Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-05-09
Mlscatine County Soldiers Aid
Society.

citizens Of Muscatine county assembled at tn
court house in the city Of Muscatine yeste1
day afternoon, for the purpose of organizin
a society for the relief of our sick and wound
ed soldiers.
Onmotion, Hon. John A. Paryin was electe,
Chairman, and Emerson 0. Upham Secre
tary. y. g. ...-.4. =
Remarks were made by Judge WOODWARD
and Mayor Meason in regard to the objects o
the meeting, and the report Of the commit
tee appointed at q previous meeting to draf
Constitution was called for.
Henry O'Conner, Esq, chairman of thu
committee, after a few remarks, submitted
the following Constitution:
CONSTITUTION OF THE MUscATINE COUNTY SOL
DIERs RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
ART. Title. The name of this organ
ization shall be the "Muscatine County Sol
diers Relief Association
ART. H. Objects. Its objects shall be the re-
liefof sick, wounded, and disabled volunteers
residents Of or enlist; IRON Muscatine County
with surgical or other necessary aid and sup
plies, together with the return and interment,
free of expense to friends when necessary, of
the bodies Of volunteers from this county slain
or dying in the service of the government.
ART. III.-Hembers. Any person may
become a member of this Association by con-
tributing to its funds and signing the Consti-
tuition
ART. IV.-O1scers. Sec. Its officers
shall be President. two Vice Presidents, Sec
rotary and Treasurer, who, with four other
members of the Association, shall constitute
an Execut We Committee, Of which five menu
bers shall be quorum:
SEC. 2. The President shall unite with the
Secretary in calling meeting of the associa-
ton whenever directed by the executive COM
bers of the association.
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall preserve, with
special care, all correspondence with persons
in the service of the Government, as well as
records, reports, list of members and record
of orders issued, the amount of each and to
whom make payable.
Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall disburse mon
eys in his hands, only on the orders of the
President, countersigned by the Secretary.
Sec. S. The executive committee shall at its
first meeting after its election, appoint from
its own memb rship, or otherwise, Surgical
Committee to secure the services of such sur
geons and nurses as may be needed, and to
provide them with requisite hospital and
medical stores; Burial Committee, to attend
to the return of the bodies of the soldiers
to their friends, or to suitable place of in
terment within the limits of Muscatine coun-
ty; Finance Committee, consisting of one
person for each School District in this county,
to solicit donations of money and other need
full articles and such other COMMITTEES as
they may deem necessary. The funds raised
shall be applied to the care of the sick and
wounded or of the dead, as contributors may
choose to designate. Each of these Commit
ties shall keep record OF its dolngs The
Secretary Of this Association shall be er Of
.fcio Secretary of the Executive Commi.ee.
The Committees shall report when so ordered
by vote.
Sec 6. The duties of the officers above
named shall be such as usual, or may be re-
quired by vote.
On motion, the Secretary was instructed to
read the Constitution by sections.
On motion, section I'd of Art. 4th was
amended by adding ''or whenever the Pres
ident and Secretary may deem it necessary
or by the President when requested"
Judge Woodward moved to add the follow
ing to section I'd of art. 4th: "ln case Of thu
absence or disability Of the President, thu
Secretary shall be authorized to call meeting
in the same cases where the President is EN-
A.
On motion, in section 9Th of Art. 5th, thu
clause, "a Finance Committee, consisting o
one person from each school district in THU
county," was stricken out, and "a Financ
Committee of five, appointed by the Execu
tive Committee" inserted.
! On motion the constitution was adopted .
amended. -x -zl.f 3D..
The meeting then proceededlto the election
Of offcres. ... ....,s.. ia -
On motion Henry O'Connor was unani
mously elected President of the Association
Messrs. E. H. Thayer and VIM. @. Evan
were unanimously elected Vice Presidents.
Rev. G. H. Remington was unanimousl
elected Secretary of the Association.
Mr.. Simon G. Stein was unanimousl
elected Treasurer.
An Executive Committee, consisting
Messrs. Samuel Lucas, Joseph L. Reed, .
Il. Scott, G. w. Kincaid, Allen Broomhal
Edward Stewart, DR.. Horton, Jacob Conn
ton and J. Scott Richmau, was appointed.
The society having been fully organize
the meeting adjourned to meet at the call
the President JOHN A. PARvlN, Pres.
EMERSON o. UPHAM, Sec.
S-uLS~-ee Dnu a fiOn.