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SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

INSULATION CONTRACTORS 

INDUSTRY 

(A Division of the Construction Industry) 

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Approved Code No. 244-Supplement No. 12 

SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

INSULATION CONTRACTORS INDUSTRY 

As Approved on June 7, 1934 

ORDER 

ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE INsULATION CoNTRACTORS 

INDUSTRY 

A DIVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Section 5 of Article VIII of 

Chapter I of the Code of Fair Competition for the Construction 

Industry, approved January 31, 1934, for approval of Chapter 

XIV of said Code, which Chapter XIV is applicable to the Insulation Contractors Division of the Construction Industry, and hearings having been held thereon and the annexed report on said Code, 

containing findings with respect thereto, having been made and 

directed to the President: 

NOW THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I, Hugh S. Johnso n~ Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the Presi- dent, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate by reference said annexed report and do find that said Chapter complies in all respects 

with the pertinent provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of said Title of Said Act; and do hereby order that said 

Chapter XIV be and it is hereby approved and that the previous 

approval of said Code of F air Competition for the Construction 

Industry is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code 

in its entirety as supplemented by said Chapter XIV. 

HuaH S. JoHNSON, 

Ad1ninistrator for Industrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended: 

GEo. L. BERRY, 

Division Administrator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

June 7,1934. 

65904°-657-53-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White Home. 

Sm: This is a report on Chapter XIV of the Code of Fair. Competition for the Construction Industry, which Chapter is a revision, 

after a public hearing conducted in Washington on March 28, 1934, 

of a Code of Fair Competition for Insulation Contractors. 

This Chapter, applicable specifically to the Insulation Contractors' 

Division of the Construction Industry, supplements the basic Code 

of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry, described as 

Chapter I of such Code, which was approved by you on January 31, 

1934. The hearings were conducted in accordance with the provisions of the National Recovery Act. 

THE INDUSTRY 

The Insulation Contractors are a component and important part 

of the Construction Industry. Insulation is an important item in the 

construction of industrial plants and all types of buildings, in the 

insulation of pipes, boilers, tanks, ducts and other surfaces. 

PRoVISIONs FOR HoURs .AND W .AGEs 

The provisions for hours and wages are set out in Chapter I of 

the Construction Code, which was approved by you on January 31, 

1934. The same provisions, with certain additions beneficial to employees, are applicable, under this Chapter, to the Insulation Contractors' Division. 

EcoNOMIC EFFECT OF THE CoDE 

The volume of work performed ranged from $34,796,000 in 1929 to 

$13,026,000 in 1933. The number of employees ranged from 7,573 

in 1929 to 3,175 in 1933. It is safe to say, that with the prohibition 

of unfair trade practices, and with the establishment of minimum 

rates of pay and maximum hours of work that more wholesome 

conditions will take form in this industry, and that employers, employees and a part of the public will be benefited. 

When the volume of work approaches normal the decrease in 

working hours and the establishment of a minimum rate of pay will 

increase the pur~hasing power of employees. 

FINDINGS I 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on Chapter 

XIV of the Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry, 

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as modified by the addition thereto of said Chapter XIV, having 

found as herein set forth and on the basis of all the proceedings in 

this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) Said Chapter XIV and said Code of Fair Competition for 

the Construction Industry, as modified by the addition thereto of 

said Chapter XIV, are well designed to promote the policies and 

purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, including removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign 

commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose of cooperative action among the trade groups, 

by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management 

under adequate governmental sanctions and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices~ by promoting the fullest possible 

utilization of the present productive capacity of industries, by 

avoiding undue restriction of production (except as may be temporarily required), by increasing the consumption of industrial and 

agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, by 

reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving standards of 

labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating industry. 

(b) Said industry normally employs not more than 50,000 emplo..JOOS and is not classified by me as a major industry. 

(c) ~aid Chapter XIV and the Code of Fair Competition for 

the Construction Industry as modified by the addition thereto of 

said Chapter XIV, as approved, comply in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without · limitation sub-section (a) of Section 3, sub-section (a) of Section 7, 

and sub-section (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant 

association is an industrial association truly representative of the 

aforesaid industry; and that said association imposes no inequitable 

restrictions on admission to membership therein. -

(d) Said Chapter XIV and the Code of Fair Competition for 

the Construction Industry as modified by the addition thereto of 

said Chapter XIV, are not designed to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

(e) Said Chapter XIV and the Code of Fair Competition for 

the Construction Industry as modified by the addition thereto of 

said Chapter XIV, are not designed to and will not eliminate or 

oppress small enterprises and will not operate to discriminate against 

them. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have 

not been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

Chapter XIV and of said Code as modified by the addition thereto 

of this Chapter XIV thereof. 

For these reasons, therefore, I have approved said Chapter XIV 

and said Code, as modified by the additiOn thereto of said Chapter 

XIV thereof. 

Respectfully, 

JuNE 7, 1934. 

HuoH S. JoHNsoN, 

.Ad?ninistrator. 
CHAPTER XIV 

INSULATION CONTRACTORS DIVISION OF THE 

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-DEFINITIONS 

SECTION 1. The term "Insulation Contractors' Division" or "this 

Division ", as used herein, shall mean the contracting for hire for 

the furnishing andjor for the application of heat and/or cold 

insulation to the surface of pi pes, boilers, smoke breechings, tanks, 

vess-els, ducts, whenever such work is performed pursuant to a separate, direct or subcontract for such work; and to other surfaces 

where it is required to prevent or reduce the transfer of heat, excepting where such work on such other surfaces is by established custom 

performed as a part of the work of another division of the industry. 

SECTION 2. The term "Association" as used herein means Asbestos 

Contractors' National Association. 

SECTION 3. The term "this Chapter" as used herein means and 

includes any related industry which hereafter subject to the approval 

of the President may be mcluded hereunder as a subdivision or 

otherwise. 

ARTICLE II-REFERENCE TO PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER I AND TO 

MANDATORY PRoVIsiONs oF THE AcT 

SECTION 1. Reference to Provisions of Chapter /.-Provisions of 

Chapter I of this Code, including any amendments thereto, or modifications thereof, except as herein specifically provided, are specifically incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if 

set forth herein in full. 

SECTION 2. Labor Provi8ion8 of the Act.-Employees shall have 

the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, 

restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the 

designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in 

other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining 

or other mutual aid or protection; no employee and no one seeking ~mployment shall be required as a condition of employment to join 

any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and 

other conditions of employment, approved or prescribed by the 

President. 

SEcTION 3. Presidential Powers.-This Code, and all the provisions thereof, are expressly made subject to the right of the 

President, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of 

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Section 10 of the Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any 

order, approval, license, rule or regulation issued under Title I 

of the Act and specifically, but without limitation to the right of 

the President to cancel or modify his approval of this Code, or of 

any additional Chapter thereof, or any conditions imposed by him 

upon such approval. 

ARTICLE III-ADMINISTRATION 

A Divisional Code Authority is hereby constituted to administer 

this Code within this Division. 

SECTION 1. Administrative Agency.-The Divisional Code Authority shall consist of nine (9) individuals or such other number as 

may be approved from time to time by the Administrator, who are 

eligible under Section 4 of this Article, to be selected as hereinafter set forth. 

(a) Six (6) members of the Divisional Code Authority shall be 

selected from members of the Association and elected to the Divisional Code Authority by a majority vote of the Executive Committee of the Association to serve for a term of one (1) year. Two 

(2) of such members shall be members of the Association who are 

also members of and do business within the Code of Fair Competition for the Asbestos Industry. 

(b) The three (3) remaining members, or such other member as 

may be from time to time approved by the Administrator, of the 

Divisional Code Authority shall be selected on a fair and representative basis from and to represent members of this Division who are 

not members of the Association by a method of selection satisfactory 

to, and approved by, the Administrator. Such members shall be 

approved by the Administrator before taking office. In the event 

of failure of such members of this Division to select such members 

of the Divisional Code Authority within a time or in a manner 

satisfactory to the Administrator they are to be appointed by the 

Administrator. Each member of the Divisional Co~e Authority 

representing members of this Division who are not members of the 

Association shall serve for a term of one ( 1) year, or until he becomes a member of the Association or until his successor shall have 

been appointed by the Administrator or elected by members of this 

Division who are not members of the Association, (at an election, 

the manner and method of conductino- which are satisfactory to 

and approved by the Administrator) whichever of said period shall 

be the less. Each such member shall serve until his successor shall 

take office. 

(c) The successors, including the successor of any member whose 

membership becomes vacant, of all members of the Divisional Code 

Authority shall be selected in the same manner as their predecessors except that the successors to the members selected under paragraph (b) hereof may be ·elected by the members of this Divi ion 

who are not members of the Association at an election, the manner and method of conducting which are satisfactory to and approved by the Administrator. 

(d) Any me~ber of the Divi.sio_nal Code Authority may be re- moved at any time by the appomtmg agency or the agency which 
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has power to select his successor subject to the approval of the 

Administrator. · SECTION 2. Powers and Duties.-Subject to such rules and regulations as may be issued by the Administrator, the Divisional Code 

Authority shall have the powers and duties as are conferred by Subdivision B of Article IV of Chapter I of this Code, and also shall 

have the following powers and duties: 

(a) To make recommendations to the Administrator for the coordination of provisions of this Chapter, and of the administration 

of this Code with such other Codes as may be related to this Divis-ion or affect its members. 

(b) To cooperate with the Administrator in regulating the use of 

any N.R.A. insignia solely by those members of this Division who 

have assented to, and are complying with, the provisions of this 

Cor:le as it applies within this D,ivision. 

(c) To appoint a Trade Practice Committee which shall meet 

with the Trade Practice Conn11ittees appointed under such other 

Codes or Chapters hereof as may be related to this Division for the 

purpose of formulating fair trade practices to govern the relationships between members of this Division and members of such other 

Codes or Chapters to the end that such fair trade practices may be 

proposed to the Administrator as amendments to this Chapter or 

such other Codes or Chapters. 

(d) To cause to be formulated an accounting syst-em and methods 

of cost finding and/or estimating, capable of use by all members of 

the Industry, which shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator; after such system and methods have been formulated and 

approved, full details concerning them shall be made available to 

all members of this Division. Thereafter all members shall determine and/or estimate costs in accordance with the principles of 

such methods. 

(e) To establish or approve when it deems advisable Survey Bureaus for defined local districts, for the purpose of providing a correct estimate or tabulation of quantities of materials required on 

projects in such districts. Any tabulations or estimate of quantities 

provided by such a Survey Bureau must be itemized in a manner 

established by trade practice in the particular district and must not 

be priced. The Divisional Code Authority shall not establish or 

approve any such Survey Bureau unless it is satisfied that such 

Bureau is fully competent and equipped to furnish the estimate or 

tabulation of quantities herein referred to, and until the approval 

of the Administrator is obtained thereto. If the approval of the 

Administrator is conditional, such Survey Bureau shall be established or approved, subject to such condition or conditions as appear 

in the Administrator's Order. 

(f) To use the Association or other agencies as it deems proper 

for the performing of any of its activities provided for herein, provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Divisional Code Authority 

of its duties or responsibilities under this Code, and that the Association and such agencies shall at all times be subject to and comply 

with the provisions hereof. 

SECTION 3. In order to support the administration of this Code 

and to maintain the standards of fair competition established by 
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this Code and to effectuate the policy of the Act, the Divisional 

Code Authority is authorized, subject to the approval of the 

Administrator : 

(a) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes and to meet such obligations out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Code ; 

(b) To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subj ect to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem necessary, 

(1) an itimized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing 

purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary 

to support such budget shall be contributed by members of this 

Division; 

(c) After such budget and basis of contribution have been approved by the Administrator, to determine and secure equitable contribution as above set forth by all such members of this Division, 

and to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor 

in its own name. 

SEcTION 4. Each member of this Division shall pay his or its equitable contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Divisional 

Code Authority, determined as herein above provided, and subject 

to rules and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. Only members of this Division complying with the Code 

and contributing to the expenses of its administration as provided 

in Section 3 of this Article, shall be entitled to participate in the 

selection of the members of the Divisional Code Authority or to 

receive the benefits of its activities or to use any emblem or insignia 

of the National Recovery Administration. 

SECTION 5. Members of the Construction Code Authority, including the administration members thereof and the Administrator, 

shall be given at least five (5) days' notice of, and may sit at, all 

meetings of the Divisional Code Authority. 

SECTION 6. The Divisional Code Authority or its authorized representative or representatives may attend meetings of any administrative agency established for any subdivision. 

ARTICLE IV-HoURs, WAGES AND GENERAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

SECTION 1. The following are exempt from the provisions of Subdivision B of Section 2 of Article III, Chapter I of this Code relating to maximum hours: 

(a) Employees engaged in managerial, executive or supervisory 

capacity receiving more than thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per week. 

Employees enga~ed in a supervisory capacity are defined as those 

persons who perform no manual labor. 

(b) Watchmen, who may be permitted to work not in excess of 

fifty -six (56) hours in any one week and not more than six ( 6) 

days in any seven (7) day period. 

(c) Employees engaged in emergency work involving breakdowns 

or protection of life or 12roperty, who shall be paid at a rate of at 

least one and one-half (11;2) times the normal rate for all hours 

worked in excess of the daily or weekly maximum. 
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SECTION 2. Members of this Division who personally perform 

manual work or are engaged in mechanical operations shall not 

exceed the maximum as to hours and days prescribed herein for the 

work performed by them. . SE TION 3. No employee now employed at a wage rate In excess 

of the minimum shall be discharged and reemployed at a lower rate 

for the purpose of evading the provisions of tlus Code. 

SEcTION 4. A person whose earning capacity is limited because 

of age or physical or mental handicap may be employed on light 

work at a wage below the minimum established by this Code if the 

employer obtains from the State Authority designated by the United 

States Department of Labor a certificate authorizing his employment 

at such wages and for such hours as shall be stated in the certificate. 

Each employer shall file monthly with the Divisional Code Authority, a list of all such persons employed by him, within this division, 

showing the wages paid to, and the maximum hours of work for, 

such employees. 

SECTION 5. Each member of this Division shall provide for the 

safety and health of his employees at the place and during the 

hours of their employment. Standards for safety and health shall 

be submitted by the Divisional Code Authority to the Administrator 

within six (6) months after the effective date of this Chapter. After 

approval by the Administrator, such standards shall become the 

minimum standards of safety and health for all members of this 

Division. 

SECTION 6. All employers shall post and keep posted, copies of 

Chapter I and this Chapter of this Code in conspicuous places accessible to all employees. Every member of the ind·ustry shall comply with all rules and regulations relative to the posting of provisions of codes of fair competition which may from time to time be 

prescribed by the Administrator. 

SECTION 7. All members of this Division shall make payment of 

all wages due in lawful currency of the United States or by negotiable check therefor, payable on demand at par. If wages are paid 

by check, the employer shall provide reasonably accessible facilities 

for cashing such checks at face value without expense to the employee. Employers shall also provide such identification as is necessarv to utilize such facilities. 

Vv ages shall be payable at the end of each weekly period. Wages 

shall be exempt from any payment for pensions, insurance or sick 

benefits except such as are voluntarily paid or authorized to be deducted by employees. Employers or their agents shall not accept2 directly or indirectly, rebates on such wages or give anything ot 

value nor extend any favors to any person for the purpose of 

influencing rates of wages or working conditions of their employees. 

The provisions of this Section regardjng payment of wages at 

the end of each weekly period shall not apply to persons employed 

in executive, administrative and supervisory capacity who earn in 

excess of thirty-five ($35.00) dollars per week, nor to persons employed in clerical or office work. The wages for persons employed 

in cleri<:al or office work shall be payable at least semi-monthly. 
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SECTION 8. No member of this Division shall, directly or indirectly1 sublet to any employee or employer solely the labor services required 

by any contract secured by such member. 

In no case shall a member of this Division avoid or evade the 

labor provisions of this Chapter by contracting his work to any person or persons subject to labor provisions less stringent than those 

provided in this Chapter. 

SECTION 9. No employee shall be dismissed by reason of making 

a complaint or giving evidence with respect to an alleged violation 

of this Code. 

ARTICLE V-FAIR TRADE PRACTICE REGULATIONS 

The provisions o:f this Article (in addition to the provisions o:f 

Article VII of Chapter I of this Code) are adopted as rules of fair 

trade practice, and any violation of said rules shall ·constitute an 

unfair method o:f competition and a violation of this Code. 

RULE 1. Inadequate I nstallation.-To protect the public against 

inadequate installation, members of this Division shall, except where 

otherwise required by definite plans and specifications furnished by 

an owner or his authorized representative, install insulation work 

in the manner prescribed by the Divisional Code Authority when 

and i:f such prescriptions are made, provided same are approved by 

the Administrator. 

RULE 2. I naccwrate Advertising.-No member of this Division 

shall publish advertising (whether printed, radio, display or of any 

other nature), which is misleading or inaccurate in any material 

particular, nor shall any member in any way misrepresent any goods 

(including, but without limitation, its use, trademark, grade, quality, quantity, origin, size, substance, character, nature, finish, material, content or preparation) or credit terms, values, policies, services, 

or the nature or form of the business conducted. 

RULE 3. Defamation.-No member of this Division shall defame 

a competitor by falsely imputing to him dishonorable conduct, inability to perform contracts, questionable credit standing, or by other 

false representation, or by falsely disparaging the grade or quality 

of his goods. 

RuLE 4. Secret Rebates.-N o member of this Division shall secretly offer or make any payment or allowance of a rebate, refund, 

commission credit, unearned discount or excess allowance, whether 

in the form of money or otherwise, nor shall a member of this Division secretly offer or extend to any customer any special service or 

privilege not extended to all customers of the same class, for the 

purpose of influencing a sale. 

RULE 5. Bribing Employees.-No member of this Division shall 

give, permit to be given, or offer to give, anything of value :for the 

purpose of influencing or rewarding the action of any emplo} ee, 

agent, or representative of another in relation to the business of the 

employer of such employee, the principal o:f such agent or the represented party, without the knowledge of such employer, principal or 

party. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit.free and 

general distribution of articles commonly used :for advertising ex-
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cept so far as such articles are actually used for commercial bribery 

as hereinabove defined. 

RULE 6. Inducing Breach of Existing Oontracts.-No member of 

this Division shall wilfully induce or attempt to induce the breach 

of existing contracts between competitors and their customers by 

any false or deceptive means, or interfere with or obstruct the performance of any such contractual duties or services by any such 

means, with the purpose and effect of hampering, injuring or 

embarrassing competitors in their business. 

RULE 7. Terms of Pay1nent.-Each member of this Division shall 

clearly state in each proposal submitted the terms of payment under 

which an order or a contract will be accepted. 

RULE 8. Materials to be U sed.-All proposals from members of this 

Division shall be based on the use of new material throughout, unless 

otherwise clearly stated in the proposal, or offered and installed as 

other than new material. 

RuLE 9. Selling Below Estimated Oost.-No member of this Division shall sell or offer to sell labor, materials, and/or services or submit a bid or accept an order therefor which is less than his individual 

estimated cost thereof. 

It shall be a defense to any charge of violation of this Rule if the 

party charged shall satisfy the Administrator that his bid was not 

less than the reasonable estiinate of said costs of any other member 

of the industry. 

RuLE 10. Temporary Methods for Determining Estimated Oost.-

Until such time as the accounting system and methods of cost finding 

and/or estimating referred to in Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 

(d) of this Chapter have been formulated by the Divisional Code 

Authority and approved by the Administrator, estimated costs as 

referred to in the preceding rule shall be the sum of such of the 

following items as are properly represented in any such sale, bid 

or order: 

(a) All material to be used in the contract, 

b) Labor and supervision at the site, 

c) Compensation and liability insurance, 

d) Workmen's traveling expenses, 

e) Board for workmen, 

f) Freight and cartage, 

g) Cost of material and labor for scaffolding, less the salvage 

value of the material so used, 

(h) Equipment repair and rentals applicable to the individual 

contract, 

(i) Any other direct expense applicable to or caused by the execution of the individual contract, 

( j) Allowance of not less than 15% of the sum of items (a) to ( i) 

hereof for overhead. 

For the purpose of this temporary method for determining estimated costs nothing shall be Included for depreciation on unused 

facilities, interest on indebtedness, interest on investment or selling 

expense, other than included in item (j). 

RULEll. Awarding Authorities.-Tothe extent and in the manner 

prescribed by the Divisional Code Authority, no member of this 

Division shall submit a competitive bid, as defined in Section 1 of 
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Article VII of Chapter I of this Code, to an awarding authority as 

therein defined unless such owner or other person agrees to comply 

with the regulations defined in this Code governing awarding 

authorities. 

RULE 12. Reference to Section 9, Article VII of Chapter 1.-

N othing in this Article shall nullify or affect the application of Section 9, Article VII of Chapter I of this Code to this Division. 

RULE 13. Estimates.-In the case of a project that has been 

serviced by an approved Survey Bureau, it shall be a violation of 

this Code to use quantities which when similarly priced would result 

in a bid price more than two percent (2% ) lower than the price based 

on the use of the correct qualities or quantities furnished by the 

approved Survey Bureau, whichever is lower. 

RULE 14. Combination Bids.-In the case of combination bids or 

registration thereof, the bids for work not in this Division shall be 

separate and distinct from any bid for work within this Division 

and the combination bid shall be the aggregate of said separate 

and distinct bid. 

ARTICLE VI-FILING oF Bms 

SECTION 1. (a) In order to provide a check on the accuracy and 

fairness of estimates, any member of this Division bidding on any 

job amounting to one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, shall file 

copies of his bid or bids and all revisions thereof, together with a 

complete tabulation of quantities of materials itemized in a manner 

established by trade practices, with such depository as may be designated by the Divisional Code Authority, or its authorized representative; the same to be kept sealed and confidential until after 

the bids are r eceived and opened, following which, the copies of bids 

submitted to the successful awarding authority may be opened by the 

Divisional Code Authority or its authorized representative, and the 

bid and list of quantities of the lowest bidder disclosed to all bidders, 

and available on request to the Administrator. 

(b) Each bid, filed in accordance with paragraph (a) of this 

Section, shall be accompanied by a fee not exceeding one dollar 

($1.00). In no case shall this f ee be more than one dollar ($1.00) 

when identical bids are submitted to more than one awarding authority. The Divisional Code Authority shall use funds so received to 

pay the expen es of depositing such bids and shall keep account of 

the receipts and expenditures, the same to be open to the Administrator or his r epresentatives, for inspection. 

(c) Upon the complaint of any bidder the Divisional Code Authority or any local administrative committee appointed by it shall 

select a Committee of Review, composed of not more than three 

qualified persons who were not bidders on the particular job to be 

reviewed, one of whom, if possible, shall not be a member of the 

Association. This Committee shall be directed to make such investigation of the bid as will enable it to determine whether this 

Code .of Fair Competition has been violate l in the bidclina on the 

job in question. In the event the Committee of Review shall find 

that any such violation has occurred, their findings 0n the violation, 

together with a summary of the fa ts upon wh1ch th y are ba e , 

shall be reported to the Local Administrative Committee or the 
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Divisional Code Authority for such action as it may deem proper, 

including in appropriate cas~, with the approval of the Administrator, report to the Federal District Attorney or the Federal Trade 

CommissiOn. 

ARTICLE VII-REGISTRATION OF MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION 

Each member of this Division within thirty (30) days after the 

effective date of this Chapter, shall register with the Divisional 

Code Authority. All members of this Division who may engage in 

the Insulation Contracting Division thereafter shall likewise register with the Divisional Code Authority. Registration of a member 

of this Division shall include the full name and mailing address of 

the member. An application may be made by the Divisional Code 

Authority to the Administrator for an extension of the time limit 

for the registration by any member of this Division if it appears 

that the time limit as provided herein might cause injustice or undue 

hardship to any member of this Division. 

ARTICLE VIII-MoDIFICATION 

Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (c) of Section 2 of 

Subdivision B of Article IV of Chapter I of this Code, the provisions of this Chapter, except as to provisions required by the Act, 

may be modified on the basis of experience or changes in circumstances, such modifications to be based upon apphcation to the 

Administrator and such notice and hearing as he shall specify, and 

to become effective on his. approval. 

ARTICLE IX-REVIEW OF AcTs OF DrvrsiON AL ConE AUTHORITY 

If the Administrator shall determine that any action of the 

Divisional Code Authority or any agency thereof may be unfair 

or unjust or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator may 

require that such action be suspended to afford an opportunity for 

investigation of the merits of such action and further consideration 

by the Divisional Code Authority or agency pending final action 

which shall not be effective unless the Admirustrator approves or 

unless he shall fail to disapprove after thirty days' notice to him 

of intention to proceed with such action in its original or modified 

form. 

ARTICLE X-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code shall become effective in this Division on the tenth 

(lOth) day after the approval of this Code by the President. 

Approved Code No. 244-Supplement No. 12. 

Registry No. 1616--133. 

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