Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 43 Part 2.djvu/342

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CONVENTION——W`EIGHTS AND MEASURES. Ocronmi. 6, 1921. 1689 &x—hpi(ti éapptzrtenant of 18 members all from us a es a ren . erent states. Iaors du renouvellement, par At the time of the renewal inoitie, dubCom1te mteinationalé by halves ogg the international es mem res sortan seron committee e out mg memd’abord ceux qui, en cas de ya- bers shall be first these w o may canoes, auront été elus prov1so1re— have been provisionally elected to ment dans Pmtervalle entre deux fill vacancies between two sessions sessions de la Conference; les of the conference; the otherswill autres seront designee par le sort. be drawn by lot. hglieq membres sortants sont re- Outgoing members may be e `b es. reelected. _An·r. 9.—Le_ Comite Anrrcnn 9. The International gm tional se constitue en choisissant Committee organizes itself by lu1—meme, au scrutm secret, son electing by its own secret vote its president et son secretaire. Ces Chairman and Secretary. Those nominations sont notiiiées aux appointments are notified to the Gouvernements des Hautes Par- governmentsoftl1ehighcontract— ties contractantes. arties. 0OLe présioendtr et le secgétgire du lzgfhe chairman and the secretary Divisivnmite et e ecteur u ureau 0 the Committee and the Direcggvent appartenir a des pays Solo of the Bureau must belong to ' erents. erent countries. Une fois constitué, le Comite ne Once organized, the Committee uE,,§_"S°‘*“°“* °’°°` peut procedera de_nouvelles elec- cannot hold other elections or tions ou nommatioias que igois {poke otl1;;-n; appomthtigiesiilts except mois apres que tous es mem res e ore the mon all have auront ete informes de la vacance ela sed after the notice of a onnan eu imv e. va cyc oravoe a d t li a ot gan alling f t sh ll lgave been given to all the memers. Aivr. 10.——Le Comite interna- ARTICLE 10. The International $§#§‘§,f’f,{’;’{‘,§f“*"°°· tional dirige tous les travaux Committee directs all the metrometrologiques que les Hautes logical works that the con- Parties contractantes dec1deront gracting pagties shall decide to de faire executer en commun. ave carrie on joint y. Il est charge, en outre, de It is also charged with‘the duty surveiller la conservation des pro- of seeing to the conservation of totypes et etalons internationaux. the iintegiational prototypes and ‘ stan ar . Il peut, ennn, instituer la co- It may, lastly, institute the cooperation de specialistes dans des operation of specialists in quesquestions de metrologie, et co- tions of meterology and coordiordonner les résultats de leurs nate the results of their work. travaux. . Am". 11.-Le Comite se réunira ARTICLE 11. The committee M°""“g$‘ au moins 1me fois tous les deux shall meet at least once m two ans. years. _ _ . Anr. 12.—Les votes au sein du ARTICLE. 12. The ball0tt1ng_m ¥Zi1ma€jp.ng. Comite ont lieu a la majorite the committee is by_a majority des voix; en cas de partage, la vote: in case of a tie vote the voix du president est preponde- chairman has the castmgi vote. rante. Les decisions ne sont vala- Decisions are only va d if the bles que si le nombre des membres members present are at least one presents égale au moins la moitié half of the elected members formdesé membres élus qui composent ing the committee. le omité. . Sous reserve de cette condition, Subject to that condition ab- mm' les membres absents ont le droit sent members have a right to de déleguer leurs votes aux mem- delegate their votes to present