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8 1 SEC. 3. In the absence of the President or his inability 2 to serve, the Executive Council shall designate a member 3 of the National Federation of Federal Employees to per- 4 form the duties of President. 5 SEC. 4. The Secretary-Treasurer shall have the cus- 6 tody of all books, papers, and effects in the office of the 7 Federation as well as the official seal. He shall keep a 8 complete record of the proceedings of the Conventions 9 and the Executive Council and conduct correspondence 10 with the local unions. He shall receive and deposit all 11 funds of the Federation in a banking institution to be 12 designated by the Executive Council. All payments shall 13 be made by check if practicable, signed by the President, 14 or person designated by the Executive Council, and the 15 Secretary-Treasurer jointly, but no check shall be issued 16 except in payment of routine matters unless payment is 17 first authorized by the Executive Council, which shall 18 define routine matters. He shall furnish each local union 19 in good standing quarterly, a complete statement of all 20 receipts and expenditures. He shall issue and sign all 21 charters. He shall keep a correct record as to the mem- 22 bership of each union together with the name and address 23 of each member. He shall submit a printed report to 24 the Convention showing in detail the number of mem- 25 bers in each union and the financial condition of the Fed- 26 eration and, on demand of the Executive Council, shall 27 submit his books and accounts for audit. He shall furnish 28 bond in amount to be determined by the Executive Council. 29 SEC. 5. The salaries of the President and Secretary- 30 Treasurer and the per diem allowance in lieu of sub- 31 sistence for all officers shall be fixed by the Convention. 32 SEC. 6. No monies of the National Federation of [[strikethrough]] Fed- [[/strikethrough]] 33 [[strikethrough]] eral Employees [[/strikethrough]] of decendents of First Americans shall be expended unless authorized by 34 Executive Council or specifically provided for by act of the 35 Convention, nor without full itemized report of such ex- 36 penditure being made to the Executive Council when 37 demanded by the Council. 9 ARTICLE VII Revenues 1 SECTION 1. The revenues of this Federation shall be 2 obtained from the following sources: 3 One-fourth of all initiation fees received by each [[strikethrough]] local [[/strikethrough]] 4 [[strikethrough]] union [[/strikethrough]]; a per capita tax of [[strikethrough]] thirty cents [[/strikethrough]] [[?]] per member per 5 month; a reinstatement fee of [[strikethrough]] twenty-five [[/strikethrough]] cents; from 6 charter fees; and from the [[strikethrough]] sale of stationery, books, and [[/strikethrough]] 7 [[strikethrough]] supplies. [[strikethrough/]] 8 SEC. 2. Special assessments may be levied by order of 9 the Executive Council when in its judgment it becomes 10 necessary to carry on the regular work of the [[strikethrough]] Federation [[/strikethrough]]; 11 but in no case shall such assessment exceed the sum of 12 [[strikethrough]] ten [[/strikethrough]] cents per member in any month and the number of 13 such assessments shall not exceed five in any fiscal year. 14 SEC. 3. Dues of members of local [[strikethrough]] unions [[/strikethrough]] are payable 15 before the end of each month, and the monthly state- 16 ment of each [[strikethrough]] union [[/strikethrough]] must be forwarded to the Secretary- 17 Treasurer not later than the [[strikethrough]] fifteenth [[/strikethrough]] day of the follow- 18 ing month, together with all monies due as initiation fees, 19 per capita tax on dues paid and other items. Any [[strikethrough]] union [[/strikethrough]] 20 that fails to pay the monthly per capita tax, any assess- 21 ment or other indebtedness to the National by the close 22 of business on the fifteenth of the following month shall 23 be promptly notified by the Secretary-Treasurer of its 24 arrearage, and if at the end of three months the union 25 is still in arrears it shall be suspended from membership. 26 Any union suspended for six months shall surrender its 27 charter to the Secretary-Treasurer and forfeit all rights 28 and privileges of this Federation, and all books, papers, 29 funds, and any other property of a local union shall be 30 turned over to the Secretary-Treasurer of the [[strikethrough]] National [[/strikethrough]] 31 Federation of [[strikethrough]] Federal Employees [[/strikethrough]] to be held in escrow for 32 a period of not more than three years, and at the end of 33 such time, if the local is not reorganized, they will be- 34 come the property of the National Federation of [[strikethrough]] Federal [[/strikethrough]] 35 [[strikethrough]] Employees. [[/strikethrough]]
