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solution No. 1 u n til such tim e as action w ould seem m ore appropriate. P assed a m otion endorsing the p rin cipal involved in R etirem ent Resolu tion, R-22, providing for S tate p ay m ent of contributions to th e re tire m ent fu n d for em ployes in m ilitary service, and in stru cted the com m ittee to use its best judgm ent in assisting in th e enactm ent of an act w hich 'w ill be practicable in effecting th e resblu- tion. Cast a unanim ous ballot for Mr. Lyle S acre for th e positionLof a lte r n ate director, D istrict No. 2. A ppointed Mr. South w ick chairm an of a com m ittee to completò retirem en t p rogram for OSEA staff. R eferred Civil S e r v i c S Resolution CS 13, to am end V eteran’s ’p re fere n ce clause of the Civil Service Law to in clude v eteran s! of p resen t conflict to th e Legislative Com m ittee for action. R eferred "resolution asking Legisla tu re to provide em ergency funds for in terim salary in c re a s |f| to the E x ecutive S ecretary for action, at his discretion. R eferred salaries and w ag g llre solu- tion, SW 18, continuing th e « w sbffiof lining increase beyond M arch 1, 1950, to th e Legislative Com m ittee for ac tion. A pproved m otion referrin g resolu tion increasing salaries of State offic ials w h ere set by statute, to the Legis lativ e C om m ittee for action. Passed a m otion instructing the Leg islative C om m ittee to carry out resolu tion calling for an increase in mileage allow ance for p riyam ly owned cars from 6 cents to 8 cents a mile. F eferred R esolution R 7, providing fo r spouse in case of d |||H b e f o r è re tirem en t to E xecutive S jHyeta ry and L egislative C oinm ittee for action. ’ In stru cted th e Legislative I C om m it tee to ca rry out the intent offeesb'lù- tion R-16, asking S tate to absorb ad m in istrative costs of re tir,eB m lf|p ro - gram . A m ended A rticle IV, Section 5, of the C onstitution to read “unless elect- ted as a delegate or as an im m ediately re tire m en t officer or district director, a m em ber shall not be O hgibl p W w W i old office during the succeeding fiscal y e a r, except as otherw ise provided.” A m ended A rticle VI, Section 1, by adding (c) an im m ediately re tirin g of ficer or district director. A ppointed Jack N orton a s C hairm an pro tern of I Insurance;.. C o m m l S in Mr. Law less’s absence in th e service. D eferred action, on th e balance of resolutions passed by th e G eneral Council u n til the n e x t m eeting of the B oard of Directors.^'? Traffic Violations During 1950 Oregon courts found motorW fem cle operators g u ilty |o f 37,676 ‘,tr‘^ S viola tions during 1950, S ecretary of S tate E arl T, rep o rted today'; A n other 2,935 d rivers h a d th e ir licenses revoked afte r court convictions of .driving w hile in W ^ ig ® d £ negligent homicide, m anslaughte^ g B t and ru n and other sim ilar serious charges. J ^ ^ ^ ^ w ^ O ^ g o n law , N e w b r y s a id , |||s g ^ w f f « f o r these offenses is m an- datory. T 1 ^ 1 9 M figures show a slight de c e a s e from 19.49 in th e 'm ^ allall num - ber of violations, b u t an increase in t h ^ i u m l f g of revocations for serious traffic offenses. C ourts are required by law to re p o rt convictions for tra f- fic offenses to the secretary of state. The breakdow n show"s^>2,^04 revoca- tions for driving w hile intoxicated, 274 for driving w hile o p erato r’s license was suspended, 241 for driving while operator’s license w as revoked,- 2 for in^gli^ent hom icide, 2 for m anslau'gh- ter, 6 for g ran d th e ft a n d 6 for hit a n d ru n accidents involving personal injury. In addition to the revocations, 724 suspensions of d riv in g p r iv ile ^ S ; w ere m eted out upon court B|rosg®tion .ctnd recom m endation or action b y the sec re ta ry ’s office. T w e n ty six d riv e rs w ith re c o rd s of repeated O :c i| g » | h ad their- licenses suspended after exam inations and in te rv ie w s indicated they w ere “accid ent prone?’; We are a lw g B j||im for o u r suspicion by. finding wheal! we suspect. ■ B T h o reau
