1. Each General Committee of Adjustment must maintain a fund
2. sufficient to pay all salaries and expenses necessary for the
3. maintenance of the Committee through assessments upon the
4. members under their jurisdiction.
5. The General Committee fund shall be deposited with the General
6. Secretary and Treasurer and shall be used to pay the salaries,
7. expenses, and other allowances necessary for the maintenance of the
8. General Committee. The General Secretary and Treasurer shall furnish
9. each interested Local Treasurer and the General Chairperson a monthly
10. report showing the division of dues and assessments.
11. Dues, assessments, salaries, expenses, and other allowances
12. established for the maintenance of General Committees, and in effect
13. as of the effective date of unification, shall remain in effect, subject to
14. change as provided herein.
15. Any proposition to establish or abolish full-time salaried officers of
16. a General Committee or to increase or decrease dues, assessments,
17. personal expense, or other allowances established for the maintenance
18. of General Committees shall be submitted to the members of the
19. General Committee while in session or by mail by the appropriate
20. officer of the General Committee setting forth the specific change and
21. effective date of such change. Such proposition must be approved by a
22. majority vote of the members of the General Committee before being
23. made effective.
24. All reasonable and proper expenses of a General Committee,
25. officer, or member thereof when in the service of a General Committee
26. shall be allowed as expense of the General Committee. An itemized
27. statement of expenses incurred, with receipts for all items in excess of
28. $5.00, and any amount due for services rendered shall be submitted to
29. the Chairperson of the General Committee. When such statements are
30. approved they shall be submitted to the General Secretary and
31. Treasurer for prompt payment. A copy of all such statements shall be
32. furnished to the Secretary of the General Committee.
33. Where not otherwise provided for, the General Chairperson may
34. rent office space, purchase office equipment, and employ such clerical
35. assistance as necessary, when authorized to do so by a majority vote of
36. the General Committee in session or by mail vote between sessions.
