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such rules and regulations as are necessary for its man-
agement and control, and shall adopt a seal.

(B) The Commission shall appoint and at its pleasure,
remove or discharge such officers and legal, engineering,
clerical, expert and other assistants as may be required to
carry the provisions of this compact into effect, and shall
determine their qualifications and fix their duties and com-
pensation. Such personnel as may be employed shall be
employed without regard to any civil service or other sim-
ilar requirements for employes of any of the signatory
bodies. The Commission may maintain one or more offices
for the transaction of its business and may meet at any
time or place within the area of the Conservancy District.

(C) The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of
all receipts and disbursements and shall make an annual
report thereof and shall in such report set forth in de-
tail the operations and transactions conducted by it pur-
suant to this compact. The Commission, however, shall
not incur any obligations for administrative or other ex-
penses prior to the making of appropriations adequate to
meet the same nor shall it in any way pledge the credit of
any of the signatory bodies. Each of the signatory bodies
reserves the right to make at any time an examination and
audit of the accounts of the Commission.

(D) A quorum of the Commission, shall for the trans-
action of business, the exercise of any powers, or the per-
formance of any duties, consist of at least a majority of
the members of the Commission; provided, however, that
no action of the Commission relating to policy shall be
binding on any one of the signatory bodies unless at least
two of the Commissioners from such signatory body shall
vote in favor thereof.

ARTICLE II.

The Commission shall have the power and its duties shall
be:

(A) To coordinate, tabulate, and summarize technical
and other data now available, or as shall become available
in the future from any source, on the pollution of the
streams of the Conservancy District and on the character
and conditions of such streams, and to prepare reports
thereon annually and at such other times as may be deemed
advisable by the Commission.

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