BY-LAWS OF ARKANSAS TERRITORIAL RESTORATION COMMISSIN.
1.
NAME
The name of this Commission is Arkansas Territorial Restoration
Commission.
2.
MAIN OFFICE
The main office of the Arkansas Territorial Restoration
Commission shall be located at Territorial Square, 3rd and Scott Streets, in
Little Rock, Arkansas.
3.
ORIGINATION AND PURPOSE
The Arkansas Territorial Restoration Commission ("Commission")
was created by Act 388 of 1939 of the Arkansas General Assembly, as amended by
Act 76 of 1967. The Commission was placed in the Department of Arkansas Natural
and Cultural Heritage by Act 1001 of 1975. The Restoration site occupies all of
Block 32, Original City of Little Rock, and the Commission owns additional land
in the same vicinity.
The Commission was created to restore the historic houses on
its property, to landscape the grounds and to interpret the Territorial and
early statehood period of Arkansas history through the museum houses and
through collections appropriate to the period.. All of this is done to create
"a historic center, interesting to the inhabitants of the State and to tourists
who visit Arkansas." (Act 388 of 1939.)
4.
MEMBERS AND MEETINGS OF
COMMISSION
A.
ELIGIBILITY. The Commissioners consist of the persons
selected by the remaining Commissioners from throughout the state. There is
neither a maximum nor minimum number of Commissioners, The Director of the
Department of Natural and Cultural Heritage shall be ex
efficio a member of the Commission.
B.
RIGHTS OF
COMMISSIONERS. The right of a Commissioner to vote and all his
right, title, and interest in or to the Commission shall cease on the
termination of his membership. Preferring there be no specific terms of office
for Commissioners (which would require periodic re-selection) , any
Commissioner may resign from the Commission by delivering a written resignation
to the President or Secretary of the Commission.
C.
MONTHLY MEETINGS.
The monthly meeting of the members of the Commission shall be held at times and
places determined by the Chairman of the Commission. Normally these meetings
will be held in the meeting room of the Restoration Center at Territorial
Square in Little Rock, Arkansas, for the transaction of such business as may
come before the meeting, on the second Thursday of each month or similar
designated day.
D.
SPECIAL MEETING. Special meetings of the Commission
may be called by the Chairman whenever he shall deem them necessary or whenever
he shall be called upon to do so by a majority of the Commissioners.
E.
NOTICE OF
MEETINGS. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the monthly or
special meeting shall be served either personally, or by mail, or by telephone
sufficiently in advance to provide .reasonable notice. Any Commissioner may
waive notice of such meetings. In compliance with the Freedom of Information
Act, the press shall also be notified by the Executive Director, as
appropriate.
F.
QUORUM. A quorum, at all meetings shall consist of at
least one-half (1/2) of the Commissioners present in person, and the act of a
majority of the members present at any meeting at which time there is a quorum
shall be the act of the full Commission except as may be otherwise specifically
provided by statute or by these By-Laws. In the absence of a quorum, or when a
quorum is present, a meeting may be adjourned from time to time by vote of a
majority of the Commissioners present in person, without notice other than by
announcement at the meeting and without further notice to any absent
Commissioner. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any
business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally notified.
G.
VOTING. Every Commissioner shall be entitled to one
vote in person on each matter submitted to the vote of the Commissioners. All
questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the Commissioners present in
person. except as may be specifically provided by statute or by these
By-Laws.
H.
REMOVAL OF
COMMISSIONERS. Any Commissioner may be removed from office by the
affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the full Commission registered in
person at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose, for conduct
detrimental to the interests of the Commission, for lack of sympathy with its
objectives, or for refusal to render reasonable assistance in carrying out its
purposes. Any such Commissioner proposed to be removed shall be entitled to at
least five (5) days written notice by mail of the meeting at which such removal
is to be voted upon, and the Commissioner under consideration shall be entitled
to appear before and be heard at such meeting.
5.
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
The affairs and business of the Restoration shall be managed
and administered by an Executive Director who shall be selected by and serve at
the discretion of the Director of the Department of Natural and Cultural
Heritage pursuant to the applicable Arkansas law and with the concurrence of
the Commission.
6.
OFFICERS
A.
OFFICERS. The officers of this Commission shall be a
Chairman, Vice-chairman, and a Secretary.
B.
ELECTION AND TERM OF
OFFICE. The officers shall be selected by the Commissioners from
among their numbers for terms as desired. Each officer shall hold office until
his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
C.
CHAIRMAN. The
Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Commission. He shall have and
exercise general charge and supervision of the affairs of the Commission and
shall do and perform such other duties as may be appropriate. He shall be
ex officio a member of all committees.
D.
VICE-CHAIRMAN. In
the Chairman's absence or in the event of his inability to act, the
Vice-Chairman shall perform the duties and possess and exercises the powers of
the Chairman.
E.
SECRETARY. The Secretary shall have charge of books,
documents, papers and related materials belonging or pertaining to the
Commission. He shall conduct the correspondence of the Commission and issue all
notices (although all notices may be served by the Executive Director). He
shall attend and keep the minutes of all the meetings of the Commission. He
shall keep a record containing the names, alphabetically arranged. Of all
persons who are Commissioners, showing their places of residence, and this
record shall be open for inspection. He may sign with the Chairman, in the name
and on behalf of the Commission, any contracts or 'agreements authorized by
the" Commission. He shall, in general, perform all the duties incident to the
office of Secretary.
7.
AUDIT
The audit of the Restoration is performed by the Arkansas
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee', Division of Legislative Audit, on a
periodic basis with audit reports published by the State of Arkansas and
furnished to all Commissioners.
8.
COMMITTEES
A majority of the Commissioners, by appropriate resolution, may
designate and appoint one or more committees, each of which shall consist of
any desired number of Commissioners. Committee members shall be appointed by
the Chairman subject to acceptance by the respective Commissioners. Committee
members shall serve during the pleasure of the Commission. The Executive
Director shall be ex officio a member of all such
committees.
9.
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Restoration shall commence on the 1st
day of July and end of the 30th day of June.
10.
AMENDMENTS
The By-Laws of this Commission may be amended or revised by the
affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Commissioners. Votes shall
be cast at the monthly meeting or at any special meeting, provided that the
notice of such meeting contains a summary of the proposed amendment or
amendments.
Adopted this 8+1 day of march,1979.
