The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-05-17

Meeting OF Board of Directors.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

ELECTION OFFICERS.
The Board of Directors of the RICHMOND INDUsTRI.
AL ASSOCIATION met at the of the Young
Mems Christian Association, in Odd Fellows Hall,
| in this city, Saturday Afternoon, at p. NJ. AL
the NJ embers present, excepting Levi Druley, Esq.
A. A. Curme was called to the chair, and J. W .Yoe,
| appointed Secretary.
The articles of association read by sections,
when an election for officers took place which result
ted as follows
For President, Gaar; Vice President, w
Yoe; Secretary. Oran Perry; Treasurer, w Fer
guson; Gent Superintendent, Chris Fetta.
The BYLAWS were then read by sections, and
adopted. The subject Of Fair Grounds coming up,
he Board proceeded to examine the site offered by
Mr. Hawkins aying on the Railroad, Immediately
east of the City, containing 80 and afterwards
visited the plat offered by Ambrose Ruby, south of
the city, and laying between Liberty Pike and the
River. They found both of these locations well
adapted to the purpose and both presenting strong
claims for consideration.
Each have their advantages and objections, and
both have their friends on the Board.
A Committee consisting of Bennett Yoe, Roberts;
Starr and Gaar, made, who shall confer with
the of these and other sites and report to
meeting of the Board of Directors, Saturday next
at P. NJ. The purchas, of grounds seems to be adj
visabe, and is urged by every motive of policy, 8
the erection of buildings upon rented grounds would
be attended with nearly the entire loss of the invest
ment, while all the improvements made upon lands
belonging the association would add TO their value
and augment the capital.
The organization constituted, is strong one
and embraces among its members of the best
men in the county, and men who have had a life
long experience in Fairs and their management, and
yvbo adm pistr
IDENTIFY expect a recurrence of those grand old dis
plays, when it was "O1d Wayne against the World"
and our Fairs the best in the State. Below we
give the articles of association
We,whose names are nereunto sub scrlbed hereby
form ourselves into Joint Stock Company and body
corporate with perpetual succession in Pursuance to
| the laws in force in the State of Indiana,
| thorizng the organization of County Agricultural
Societies, and do make and subscribe the following
articles of association
LIST The Of the corporation shall be the
RICHMOND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.
I'd The object of the corporation is to encourage
| Agriculture Horticulture, Mechanics and Fine Arts
and the improvement of all kinds of live stock, and
to hold Fairs for exhibition under such rules and
regulations, and at such times may be adopted by
| the Board of Directors.
| Sd The capital stock of the corporation shall be
Thirty Thousand Dollars, in shares OF Ten Dollars
each. which capital stock may be increased to any
| sum not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars,
| on a vote OF the stock holders at any regular
called meeting; but the company may organize and
perform all other acts on the SUBSCRIPTION OF
! Thousand Dollars to the capital stock.
4th The affairs of the association shall be mapag
ed by board of directors to be elected annually by
stockholders. after 1870. They shall elect the
first Monday of February in each year. and for 1870
| on such day the stockholders may meet for
ganzation, but if for any cause, there is failure to
elect them, they may be elected at special meet
ing OF the stockholders called for that purpose.
| 9TH The Board of Directors shall elect annually
President, Vice President for said board; and Secre
tary, Treasurer and General Superintendent, for the
| stockholders, not directors.
9th All necessary Bylaws Rules and Regua-
tons shall be made by the Board OF Directors, and
they shall lave power to DO AMI perform all acts in
connection with organization not inconsi slant with
the articles of association nj the Laws of the State
| of Indiana.
18th These articles of association may be altered
amended in any particular, and any time by
jority vote of the stock, at any regular called
meeting of the stockholders at the request of the
President ten stockholders. Ten,days notice of
such meeting having been given in at least
the city papers, by the President of the Board of
Directors.
Sth In all elections of the stockholders each
stakeholder shall be entitled to one tie for each
share of stock he may hold, and it should require
stock shall be voted by proxy.
9th Now for the purpose of perfecting this organ
ization, we whose names are hereunto subscribed,
agree to become members thereof and agree to pay
on the order of the Board of Directors, the stock
hereunto subscribed by without relief from vau
alton and apparsement laws.