55-06 Historical Study of Yellowstone and Missouri River Confluence - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 55-06HISTORICAL STUDY OF YELLOWSTONE AND MISSOURI RIVER CONFLUENCE55-06-01.Yellowstone-Missouri Rivers confluence commission.There is aYellowstone-Missouri Rivers confluence commission.The commission is a governmentalagency with the authority to exercise the powers specified herein, or which may be reasonably
implied. The commission is composed of the governor as chairman, the president of the senate,
the speaker of the house, the director of the state historical society, the commissioner of
commerce, all ex officio, and five citizens of the state to be appointed by the governor who shall
serve without compensation for the purpose of investigating, in cooperation with the state of
Montana and the national park service, the historical importance and significance of the
confluence area and for formulating and executing plans for the preservation of the historic sites
illustrative of the history of the United States.The commission may expend its operatingexpenses and other funds provided by legislative appropriations and public and private grants for
programs, improvements, and facilities to preserve and improve the Yellowstone-Missouri
confluence area.55-06-02.Organization of commission - Powers and duties.Upon call of thegovernor, the commission shall meet and select from among its members a vice chairman and a
secretary. All commission employees are entitled to be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred
while attending meetings or otherwise engaged in the official business of the commission at the
same rates as other state officers.The commission may establish such committees andsubcommittees as it may deem desirable and necessary to carry out its purposes and adopt such
rules as deemed appropriate. It may accept funds, property, and services and other assistance,
financial or otherwise, from federal, state, county, municipal, and other public or private sources
for the purpose of assisting and promoting its functions. It shall enlist the aid of all departments
of the state and may call upon civic, patriotic, educational, fraternal, professional, and religious
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