Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
SPECIAL MEETING.

COUTHERN CALIFORNIA MUTUAL AID
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Notice is hereby given that at O special
meeting of the Board of Directors, held at the
Secretary's office in Los Angeles, on the 10th
ments to the Bylaws were legally adopted
subject to ratification by the Association,
said amendments having bee scented to
ing had thereon. The Board also passed IL
resolution, calling special meeting of the
Association, to be held at the office OF the Sec
retary, No. Al Temple Block, Los Angeles, on
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1874, at IL O'Clock
A. NJ, for the purpose of voting upon the rati-
ficauon OF said amendments. Members are
requested to be present, either in person or by
proxy, and vote on the question at issue. The
amendments, as adopted by the Board, read
as follows:
The last clause of Section |, of Article V,
shall be stricken out, and Section shall be
added to read as follows:
section 2. Upon the death of any member,
each surviving member must pay to the
as follows: If the number of members does
not exceed six hundred and sixty-seven, the
assessment shall be three dollars on each
member; if the number of members is six
hundred and sixty-seven or more, then the
assessment shall be fixed by the Executive
Committee, at such Il sum as shall make a
total assessment on the membership of two
thousand dollars, but in no case shall the
assessment exceed three dollars per member.
Section 2 of Article V, shall be number
ed 3, Section 3 shall be numbered 4, and Sec
ton shall be numbered B.
Article VI shall read as follows.
ARTICLE VI.
Section l. Upon the death of any member
of the Association who was in good health
when joining, or has not practiced any decep-
ton to join the same, there shall be paid to
his family, or to the person or persons he has
designated, from the funds of the Association,
the sum OF two thousand dollars, provided
that at the time of the death of such member
there was at least six hundred and stxty-seven
members in the Association. If there be less
than six hundred and siXty-seyen memb bers
a member, then his nominee or nominees
shall receive an amount equal TO three dollars
for each member Of the Association.
Section ., of Article VI, shall be stricken
Section !, of Article TX shall be amended to
read as follows:
SEC. /, All elections of the Association and
ofthe Board of Directors shall be held by bal
lot. and n majority of the votes cast shall be
required to elect. At all meetings OF the AS
sociation, members may be represented by
Section ., of Article XvI shall read as fol-
lows:
death of member of the Association, the
Executive Committee shall make written re-
port or certificate of such facts to the Board OF
directors, together with report from the
books of the Association, the mum ber OF men,
bers at the time of such death, the amount of
benefit due the nominee of the said deceased
necessary to be levied.
Section {. OF Article XVII shall read as fol-
lows:
Section L. When the Reserve Fund reaches
the sum of fifty thousand dollars (S50000), all
surplus funds of the Association shall be put
into the Dividend Fund, on the first day OF
October of each year.
Section /, of Article Xxx shall read as fol-
lows:
ARTICLE EMBELLISHMENTS, How Coll
LECTED.
a member OF the Association, an assessment
has become due, the secretary shall cause to
be delivered 10 each member, or sent by mall
to the registered address of each member, or
in case there are two or more residing in one
family, one notice shall be sufficient for all of
Them a notice of said death, together with
notice that there Is due the Association an
assessment, and the amount OF the assess
ment which must be paid within twenty days
from date of said notice.
Section 2, of Article XIX shall read as fol-
lows:
ing to pay the assessment within twenty days
from date of said notice, shall be fined twen-
ty-five cents, and shall be considered and are
hereby declared not in good standing in the
Association and the Secretary shall send a
second notice, stating that by reason of the
failure to pay the assessment within twenty
days of date of first notice, they must now
pay the assessment and twenty-five cents
within twenty days of date of this second no.
tice, or cease TO be members of the Associa-
ton. Such notices sent or delivered shall be
deemed and be taken to be legal and suffi-
cent notices for the payment of the assess
ment.
strike out section of Article XXIII and
re-numbe the succeeding secion,
Section 6, of Article XXIII (re-num bered
under the above amendmentD shall be
amended to read as follows:
SEC. ). A majority of the members in
good standing and a majority of the Board of
Directors shall constitute quorum to trans
act business at any of their meetings; and in
the absence of the President and Vice. -Presi-
dent, a President pro TEN shall be chosen who
shall exercise all the functions of the Presi-
d mt for the occasion.
Dated at Los Angeles, this 10th day of June,
1874. ]. L. McCOMAS, President.
L. NJ. Holt. Secretary. junl3 lm-l5