1 AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SOLID BRAIDED CORD INDUSTRY Article IX, Section 8 and Section 9, of the Code of Fair Competi- tion for the Solid Braided Cord Industry shall be amended to read as follows: 8. (a) It being found necessary in order to support the adminis- tration of this Code and to maintain the standards of fair compe- tition established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, the Code Authority is authorized: (1) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and proper for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligations out of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Code; (2) To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subject to such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem necessary (1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary to support such budget shall be contributed by members of the Industry; (3) After such budget and basis of contribution have been ap- proved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable contribution as above set forth by all members of the Industry, and to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefore in its own name. (b) Each member of the Industry shall pay his or its equitable contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Au- thority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subject to rules and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. Only members of the Industry complying with the Code and con- tributing to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove pro- vided, unless duly exempted from making such contributions, shall be entitled to participate in the selection of members of the Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of its voluntary activities or to make use of any emblem or insignia of the National Recovery Administration. 9. (a) The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obli- gations substantially in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in its approved budget, and shall in no event exceed the total amount contained in the approved budget, except upon approval of the Administrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any defi- ciency item for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimates except those which the Administrator shall have so approved. Approved Code No. 309-Amendment No. 1. Registry No. 219-01. (4) 0 .." .." ; """ S .- ,. ... ,...i ::... .... "":: :,i i: