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"CONSTITUTIONS AND AGREEMENTS~>11from its own body, or from among other members, to fill anyvacancies in the ofliees of the Association or in any Committee o rCouncil, and to take the initiative in all matter.-; afTecting the interestsof the Association.Article V.Councils and Standing CommitteesThere shall be appointed by the Association at each biennialmeeting the following Councils :Council on Medical Education;Council on Public Health Education.There shall also be appointed at the same time the followingStand! ng Comm itt ees :Publication and Terminology Committee;Medical Research Committee.Article VI.Local Branchesfaction 1. \ local Branch of this Association may be formed byany three active members, provided the constitution of such branchis in full harmony with the Constitution and By-Laws of this Association, and that it is formally recognized by the Association, or by the.Executive Committee acting for the Association.Section ,?. Members of local Branches may become members ofthis Association as provided for in Article II, Section L .Article VII. Amendment of ConstitutionThis Constitution may be altered only by a three-fourths majorityvote at a general meeting of the Association.IV. The Establishment and Canon of the Board ofMissions of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung HuiAt the First General vSynod of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui(Church in China), held in Shanghai, April 1912, it was laid down asa fundamental principle, that the organized Church should, in itscorporate capacity, undertake the work of propagating the Gospel,and the following resolution was passed:Whereas, it is essential to the spiritual well-being of theChung Hua Sheng Kung Hui that the principle of obedience to thelast command of our Divine Lord to preach the Gospel to everycreature be accepted by the Church in its corporate capacity,Resolved That a Board of Missions of the Chung Hua : ShengKung Hui be established, and to this end a Committee be appointedto draft a Canon on the Board of Missions of the Chung Hua ShengKung Hui, such Committee to present its draft Canon for adoptionat the next ensuing regular meeting of the General Synod. TheCommittee is further authorized to take such preliminary measuresas may be necessary with a view to the inauguration of a Mission orMissions of the Chinese Church, to be established in the first instancein some part of China,"