The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-28
CONSTITUTIONS:

Article T. This Association shall be known
and designated as the Editors and Pub
fishers Association Of the 10th and 18th
Congressional Districts Of the State Of In
diana"
Article II. All persons in these Districts
connected with newspaper publications,
shall be eligible to membership, and such
other persons ss may from time to time be
elected as honorary members.
article III. The officers Of the Associa-
ton shall be elected annually, on the second
Friday in October, and shall consist of
President, two Vice Presidents, Recording
and Corresponding Secretaries, and Treas
urer, who shall discharge the duties usually
pertaining to their respective Offices.
4rtic!e ". The Association shall have
power, by majority Of the members pres
ent at any regular meeting to establish by
laws, and make such rules for its govern
ment as may be deemed necessary, and all
members shall be bound in honor to keep
and observe the same during the term of
their membership.
Article Y. The members Of this Associ-
alton shall pay an initiation fee of one dol
lar, and a like sum annually thereafter, to
defray necessary expenses of the Associa-
ton.
Article W. These Articles may be alter
ed or amended at any regular meeting of the
Association, by the vote oftwo-t thirds of the
members present.
Mr.. Myers moved that the report be
accepted and Committee discharged.
Carried.
The Constitution was then adopted
by sections.
Mr.. Hossler offered resolution that
"a quorum shall consist of representa-
tiyes from six Offices, including one
Vice-Pr.sident." Objected to.
Sims Major suggested that the time
of the next meeting should be fixed.
Gen. Williams proposed the second
Friday in April Adopted.
Mr. Kimball moved that the election
of officers, by ballot, take place immedi-
ately. Lost
He then moved that the election be
made Uica voce. Carried.
The following were elected J. b
Stoll, President; Gen r. Williams
Vice President; Mrs. +. F. Molloy
Corresponding Secretary; C. III. Chase
Recording Secretary, and d. f. Van
Valkenburgh, Treasurer.
The Committee on Advertising re.
ported, through It's Chairman, Gen
Williams, as follows:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE on RATS o,
| LEGAL ADVERTISING:
| Gentlemen offhe ConrenGon-
| Your Committee appointed at the Warsaw
meeting Of this body, for the purpose Of
| making report in regard TO the rates charr
ed for legal advertising, bcgs leave TO cub.
nit the following:
| Circular was issued by the Chairman o.
the Committee, and addressed 10 all th,
| Publishers in the 10th and IIta, and Auer
county in the 9th Congressional District, a.
directed by the Convention, nearly all o.
which were promptly responded TO-
Your Committee finds wide difference
in the rates charged, and they are more o.
the.opinisn that ever before, that some def
mite understanding ought to be arrived a.
by this Convention. The rates charged b,
souac Offices seem to us to We exorbitantl,
high, while in others they are 1idiculousl,
| low. They have, however, made as fair m
average as possible, in the bill of prices an
nexed below, and recommend the adoption
nv of he rata
FAMED, FOR the future government NJ Nh.