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PUBLIC LAW 87-523-JULY 5, 1962 MEMBERSHIP; VOTING RIGHTS

SEC. 5. (a) Eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members of the corporation shall, except as provided in this Act, be determined by the constitution and bylaws of the corporation. (b) Only members of the corporation shall have the right to vote on matters submitted to a vote at meetings of members of the corporation. Each member of the corporation shall have only one vote with respect to matters submitted to a vote at meetings of members of the corporation. BOARD o r DIRECTORS; COMPOSITION, RESPONSIBILITIES

SEC. 6. (a) Upon enactment of this Act, the membership of the board of directors of the corporation shall consist of those persons named in the first section of this Act. Such persons shall remain on the board of directors of the corporation for a period of one year from the date of enactment of this Act. (b) After one year from the date of enactment of this Act, the board of directors of the corporation shall be composed of (1) one officer or member from each precinct, bureau, and division of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia (who is a certificate holder of the corporation) elected by a majority vote of the certificate holders of the corporation who are assigned to the precinct, bureau, or division from which such officer or member is elected; (2) one member of the White House Police force (who is a certificate holder of the corporation) elected by a majority vote of the certificate holders of the corporation who are members of the White House Police force; and (3) one member of the Eetired Men's Association of the Metropolitan Police Department (who is a certificate holder of the corporation) elected by a majority vote of the certificate holders of the corporation who are members of such association. (c) The board of directors shall be the governing board of the corporation and shall be responsible for the general policies and program of the corporation. The board of directors may appoint from among its membership such committees as it may deem advisable to carry out the affairs of the corporation, including an executive committee and an investment committee. (d) The board of directors shall make and adopt such bylaws for the conduct of the corporation as it may deem necessary and proper which are consistent with the terms of this Act. OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION

S E C 7. (a) The officers of the corporation shall be a chairman of the board of directors who shall also be the president of the corporation, a vice president, a secretary-treasurer, and an assistant secretarytreasurer. The duties of the officers of the corporation shall be as prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation. (b) Before entering upon his duties as secretary-treasurer or as assistant secretary-treasurer, each such officer shall be required to give a good and sufficient surety bond to the corporation in the amount of $10,000, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. For the purposes of this section the term "faithful performance of his duties" shall include the proper accounting for all funds and property received by reason of the position or employment of the individual so bonded and all duties and responsibilities imposed upon such individual by this Act and by the constitution and bylaws of the corporation.

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