The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-07-01

| thy Of your Ancestry, and true as they
to duty aud honor you have taken up
the fight in the darkest hour of.adver.
sity, and faithfully and successfully y
fought it out to victory. We con
jure you, then, at once to organize,
| compact aud work Up the Taxpayers
| Union, until you anchor the State
! safe in the harbor of assured peace
and prosperity.
JAMES CHESTNUT,
Chairman Executive Com mmit,ce Tax.
Payers Convention, in behalf Of
Committee.
The constitution for the Tax Unions
as finally adopted is as follows:
!. The objects of the Tax Unions
arc the reduction of taxations and
the honest appropriation and expendi.
ture of the public funds.
q There shall be In each County
as many Subordinate Tax Unions as
may be deemed necessary, but not
less than one such Subordinate Union
for each township or ward. There
shall be one County Tax Union for
each County and ono State Tax
Union for the State.
3. Each Subordinate Tax Union
shall have such name or designation
as tho members thereof may select,
but each County Union shall be desig-
mated by the name Of the County,
and the State Union shall be styled
"The Tax Union of the State of South
Carolina"
d. All taxpayers in this State are
eligible to membership of any one
Subordinate Tax Unionin the Coun-
'ty in which they live.
5. Applications for membership o
must be made in writing and ad-
dressed to the - Tax Union Of
- County. Such applications
shall be signed by the apr licant, or
by his authority, and shall give the
applicants full name aud address.
The applications must be submitted
to the Executive Committee of the
Subordinate Union to which they are
addressed, which committee may re-
port thereon ut any meeting of the
Union, and majority Of the votes
of the memLers present shall be suf-
6cient to elect.
6. The officers Of each Subordi-
! nate Union shall be a President, a
Vice.Prcsident, a Secretary, a Treas.
urcr and an Executive Com III. ttee of
I've members, incl Guiding the Presi-
dent anl Vice, President, who shall
be members Of such GO conmittee eS
o0nio.
7. The Subordinate Unions shall
| holI regular monthly meetings, and
shall have authority to no i special
meetings ns may be necessary.
8. Each member of O Subordinate
Union shall pay to the Treasurer of
such Union all nj iation fee Of fifty
cents, and also such uniform per
oeu,age, not exceeding two per cent,
of the last tax paid upon him for
| general State ard County purposes,
as may be call d for by the Execu-
tive Committee OF such Uuion, with
the approval Of the Union and such
per centagc shall be declared and
collected before the first day of Sep.
| toApeE VI CuSu year.
8. The County Unions shall consist
of two delegates from each Subordt.
nate Union, with one delegate addi.
tional for every twenty members be-
yond twenty in each Subordinate
| Union.
10. The County Unions shalt NEE,
at tho resi- ective Court Houses, on
the first Monday in July, October
January and April in each year, with
authority to hold special meetings
upon the call of the Executive Com-
mittce Of the County Union.
Al. The officers Of the County
Unions shall be President, a Vice
President, Secretary ANIL Treas
urer, who shall be elected at the
first meeting, and shall hold Office
until the first Monday in July 10 the
ensuing year, ahd until their success
sors shall be elected and shall quail.
fly. 49,.
| IL. The Executive Committee o,
the County Unions shall consist OF
the Choirmen Of tho Executive Com.
mittees Of the Subordinate Unions,
who shall be CO c0tcio ME I'M bers Of the
County Union, together with the
President of tho County Unicn, which
County Executive Committee shall
havo power to elect its own officers
| l3. The State Union shall oonsiBt
ol three delegates from each County
Union, and shall meet annually in
Columbia, Oh the fourth Tuesday III
November, and at such other timof
and places as tho State Executive
Committee nay appotot Provided
That the first meeting Uf tho State
Union shall be held at suoh time a.
may be appointed by the, Executive
Committee of tho Tax. Payers Con
vontion. .... ~ sGo.G,t II
! ID. The officers of tho State Unior
shall be n President, three Vice
Presidcnts, Secretary, q Treasurer
an Executive Committee and sucl
other officers as the Union may de.
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