921. Executive board: General maintenance, 1920.. General maintenance, 1921.. American Geophysical Union, 1921... Publicity committee: General maintenance, 1920... General maintenence, 1921.. Publications: 1920.... 1921... Contingent expenses: 1920... 1921... 680.55 219.85 527.48 461. 57 229.36 500.00 1, 814. 59 806. 69 1,818. 61 1, 433. 22 715.80 510. 25 6, 103. 92 724. 81 2, 173. 02 invested Dec. 31, 1920, unappropriated fund, special.... 575.76 321.61 70.00 80, 564. 77 -$336, 305. 47 28, 305. 26 |