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Al'tiClC 4602 Of thC h?~fScd civil 2tStutCs Of 3026 pm- vides that mtho fund maliacid from the aforesaid fees shall be applied first W the puy5Cnt of nCCewary espenaos of the Board of Exmincrs; any renrinin::fund.e ah8~1 be appliedby t&order of the hoard (io aqx~satlngmenb~rsof theboardin proportion M their labors."

the Constitution, 8eotlfm ad of ArtIda 1%. for Districts areated to eoneerve, control and util- I?2 fo benaficiirl Sl?l’VioC the StCS%a aPd flood raters of thC rivers and strems of tile State, or such powers OS ray be wntmplated and %I- plied by tho purposatz of this provision of the Constitutloo, anf$ as may be wnfarmd by Genmal Law, and in the ~r~lslons of t&Is Aof) and shall have (mdberewgnised to exercise all the rl&ts and powers of an lndspendant e;o-ental aji33ncy, ntmlalpallty, body polifia and wrporate t.0 formu- late any and pll plpps doesed essential to the operatlcm of the DlsWiaf Md for St8 ad&n.lstm- t&on in the oontrol, storing, preservation andtlls- rfrvraojUpwtr3H8tH&,~lhWOQdIltLlWO~' xlmatos3prrroLa 8uabawmilQtity. ala power at wx-

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bonds oftcr being rowrdcd in the official bond sc~rds of the wunty'in rhiuh the District maintains 1t6 ofTice shall be depositad with a &posltmy seleotcd ti approrecl ror the d,~oslt of tic funds of t&c DidAct. All vacancies oc- ~ursln:: in the board Of Dhwtire shall be filled by a dcslgnatlor, of the Gfoto Bonrd of Unter En- &w2rs suhjoct to approval of the Governor.

Soyen (7) mea&em &all constitute a quorum to transact buelnees. Nu more than twc (2) OS said utrall be 8ppoinfed who reside in the Diroctiro 5nme wunty at the tine of their ~+4n~ent.

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