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                  <text>SIG!viA TAU EF~ILON
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The membershi,l) in SIGMA TAU bl'Sll..ON will be restricted tq supervisory
offi¢ials, who have attained a coIJ1111end~ble standard of safety in the conduct
of their work. The o~ficials eligible for membership are;
l. Mine S~peri_n~en!}e!;ltf! who were in general charge of any certain
mine which has won ot in the future ma~ ~in the Sentinels of Safety trophy.
Members q~alifying under this section will not be privileged either to hold
office or ·to vote,
2. Mi~ -~ ~~tn who were in local charge of any certain mine which
has won or in the future may win the S~ntinels of Safety trophy, or who wer~
in charge of a mine in which no lost-time accident was suffered for a calendar
year, Me~bers qualifying under this s~ction will not be privileged either to
hold office or to vote.

3. Unit Foremen who have conducted a section or sections in any .
mine or mines for three consecutive ca~endar years, without a lost~time accident suffered by any employe working under their direction. Unit Foremen
who have ~onducted their section or sectioris without a lost•time accident
for the crµ~ndar years 1938, 1939 end i940, ~ill be eligible to membership
in the Soqiety, Members qualifying under this seqtion will be privileged
both to hold office and to vnte.
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~- Outside foremen who were in charge of the outside meQ employed
in any mine or group of mines to whom no lost•time accident occurred for a ,
period of three calendar years. Outside Foremen who have conducted their
foremanship without a lost•time accident during the calendar years 1938, 1939,
am 1940, will be eligible to members~p in the Society. Members qualifying
9Dder this section will be privileged fOth to hold office and to YQte.

5. Proof of eligibility £or m8IIl.bership will be taken from the
pa, roll and accident reco~s of .The Union Pacific Coal Company, certified
to by the Company' a Auditor and the Safety Engineer or General Manager.
No officer other than those covered by Sections l, 2, 3, and 4, above, will
be eligible for m6lllbership in the Society.
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6. General officers of The Union Pacific Coal Company will not
be eligible to membership in the Society, but any meinber who may be advanced
to the office of President, Vice President of Operation, General Manager,
General Superintendent, Chief Engineer or Safety Engineer, will be privileged
to retain his membership in the society without right to hold office or to
vote. No honorary memberships shall a~ any time be established by the Society.
7. Regular .m_~eti~~ o_f SIGMA TAU EPSILO~ will be held _g_1,1a~effi in__
each year at Rock Springs in the month~ of ,February, May, _.Aug__ustL and_. No:vember,.
at a time and place designated by the President, and there will be elected at
the first quarterly meeting 0£ each year, a President, a Senior am a Junior
Vice President and a Secretary, who wiil conduct the affairs of the Society
in a manner approved by the membership, fifty per cent of the members who
are in the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company constituting a quorum at
any meeting, Special meetings may be called by the President or in his
absence, by a Vice President when necessity requires same. Members who leave
the employ or The Union Pacific Coal Company will retain their membership
but will not be priYileged to hold office or to vote,

�f . 8. The dtities of the President (or in his e.bsence a Vice President),
will be to arrange a suitable program for each regular and special meeting,
to preside over srun~, and to use his b~st effort to inspire and promote the
work of accident prevention. The Secretary will maintain an accurate record
of al~ proposed members, with qualifications ahd date of admission to membership, and in addition will maintain a roster of membership and keep a full
record of the transactions of all regular and special meetings. No dues· will
be collected from members and no expen~es will be incurred except with the
approval of the General Manager of The Union Pacific Coal Company.

9· There will be appointed ~Y the President at the first quarterly ·
meeting in each year• cert~n committees on safe practice recommendatio~a,
each of whom will elect a 9hairman and a Secretary. Each committee will ...
diligently study accident prevention methods, making due report to the Society
for approval, amendment or disapprove.l of their recommendations; all approved
recommendations to be submitted by the Secretary to the Safety Engineer for
the consideration of the management of The Union Pacific Coal Company. All
committee appointments will be for one year and all vacancies will be filled
by the President of the Society.
10. The Safety Engineer will deliver promptly to the proper committee chEµ.rma.n, a statement of all accidents that occur within and outside
the mines for such recommendations as the certain committee may submit. l!
will be understood that the real work of the several committees is to observe
bad practice. making recom:nendations regarding same, thus anticip:.ting and
attempting to prevent accident_&amp;.
11. A suitable emblem to be worn by each member of the Society
will be furnished by The Union Pacific Coal Company, upon which will be engraved the name of the member and the year of his admission to the society.

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                <text>This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the &lt;a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org"&gt;Union Pacific Museum&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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