2014 North Dakota Century Code Title 55 State Historical Society and State Parks Chapter 55-06 Historical Study of Yellowstone and Missouri River Confluence
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CHAPTER 55-06
HISTORICAL STUDY OF YELLOWSTONE AND MISSOURI RIVER CONFLUENCE
55-06-01. Yellowstone-Missouri Rivers confluence commission.
There is a Yellowstone-Missouri Rivers confluence commission. The commission is a
governmental agency 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 operating expenses 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 the governor, 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 and subcommittees 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 bodies and organizations for assistance.
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