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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



of the ensuing session, and at such other times as the 

 Congress or the Executive Committee may direct. The 

 Director of the Congress shall, ex-officio, be a member 

 of the Board of Control. 



Section 4. A Committee on Credentials shall be 

 organized on the first day of each session of the Con- 

 gress. It shall consist of one member from each state 

 chosen by the delegation thereof. A temporary chairman, 

 shall be appointed by the President. Accepting the 

 record of the Secretary as prima facie evidence of the 

 organization of the Congress and of the rights of dele- 

 gates and members, the Committee shall elect its 

 Chairman and Secretary and shall adjudicate all questions 

 relating to credentials and delegates. It shall report to 

 the Congress from time to time, and shall submit its 

 final report at the earliest possible date and in any 

 event before the Congress proceeds to the adoption of 

 formal resolutions, the selection of the next place of 

 meeting, or the election of officers. 



Section 5. A Committee on Resolutions shall be 

 created for each session of the Congress. A temporary 

 chairman shall be appointed by the President, one mem- 

 ber shall be selected by each state delegation, and two 

 members-at-large shall be designated by the President 

 and a like number by the Board of Control. The Com- 

 mittee shall elect its Chairman and Secretary and shall 

 report to the Congress not later than the morning of 

 the last day of each session. 



Section 6. A Committee on Permanent Organization 

 shall be created during each session of the Congress in 

 the manner provided for the creation of the Committee 

 on Resolutions. It shall nominate officers for the ensuing 

 year, its nominations being presented to the Congress 

 in session, and may recommend administrative policies; 

 and it may make other recommendations looking toward 

 the public welfare or the interests of the National Drain- 

 age Congress. 



Section 7. By direction of the Congress, standing 

 and special committees may be appointed by the Pres- 

 ident. 



Section 8. The President shall be a member, ex- 

 officio, of every committee of the Congress. 



Article VII Arrangements for Sessions. 



Section 1. Invitations from cities desirous of enter- 

 taining the Congress at regular sessions shall be brought 

 before the Congress for action either directly or on 

 recommendation of the Committee on Permanent Organ- 

 ization. 



Section 2. To be acceptable, invitations to the Con- 

 gress from cities desirous of entertaining it must be 

 accompanied by information as to their facilities and by 

 a guarantee fund satisfactory to the Congress or Execu- 

 tive Committee. 



Section 3. Meeting places shall be provided and 

 hotel accommodations and other facilities arranged by 

 the Board of Control. 



Section 4. The program for the sessions, including 

 a list of speakers, shall be arranged by the Executive 

 Committee, unless the preparation of program be 

 entrusted by that Committee to the Board of Control. 

 The entire program, including allotments of time to 

 speakers and hours for daily sessions, shall be referred 

 to the Executive Committee for ratification not later than 

 the day before the opening of each session of the 

 Congress. 



Section 5. Unless otherwise ordered the rules 

 adopted for the guidance of the preceding annual sessions 

 of the Congress shall continue in force. 

 Article VIII Membership. 



Section 1. The membership of the Congress shall 

 consist of (1) fifteen delegates from each state, to be 

 appointed by the Governor thereof; (2) ten delegates 

 from each city having a population of over twenty-five 

 thousand, to be appointed by the Mayor; (3) five dele- 

 gates from each city and town having a population less 

 than twenty-five thousand and over one thousand, to 

 be appointed by the Mayor or chief executive; (4) five 

 delegates from each county, to be appointed . by the 

 Chairman of the governing board; (5) two delegates 

 from each incorporated town having a population of less 

 than one thousand; from each regularly organized asso- 



ciation devoted to drainage, irrigation, or other 

 reclamation work, agriculture, horticulture, and engineer- 

 ing; and from each college and commercial body 

 concerned with public interests which has been duly 

 organized not less than one year; (6) all duly accredited 

 members of State and Federal drainage, irrigation, water, 

 or conservation commissions; (7) all State engineers and 

 State commissioners of agriculture and horticulture; (8) 

 all officers, chairmen of committees, members of the 

 Executive Committee, Honorary Vice-Presidents, mem- 

 bers of the Board of Control, and permanent delegates 

 of the Congress; (9) the Governor of each State, and 

 the Mayor of each city and town having a population 

 of over one thousand; (10) the President of the United 

 States and all members of his cabinet, and (11) all mem- 

 bers of the United States Senate and House of Rep- 

 resentatives. 



Section 2. The Executive Committee is authorized 

 to create various forms of membership which may be 

 State Organizations specified in Section 1, to be affiliated 

 with the National Congress, or may be individual mem- 

 berships, permanent, sustaining, or auxiliary, with fees 

 and conditions of membership as may be established by 

 the Executive Committee. 



Section 3. Throughout each session of the Congress 

 the Director shall keep a list of the duly accredited 

 delegates, and shall hold the same open to examination 

 or subject to the call of the Congress; and such list 

 shall be subject to appeal to and action by the Creden- 

 tials Committee. In the absence of appeal, or after such 

 action and approval by the Congress, this list together 

 with the roll of permanent members attending shall 

 constitute the membership of the body for that session. 

 Article IX Delegations and State Officers. 



Section 1. The several delegates from each state 

 in attendance at any annual meeting shall assemble at 

 the earliest practicable time and organize by choosing 

 a chairman, a secretary and a member of the Committee 

 on Credentials; and these delegates when approved by 

 the Committee on Credentials shall constitute the dele- 

 gation from that state, which shall also appoint one 

 member of each of the Committee on Permanent Organ- 

 ization and on Resolutions and in the absence of the 

 member of the Executive Committee for any State at 

 the time of the opening of the Congress, the delegation 

 of that State may select a substitute. 



Section 2. In addition to the membe.s of committees 

 provided for in Section 1, each State delegation may 

 appoint an Honorary Vice-President to serve until the 

 time of the next annual meeting, or in the event of there 

 being no delegation from any State the Vice-President 

 for that State may be appointed by the President of 

 the Congress. 



Article X Voting. 



Section 1. Each member and delegate present at 

 the sessions of the Congress shall be entitled to one 

 vote on all actions taken viva voce and a majority vote 

 shall elect all officers and decide all questions. 



Section 2. A division may be demanded on any 

 action by a State delegation or a ballot by an apparent 

 majority of the delegates present; on division or ballot 

 each member and delegate shall be entitled to one vote; 

 provided (1) that no State shall have more than twenty 

 votes; provided (2) that when a State is represented by 

 less than ten delegates and members, said delegates and 

 members, if all present, may cast ten votes for such 

 State, and provided (3) that if a part of the delegation of 

 such State are absent, those remaining may cast their 

 pro rata of ten votes; provided that such division shall 

 be stated in whole numbers. 



Section 3. The term "State" as used herein is to bf 

 construed to mean either state, territory or insular 

 possession. 



Article XI Amendments. 



This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds 

 vote of the members and delegates present during any 

 regular session, provided notice of the proposed amend- 

 ment has been given from the Chair not less than one 

 day or more than two days preceding; or by unanimous 

 vote without such action. 



The National Drainage Congress will hold its Second 



