%%% ====================================================================
%%% @LaTeX-file{
%%%    filename  = "proc-l.cls",
%%%    version   = "1.2e",
%%%    date      = "1997/02/02",
%%%    time      = "13:15:10 EST",
%%%    checksum  = "41298 71 206 2486",
%%%    author    = "Michael Downes",
%%%    address   = "American Mathematical Society, PO Box 6248,
%%%                       Providence, RI 02940, USA",
%%%    email     = "tech-support@ams.org (Internet)",
%%%    supported = "yes",
%%%    abstract  = "This is a LaTeX documentclass for the Proceedings
%%%                 of the American Mathematical Society.",
%%%    docstring = "The checksum field above contains a CRC-16 checksum
%%%                 as the first value, followed by the equivalent of
%%%                 the standard UNIX wc (word count) utility output
%%%                 of lines, words, and characters.  This is produced
%%%                 by Robert Solovay's checksum utility.",
%%% }
%%% ====================================================================

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{proc-l}
              [1997/02/02 v1.2e PROC Author Class]

\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{amsart}}
\ProcessOptions

\LoadClass{amsart}[1996/10/24]

\def\publname{PROCEEDINGS OF THE\newline
  AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY}

\def\ISSN{0002-9939}

\copyrightinfo{1997}%            % copyright year
  {American Mathematical Society}% copyright holder

% set "communicated by" line
\def\@maketitle{%
  \normalfont\normalsize
  \let\@makefnmark\relax  \let\@thefnmark\relax
  \ifx\@empty\@date\else \@footnotetext{\@setdate}\fi
  \ifx\@empty\@subjclass\else \@footnotetext{\@setsubjclass}\fi
  \ifx\@empty\@keywords\else \@footnotetext{\@setkeywords}\fi
  \ifx\@empty\thankses\else \@footnotetext{%
    \def\par{\let\par\@par}\@setthanks}\fi
  \@mkboth{\@nx\shortauthors}{\@nx\shorttitle}%
  \global\topskip42\p@ % 5.5 picas to the base of the first title line
  \@settitle
  \ifx\@empty\authors \else \@setauthors \fi
  \ifx\@empty\@commby
  \else
    \baselineskip18\p@
    \vtop{\centering{\footnotesize\@commby\@@par}%
      \global\dimen@i\prevdepth}\prevdepth\dimen@i
  \fi
  \ifx\@empty\@dedicatory
  \else
    \baselineskip18\p@
    \vtop{\centering{\footnotesize\itshape\@dedicatory\@@par}%
      \global\dimen@i\prevdepth}\prevdepth\dimen@i
  \fi
  \@setabstract
  \normalsize
  \dimen@34\p@ \advance\dimen@-\baselineskip
  \vskip\dimen@\relax
} % end \@maketitle

\endinput