PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 9 DEPARTMENTAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
§3-900. Board of Trade and Conventions.
The Board of Trade and Conventions shall be composed of
seven appointed members and the Director of Commerce, the Superintendent of
Schools of the School District of Philadelphia, and the Secretary of Commerce
and the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
ANNOTATION
Sources: Ordinance of the City of Philadelphia, December 22,
1932.
Purposes: City and State Department of Commerce heads have
been included on the Board of Trade and Conventions because the work of the
Board will be vitally concerned with commerce. The Board will also have
important functions to perform in the realm of public instruction and school
representatives are included for this purpose.