J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1391

317-5. Board Membership—

(a)    The Authority shall be governed by a Board of six Directors
consisting of two Directors for each signatory. For Virginia, the
Directors shall be appointed by the Northern Virginia Transportation
Commission; for the District of Columbia, by the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia; and for Maryland, by the Washington
Suburban Transit Commission. In each instance the Director shall
be appointed from among the members of the appointing body and
shall serve for a term coincident with his term on the body by which
he was appointed. A Director may be removed or suspended from
office only as provided by the law of the signatory from which he
was appointed. The appointing authorities shall also appoint an
alternate for each Director, who may act only in the absence of the
Director for whom he has been appointed an alternate, and each
alternate shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. In
the event of a vacancy in the office of a Director or alternate, it shall
be filled in the same manner as an original appointment.

(b)    Before entering upon the duties of his office each Director
and alternate director shall take and subscribe to the following oath
(or affirmation) of office or any such other oath or affirmation, if
any, as the Constitution or laws of the signatory he represents shall
provide:

"I,................................................, hereby solemnly swear (or affirm)

that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution and Laws of the state or political jurisdiction
from which I was appointed as a director (alternate director) of the
Board of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and will
faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about
to enter.''

317-6. Compensation of Directors and Alternates—

Members of the Board and alternates shall service SERVE without
compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred
in AS an incident to the performance of their duties.

317-7. Organization and Procedure—

The Board shall provide for its own organization and procedure.
It shall organize annually by the election of a Chairman and Vice-
Chairman from among its members. Meetings of the Board shall be
held as frequently as the Board deems that the proper performance
of its duties requires and the Board shall keep minutes of its meet-
ings. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations governing its
meetings, minutes and transactions.

317-8. Quorum and Actions by the Board—

(a) Four Directors or alternates consisting of at least one Di-
rector or alternate appointed from each Signatory, shall constitute
a quorum and no action by the Board shall be effective unless a
majority. of the Board, which majority shall include at least one
Director or alternate from each Signatory, concur therein.; PRO-
VIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A PLAN OF FINANCING MAY BE
ADOPTED OR A MASS TRANSIT PLAN ADOPTED, ALTERED,
REVISED OR AMENDED BY THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE
DIRECTORS REPRESENTING ANY TWO SIGNATORIES.