5.—All matters of local detail shall be left to the Institutions or Local Boards, under whose auspices the lectures are to be delivered.
6.—A course of lectures on some religion, or phase of religion, from an historical point of view, or on a subject germane to the study of religions, shall be delivered annually, or at such intervals as may be found practicable, in the different cities represented by this Association.
7.—The Council (a) shall be charged with the selection of the lecturers, (b) shall have charge of the funds, (c) shall assign the time for the lectures in each city, and perform such other functions as may be necessary.
8.—Polemical subjects, as well as polemics in the treatment of subjects, shall be positively excluded.
9.—The lecturer shall be chosen by the Council at least ten months before the date fixed for the course of lectures.
10.—The lectures shall be delivered in the various cities between the months of October and June.
11.—The copyright of the lectures shall be the property of the Association.
12.—One half of the lecturer’s compensation shall be paid at the completion of this entire course, and the second half upon the publication of the lectures.