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 The said Section or Sections shall also elect an Auditing Committee, which shall have power at any time to inspect and audit the books and the funds on hand.

2. The members of the National Executive Committee shall be elected for the term of one year, but may be reelected at the expiration thereof.

3. The National Executive Committee has for its duty:

4. It is also the duty of the National Executive Committee:

5. Annually, and in due time, the National Executive Committee shall call upon the Sections to make nominations for not more than three delegates to represent the Party in the annual convention of the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance. The nominees shall be chosen by a general or referendum vote, and the ones receiving the highest vote shall be declared elected.

6. The National Executive Committee shall issue application cards to the Sections bearing a plain exposition of the principles of the S. L. P., and also of the duties required from the applicant for membership.

1. The National Board of Appeals shall be composed of seven members, to be elected by a general vote of the membership of the city selected by the National Convention as the seat of such Board. No member of the Board shall be eligible to any office in the Party during his or her term of office; nor shall the seat of the Board be the same as that of the National Executive Committee.

2. The duties of this Board shall be: