The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-29
Constitution of the Mt. Vernon


"Mr VERNON STATE COMMITTEE OF VIRGINIA"
its object being nded by similar Committees and AS
socatinns in this and other States TO raise the means
10 purchase the home of the Father of bis Country
in order to dedicate it TO some noble public end con-
sistent with a nations reverence for his memory
ARTICLE LIST. The payment OF one dollar te W ana
any larger sum- shall constitute the contributors MEM
bers of this Association and ente them TO have their
Names contributions and places of residence recorded
in Books to be kept for that purpose.
I'd. The officers shall be President, four Vice Presi-
dents. Recording and Corresponding Secretary, and
a Treasurer. The President shall call the meetings
and preside in the annual and other general meetings.
if absent the Chair shall be by the LIST Vice
President or by the I'd and Sd IN the event OF the ao
sence of the ls The Recording Secretary shall pre-
serve record of the and proceedings of the gem
eral meetings which she shall attend for that purposes
preserve record of the contributors places OF resi-
dence and of such other matters the President and
Vice President the major part of them may appoint
The Corresponding Secretary shall report to every
general meeting the of the Association and
duct the correspondence. The Treasurer shall re-
ceive and keep account of all money contr buted
to whom all persons receiving money on behalf of
the Association shall report and pay over shall make
non Central Committee of the Union, and remit the
same to the Treasurer thereof
Sd Board of Managers shall be appointed to
duct the business of the Association consisting of 40
Ladies' of whom eight shall reside in the city of Rich
mond or its vicinity All the officers of the State
Committee shall be ocio members of the Board of
Managers. The managers shall hold their Offices from
the of their election until the next annual meet
ing, when a new election of officers and managers
shall be made. The managers shall fill any vacancies
which may occur by death or otherwise in their own
Board
4th No draft shall be made upon the funds of the
Association. nor payments made, except by vote of
two-thirds of the Board of Managers then present
All drafts shall be signed by the President acting
Vice President and Recording Secretary.
9Th. The President and Vice President, the major
part of them, shall have power to appoint collecting
agents throughout the State, whose duty shall be to
invite and receive contributions and to remit monthly
to the State Committee, which shall report and pay
the sums received to the Mount Vernon Central
Committee Of the Union.
9Th. The State Committee urgently request that
associations may be formed in each county and town
in the State auxiliary to the State Committee 1t
the duty of the members of the Board of Managers
to aid or nclte others III organizing these associations
Officers Of the Mt Fcrnoa State Committee Of Tngnia:
PRESIDENT.
MRS. JULIA NJ. CABELL.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Mrs. S. L. PELLET,
GEN. PEGRAM
r. C. STANARD
WRIT ROBINSON.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
| Mrs. WILLIAM NJ. ROBINSON
| RECORDING SECRETARY
Mrs. JOHN NELSON.
| BOARD OF MANAGERS
Mrs John S. Caskie, Richmond,
Z" Robt. A. Mayo,
50 Joseph r. Anderson, "
Dr. Burrows, 9
:. Edward Dabney, ="
| John Lyon,
| Jas. C. Macmurdo, g
| Miss Virginia Stratton, g
| Mrs. DR.. Friend Chesterfield,
| Myer Myers, Norfolk
Miss l.. TaZewell
| Mrs Mathew H. Houston Wheeling,
VIM. l.. Blackford, Lynchburs
g John s Millson, Norfolk city,
| - Thomas White, Petersburg
| William X. White. Frederic ksburg
William H. Fowe, Alexandria,
John NJ. Speed, Lynchburg,
Alex. Rives, Charlottesville,
g Charles Darlington, Halifax,
Sc Mcdowell, Lexington,
" A. Fl. H. Stuart, Staunton
g Hugh Sheffey Z"
" Dr. Austin BTockenbrough, Tappahanncck.
w. NJ Radford, Botetourt
g Addison Logan,
/" VIM 3. Stanard, Goochland.
" Philip St. George Cooke, Powhatan,
" Henry A Wise, Accomac,
&" Sally Brent Fluvanna,
g r. NJ. T. Hunter, Essex,
I" Gen. Brown, Nelson
g James NJ. Mason, Frederick,
" Thomas III. Bayly, Accomac
&c Thos. S. Bocock Appomattox,
/" John Letcher, Rockbridge,
g c. J. Faulkner, Berkeley,
" William Smith, Fauquier,
f" William A. Cooke, Cumberland
Mt Ternon Central Committee Of the Un,on:
PRESIDENT.
+ 1.-THE SOUTHERN MATRON."
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Mrs. VIM. F. Richie
" f. f. Semmes,
w H. Macfarand
q w. d. Blair,
g b. B. Minor
g John Tyler, Charles City,
q" WIN. c. Rives, Albemarle,
50 II. c. Harrison, Goochland,
g John b. Floyd, Abingdon.
SECRETARY.
Mrs A NJ Meade.
TREASURER.
Mrs. W. H. mcfarland
HONORARY MEMBERS.
Mrs R. Cunningham, Rossnouth S. c.,
w. J. Eve, Augusta. Ga,
p. K. Dickinson. Wilmington n. c..
J. Millward, Philadelphia Pa.