BY-LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD. 
Adopted November 4, 1890. 
Article I. — Name. 
This organization shall be called "The United States Board on 
Geographic Names." ^ 
Article II. — Officers. 
The officers shaU consist of a chairman, a secretary (who shall be 
elected by ballot), and an executive committee of three,^ to be ap- 
pointed by the Chair with the concurrence of the Board, all of whom 
shall serve for one year or imtil their successors shall be chosen. 
Article III. — Duties of officers. 
Section 1. The chairman shall preside at the meetings and shall 
certify to the decisions of the Board. He shall appoint all com- 
mittees not specially named by the Board. He shaU have power to 
designate a member of the Board to act for him during his temporary 
absence. 
Sec. 2. The secretary shall record the proceedings of the Board 
and shall keep a record that will show the decisions rendered or other 
action of the Board upon cases submitted to it, with reference to the 
papers filed in each case. He shall maintain files of the original 
papers, or copies of them, that may be presented in each case, con- 
veniently arranged for reference. He shall conduct the general cor- 
respondence and shall receive communications presented for the 
consideration of the Board, transmitting them to the executive com- 
mittee as their character may require or as may be hereafter pro- 
vided. 
Sec. 3. The executive committee shall receive through the secre- 
tary all communications requiring decision by the Board; shall 
investigate the questions presented, securing information from all 
available sources, and shall report upon them to the Board, sub- 
mitting recommendations regarding them. 
1 Changed to United States Geographic Board by Executive order August 10, 1906. 
» Changed to five June 3, 1914. 
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