Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-22
NAME AND OBJECTS.

The officers Of the Club shall consist Q
President, Vice President, an Executiv
Committee composed of fifteen members
two Recording Secretaries, a Correspond
ing Secretary, and Assistant Correspondent,
Secretary, a Finance Committee of five
and Committees of three on Enrolment
one for each ward, and one for each civil
district Of the county.
DUTIES OF oFFICERs-PREsIDENT
The President shall preside at all meet
ings Of the Club and preserve order. HI
shall have authority to call meetings when
ever he may think the interest of the Clul
requires it. He shall sign all requisitioni
upon the Treasurer for funds.
VICE PRESIDENT
The senior Vice President present shall
exercise all the functions of the President
in the absence of the latter.
.. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Executive Committee shall select
three of their number as an active commit.
tee, whose duty it shall be to execute
promptly all business and measures ap-
proved by a majority of the committee. 1t
shall be the duty Of the committee, with
the aid Of the Corresponding Secretary, to
place itself in immediate communication
with prominent, active members fthe Dem
ocratic party in every county of the State,
and maintain such communication with
the view to the thorough and speedy Or
ganization of the party In one compact
mass. 1t shall be their duty to report at
each regular meeting the numerical strength
OF the Club, and transmit the information
to each county Club in the State and solicit
a return of like information, that we may
ascertain our fall strength in the State.
1t shall be their duty to see that branches
Of this Club are established in every ward
and civil district in the county. They
shall further see that County Clubs, organ
lied on a plan similar to this, are estab-
lished in every county of the State.
RECORDING SECRETARY.
The Recording Secretary shall keep in
a well-bound book minute of all the pro-
ceedings Of the Club and sign the same,
He shall keep a roll of all the members,
and countersign all orders drawn by the
President upon the Treasurer, and shall
have the custody OF, and be responsible for,
all the books and papers of his Office.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
The Corresponding Secretary shall, I'M
der the direction of the Executive Com
mittee, conduct all correspondence with
other Clubs, and persons acting in concert
with US, procure speakers to address the
Club and the people of Davidson county,
from time to time, during the canvass, and
shall disseminate such campaign docu-
ments in advocacy of our cause as may be
procured for that purpose.
TREASURER.
The Treasurer shall receive all MONEYS
collected by the Finance Committee and
from other sources, and disburse the same
under the orders of the President, sane
toned by the Club, and shall render at each
regular meeting statement of the moneys
received and discussed during the proceed
ing week.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Financial Committee shall solicit
from all classes Of our citizens friendly to
the cause material aid in money, stationery.
etc, and turn the same over 10
the proper officer, once 4 week, and make
report thereof in writing at each regular
meeting Of their work for the preceding
week. They shall, in connection with the
Executive Committee, procure hall suit
ably furnished for the Climb to meet in.
COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT.
The Committee on Enrollment for the
respective wards and districts shall each
procure a well bound book and proceed
Immediately 10 visit each citizen of the
ward or district and solicit his name for
enrolment, and in enrolling a member,
the committee shall ascertain in each case
whether the member labors under any
disability which will prevent his voting in
the Presidential election, and they shall
keep such as cannot vote in separate list,
and so report them to the Recording Secre-
tary, who shall keep seperate lists of the
voters and non-Voters, numbering the
names in consecutive order, so that the last
number entered on each list will show its
strength. 1t shall be the duty
of the Enrolling Committee to report their
to the Recording Secretary at
each regular meeting, and they shall i'm
press upon each member enrolled, the
vital importance of procuring reg
istrating certificates, and of being
promptly at the polls on the day
Of election, and of working might and
main in the interval to swell the number
Of Democratic voters. The Enrolling Com
mittees shall also report list Of all per
sons who are in sympathy with us, but from
any cause may not desire to become mem
bers distinguishing in this class as in
others, the voter from the non-voter; and
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and report a correct list of the Radical
votes in their respective wards and dis
tricts.
Each Enrolment Committee shall be
ex-ofticio Finance Committee. and shall
solicit money from all friendly TO the cause,
to be expended for the purposes hereinbe-
fore set forth and they shall pay over all
moneys 50 collected 10 the Treasurer at
each regular meeting, and make report
thereof in writing.
oFFIcEs-H9w FILLED.
The President, Vice Presidents and
Treasurer shall be elected by the Club-a
majority Of those present deciding. All
other officers and committees shall be APP.
pointed by the President with the consent
IF the Club.
REGULAR MEETINGS.
Regular meetings of the Club shall be
held al their hail every ---- night st
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AMENDMENTS.
Amendments 10 these laws may be pro-
posed at any regular meeting, in writing,
and il approved 10y a majority Of the mem
Ders present, at two consecutive regular
meetings. shall be considered rs adopted.
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
ANY officer may be removed for neglect
If duty or incompetency by majority Of
.wo- thirds Of the members present, at two