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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

of the

National Civil Service Reform League

ARTICLE I.

The name of this organization shall be the National Civil Service Reform League.

ARTICLE II.

The object of the National Civil Service Reform League shall be to promote the purposes and to facilitate the correspondence and united action of the Civil Service Reform Associations, and generally to advance the merit system and to improve the administration of the civil service throughout the United States.

ARTICLE III.

No debt shall be contracted by the League, by the Council or Executive Committee in excess of its assured income for the period in which its indebtedness is payable.

ARTICLE IV.

The League shall consist of all the Civil Service Reform Associations in the United States which signify a willingness to become members thereof, and shall be accepted as such by the League or the Council. Any member of any such Association, and any individual specially invited by the Council, may be present at any meeting of the League and take part in the debates or discussions subject to such restrictions, if any, as the By-Laws may prescribe. The Council may in its discretion invite representatives of any other society or organization to take part in any designated meeting of the League.

The Council may also establish associate and sustaining members of the League, and shall prescribe the annual dues thereof, and may also establish other classes of membership and the dues, if any, thereof. Associate and sustaining members shall have the same status at the meetings of the League as the members of a Civil Service Reform Association.

ARTICLE V.

At any meeting of the League all questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the individuals present and entitled to take part in the proceedings, unless a majority of the representatives present of any Association shall demand a vote by Associations, in which case each Association represented shall be entitled to one vote for every one hundred members, but each Association shall have at least one vote, which vote shall be cast by the delegates from such Association present at such meeting or by a majority of them.

ARTICLE VI.

The officers of the League shall be a President, a Secretary, and an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer and an Assistant Treasurer, who shall discharge the usual duties of such officers, and not less than ten Vice-Presidents; and there shall be a Council and an Executive Committee to be constituted as hereinafter provided. The Council may establish whenever it is deemed expedient other secretaryships or subordinate officers. The said officers, Council and Executive Committee shall hold office until their respective successors are chosen.

ARTICLE VII.

The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the League.

The Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and any other secretaries or subordinate officers whose positions have been established by the Council shall be chosen, and may be removed, by the Council.

The Council shall be elected by the League at the annual meeting, and shall consist of at least thirty members, of whom there shall be at least one member from each Association belonging to the League. Ten members of the Council shall be a quorum.

The officers of the League shall be ex-officio members of the Council, and either the League or the Council itself may from time to time elect additional members to hold office until the annual meeting next following. Any member of the Council may act by proxy by designating a non-member of the Council to act for him, but no person may hold more than one proxy.

The Council shall elect its own chairman. It shall keep a record of its own proceedings and shall make a report to

the League at the annual meeting. A vacancy in any office except that of Vice-President may be filled by the Council until the annual meeting next following.

ARTICLE VIII.

The Council may, subject to these articles, manage the affairs of the League, direct its policies and dispose of the funds and, from time to time, make and modify By-Laws for the League and for its own action.

There shall be an Executive Committee of nine members consisting of seven members of the Council appointed by the President, and the President and the Chairman of the Council. It shall meet at regular periods, or on notice to all by any of its own members, or on notice from the Secretary. Subject to the control of the Council it shall have authority to exercise all the powers of the Council on all matters requiring, in the opinion of the Executive Committee, immediate action whenever the Council be not in session, and shall report its proceedings at each meeting of the Council. Three members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum, but in a meeting of the Committee at which less than five members shall be present one of them shall be either the President of the League or the Chairman of the Council.

ARTICLE IX.

There shall be an annual meeting of the League at such time in each year, and at such place as the Council may determine, at which officers shall be elected for the ensuing year, and other appropriate business may be transacted.

A special meeting of the League may be called at the discretion of the Council, or of the President, at any time, upon at least ten days' notice to be given by the Secretary.

Any provision of this constitution may be suspended or amended by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Council present at any meeting, due notice of such proposed suspension or amendment having been given with the notice of meeting.

ARTICLE X.

Any provision of this constitution may be suspended or amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members, or of the Associations, if a vote by Associations be demanded, present at a meeting of the League, due notice of such proposed

suspension or amendment having been given with the notice of meeting.

BY-LAWS.

SECTION 1. The annual meeting of the League shall be held at such time and place, in each year, as the Council may determine.

SEC. 2. At least three meetings of the Council shall be held in each year, one of which shall be as soon after the annual meeting of the League as may be practicable, and the others at such times and places as may be fixed by its Chairman. Special meetings may be called at any time by its Chairman or by the President of the League, and shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request of any five members.

SEC. 3. The Council shall elect its Chairman, its ViceChairman and the Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of the League at its meeting next succeeding each annual meeting of the League.

SEC. 4. At each meeting of the Council it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to make a statement of the amount of money in the treasury, and of the place of its deposit, and at the annual meeting of the League he shall state the sources of all moneys received, and set forth in detail all expenditures made during the year.

SEC. 5. The order of business at each meeting of the Council shall be:

1. The reading and correction of the minutes of the last meeting. And thereafter, unless otherwise ordered, as follows:

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5.

The admission of new Associations.

Statement of the Treasurer.

Report from the office of the Secretary.

Report from the Executive Committee.

6. Reports of Standing Committees.

7. Reports of Special Committees.

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SEC. 6. There shall be the following Standing Committees to be annually appointed as the Council shall direct:

(1) A Committee on Finance, to consist of not less thar nine members.

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