ARTICLE 51

Board of International Trustees

  21.       Section 1. A three (3) member International
  22.   Board of Trustees shall be created, charged with
  23.   the duty of safeguarding all funds and property of
  24.   the International Union by causing the books and
  25.   accounts of the International Secretary-Treasurer
  26.   to be audited semi-annually. The Board of Trust-
  27.   ees shall designate a Certified Public Accountant
  28.   to make such audits and shall incorporate same in
  29.   their report to the International Officers, Board
  30.   Members, and all affiliated Local Unions as soon
  31.   as completed. The Board of Trustees shall report
  32.   its activities semi-annually to the International Ex-
  33.   ecutive Board and to the International Convention.
  34.   It shall make recommendations to the Board and
  35.   to the Convention for improving the handling of
  36.   the finances of the International Union and for safe-
  37.   guarding its funds and property.

  38.       Section 2. Members of the Board of Trustees
  39.   shall devote the time necessary to the performance
  40.   of their duties not to exceed a maximum of thirty
  41.   (30) days in any six (6) months. Members of the
  42.   Board of Trustees shall be compensated on the basis
  43.   of maximum International Representative's salary
  44.   and expenses.

  45.       Section 3. Nominations and elections of Trust-

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  1. ees shall take place in the regular order of business
  2. of the International Convention. Candidates shall
  3. be nominated and elected in one election. The can-
  4. didates shall be nominated for a three (3) term trust-
  5. eeship, for a two (2) term trusteeship, and for a
  6. one (1) term trusteeship. The candidate receiving
  7. the highest number of votes for each of these three
  8. (3) positions, respectively, shall be declared elected.
  9. At each Constitutional Convention, a Trustee shall
  10. be elected for a three (3) term period.

  11.     Section 4. A member of the Board of Trustees
  12. shall not, while holding such position, be employed
  13. by the International Union as an International Rep-
  14. resentative or in any other capacity whatsoever.