The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-05-11
mass temperance aIec,ins.

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port resolutions: Rev. S. w. 1ngraham. Harvey /
Baldwin. L. w. Hall. Ira Burroughs and VIM.
Wordsworth. The committee previously appoin-
ted 70 revise aud report constitution being called
upon presented The following 4
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE, /. This associaioa-stiall be known
and designated as the Portage County Temper
ance Alliance.
ARr~e/ The regular meetings Of the Alliance
sitnf be held quarterly at such place as shall be
designated by committee to be appointed by the
President at each regular meeting viz: on the
first Thursday of May. the first Thursday of Au-
gust. the FIRST Thursday of November aud the
first Thursday of FEBRUARY.
ART 3. The meetings shall be composed of
Delegates representing the interests ofthe several
Township Alliances respectively.
ART. A. Township Alliances wishing to be-
come Auxiliary to the County Alliance will report
their wish to the Corresponding Secretary of the
County Alliance with the names of the officers of
the Alliance, and through their Delegates at each
Quarterly meetings, furnish such information in
regard 10 the Temperance movements in their
Township, as shall be of interest !; and make such
suggestions shall be for the general interests Of
the cause.
ART. 5. The object of this Alliance in concert
with the Township Alliances. shall be TO promote
in al ani,ahlo-sseys.- -eauso of Temperance; !;
bat its primary and definite object shall bs to use
all honorable means to cause to be enacted and en-
forced, Law which shall eff.ctuay prohibit the
| manufacture aud sale of Intoxicating Liquors as
beverage. To this result its officers will
make available all honorable measures to promote
the election of such men to our Legislature, as are
| pledged to sustain and vote fer Law similar to
the so called Maine Liquor Law.
ART. g. The qficsrs of this Alliance sha he
a President, one Vice President, for each Town
ship in the county, Recording and Cor
responding Secretary and Treasurer each to serve
for one year.
| ART. z. The President shall preside at all
meetings of the Alliance but in his absence the
| Vice President for the Township where the meet
ing is held, shall discharge the duties of President,
in ca-e Of the absence of both President a nd Vice
President designa,ed.the Al lance may select from
the Vice Presidents present. The Recording
Secretary shall keep a faithful record of the pro-
ceedngs of the Alliance, and draw all orders the
Treasury. The Corresponding Secretary shall
have in charge the correspondence of the Alliance
under the direction of the Executive Committee.
The Treasurer shall have charge of the funds OF
the Alliance and disbnrse them upon the order of
The Recording Secretary.
ART. s. The board of officers of the Alliance
shaII constitute County Executive Committee.
who shall bave in charge the general interests of
the cause of Temperance in the county and ut such
Quarterly meetings, often as to them may
seem necessary make such suggestions as they
may deem beneficial.
ART. 9. The President shall appoint at each
i regular meeting as soon as the meeting shall be or
ganized committee on Resolutions. committee
to prepare business, and committee to select a
place for holding the next succeeding Quarterly
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ART. 10. The Alliance shall not meet twice in
the same place within one year.
ART. IL. The annual meeting of the Alliance
shall be held at Ravenna on the first Thursday of
May of each year.
ART. -. In Townships where there is no Al
lance organized, friends wishing to take part in
the proceedings of the County Alliance may do 50
by a vote of the meeting after its organization.
ART. A.. The Alliance mny adopt such Rules
and Regulations as may be deemed expedent moi
conflicting with the constitution.
ART. IS. This constitution may be altered OF
amended at any regular meeting of the Alliance by
two thirds vote.
/ Which report was accepted aud adopted.
The chairman appointed the following pamed
persons committee to designate pnce for hold
ing the next meeting of The Alliance, VIZ: DIR. F
Cook, Rodophus Bard, aud Grecubury Keen.
On motion all present were invited to partici
pate in The Deliberations of the meeting.
The following persons were then elected officers
of the Al lance under the Constitution for the
ensuing year.
Oliver P. Brown, President,
Orlo w. Strong Recording Secretary.
John S. Herrick, Corresponding Secretary,
Stephen R. Freeman, Treasurer,
The following gentlemen were appointed Vice
Presidents for the several Townships:
Atwater, Friend Cooki BrmieIi, Rodolphus
Bard; Charlestown. w. B. Orvis; Deerfeld, Ca
ieb Brown; Edinburgh, Jonas Bond; Frankn,
C. Gardner; Freedom, d. J. Beardsley; Nelson
w. R. Knowton Ravenna. Wm. Wadsworth
Randolph, Chauucey Harmon; Shalersve, Alb
On motion nf DIR. Caine, the meeting took a re-
cess till II O'Clock P. M.
One and half o'c'ock meeting assembled ant
was opened with prayer by the Rev. w. D. San
ders.
The committee to designate place for holding
the next meeting of the Alliance, reported Atwate
as the result of their deliberations which was ad
opted.
The committee on resolutions, presented ths
following report, which was unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, we are bound as men and g,od ii
zens, to do all within power protect the wei
fare of community-and whereas that fearfu
scourge, intemperance, still continues to curse an,
blight the dearest interests of humanity-ant
whereas, in the progress of the temperance re-
form, the crisis has arrived when this cause cal
make no substantial progress without the aid o
prohibitory laws-and whereas there is, at th