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tion.
Section 6. (a) The election to all
Offices provided for by ordinance and
such other Offices created by the COM
mission shall be conducted at the
annual meeting.
Cb) Such elections shall be con-
Quoted by submitting the names of
the candidates by the members of the
commission and then proceeding to
vote by written ballot.
Section Z. The chairman will ap-
point such committees as the commits
sion deems advisable to create for the
carrying out of its work.
Section 8. (a) Seven members pres
ent at any regular or special meeting
shall constitute quorum thereof.
(b) Each member shall be entitled
to one vote.
Section 9. No officer or member of
this commission shall have power to
act in its behalf or use its name I'M
less official sanction is granted by a
majority vote of the commission at a
duly called regular or special meeting.
Section 10. Commercial advertising
of any kind will not be considered or
sanctioned by this commission. The
commission. however. reserves the
right to decide the merits of educa-
tional advertising.
Section II. (a) The commission Is
empowered to create an advisory
committee to be composed of repre-
sentatives of leading organizations in
the city.
(b) This committee shall advise with
the commission upon all questions of
safety.
(c) The commission shall designate
what organizations are entitled to rep
| resentation on the Advisory Commit
| tee and it shall be the duty of the
secretary to report back to each Or
ganization the attendance record of
their representative when the repre-
sentative has been absent from four
consecutive regular meetings.
I'D Members of the Advisory Com
mittee shall have the right of the
floor to discuss questions pro and con
that come before the commission in
their proper order.
Section II. These bylaws shall be
amended by two-thirds vote of the
members at any regular or special
meeting called for such purpose.
Rules of procedure are:
Section l. Order of business.
(a) Meeting called to order by
chairman.
(b) Roll call
(c) Reading of minutes of preced-
ing meeting.
cd Communications
(e) Unfinished business.
() Reports of committees.
(g) New business.
(h) Adjournment.
Section @ All communications shall
be referred to the proper committee
unless ordered by a majority vote of
the commission to be placed on file.
Section 3. Unfinished business re-
naming as such for more than so
days shall be recommended for in
definite postponement.
Section 4. All committees shall hold
regular meetings at least once a
month.
Section 5. All reports of commit
tees shall be submitted in writing with
the vote of the committee members
attached.
Section 6. (a) All matters classified
as new business shall be referred to
the proper committee for action, un-
less the rules are suspended by two
thirds vote of members present
(b) In case a tWo-thirds vote is
cast. the question may be acted upon
at the meeting at which it is pre-
sented.
Reports from Evanston are similar.
Other methods used in this city in
clude:
When four accidents occur at the
same spot, something is done about it.
Perhapes stop or slow sign is needed.
Perhaps sign should be taken out.
In some places it has been found that
a traffic signal actually increases acci-
dents. For instance, signals we're some
times erected in the past at normally
quiet corners just because some poll
tician thought it would be nice. So
motorists, impatient of generally un-
necessary delay, would go through a
red light into collision.
When slow signs are erected the
proper rate of slowness is stated.
The bad driver is asked to describe
each of his accidents and to give his
idea of how it happened and who was
to blame. Psychological tests are made
and the committee shows him it isn't
just bad luck that causes his troubles,
and attempts to cure him.
Washington traffic officials might
do well to go over the work of these
two cities.
From Maryland comes the following
reports:
Plans for the formation of citizens
committees in each of the counties
of the State to aid State police in the
enforcement of traffic laws, were an
nounced this week by Maj. Enoch B.
Gary, head of the State constabulary.
These groups will be pledged to report
road-law violations, such as speeding
and reckless driving, the police super
intendent said, and to appear as wit
neSses against those apprehended. A
number of counties have already vol
unteered to form such groups to cut
down the toll of deaths and injuries
on the State highways, Maj. Gary de-
clared, which averages one death
every 16 hours and one accident every
35 minutes.
Not with five times the number of
highway patrolmen as the State now
has, Maj. Gary declared, could the
State police obtain more than super
f1cial improvement in road law en-
forcement without the cooperation Of
the general public. According to the
plan, any offender would be warned
that his violation had been observed
by a member of the committee and
that if he repeated it the State police
would be asked to take action. If