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[78 STAT. 300]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 300]

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Seal.

Commission membership.

Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Quorum.

Compensation.

60 Stat. 808. 5 USC 73b-2.

PUBLICLA^ 88-363-JULY 7, 1964

[78 S T A I,

shall be set at a levd which will make the facilities readily available to visitors; any revenues derived from admission fees or concession operations of the Commission shall be transmitted in equal shares to the two Governments within sixty days of the end of the Commission's fiscal year, the United States share to be turned over to the appropriate Federal agency for deposit into the United States Treasury in accordance with the laws governing entrance fees received by the National P a r k Service; (h) to grant concessions, if deemed desirable; (i) to adopt and use a seal; (j) to obtain without reimbursement, for use either in the United States or in Canada, legal, engineering, architectural, accounting, financial, maintenance, and other services, whether by assignment, detail, or otherwise, from competent agencies in the United States or in Canada, by arrangements with such agencies. SEC. 5. (a) The Commission shall consist of six members, of whom three shall be the United States members and three shall be the Canadian members. The United States members shall be three persons appointed by the President, of whom one shall be selected from nominations which may be made by the Governor of the State of Maine. Alternates to United States members shall be appointed in the same manner as the members themselves. The United States members and their alternates shall hold office at the pleasure of the President. A vacancy among the United States members of the Commission or their alternates shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. An alternate shall, in the absence of the member of the Commission for whom he is alternate, attend meetings of the Commission and act and vote in the place and instead of that member of the Commission. (b) The Commission shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among its members, each of whom shall hold office for a term of two years. The post of Chairman shall be filled for alternate terms by a Canadian and by a United States member. The post of Vice Chairman shall be filled by a Canadian member if the post of Chairman is held by a United States member, and by a United States member if the post of Chairman is held by a Canadian member. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Chairman or Vice Chairman within the two-year term, the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by special election in accordance with the foregoing requirements. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence of the Chairman. (c) Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but the affirmative votes of at least two Ignited States members, or their alternates, and at least two Canadian members, or their alternates, shall be required for any decision to be made by the Commission. SEC. 6. No compensation will be attached to the position of United States members of the Commission. United States members or their alternates shall be reimbursed by the Commission for travel expenses in accordance with section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, and the Standardized Government Travel Kegulations. SEC. 7. The Commission may employ both United States and Canadian citizens.