Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
SPECIAL MEETING.

COUTHERN CALIFORNIA MUTUAL AID
- ASSoCIATIoN-Principa place OF business,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Notice is hereby given that at a special
meeting OF the Board of Directors, held at the
Secretary's office in Los Angeles, on the 10Th
day ofJune A. ID. 1874. The following amend-
ments to the Bylaws we've legally adopted
subject to ratification by the Association,
said amendments having been presented to
the ard two months previous to action be-
ing had IN reon. Tue Board also passed Il
resolution, call ng special meeting of the
Association, To be held at the office Oh the Sec
retaiy, No. Al Tempe Block, Los Ange es, on
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, lS7l, at Ill O'Clock
A. NJ, for the purpose of voting upon the rati-
icauon 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
us 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
Association an assessment To be de ermined
as follows: If the number of member does
not exceed six humid ed and siXty-seven, The
assessment shall be three dollars on each
member; if the number of members is SIX
hundred and siXty->even or more, then the
assessment shall be fixed by the Executive
COMMITTEE, at such a sum as shall make u
total assessment on the membership of ,wo
thousand dollars, but in no case Shall the
Section of Article V, shall be number
ed 3, Section shall be numbered 4, and Sec
ton shall be numbered D.
Article vi shall read as follows.
ARTICLE VI.
Section |. Upon the death of any member
of the Association who was in good heal h
when joining, or has not practiced any decep-
ton to join the same, there shall be pad 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 siXty-seven
mem berS in the Association. If there be less
than six hundred and siXty-seven members
in the Association at the time of the dea, h OF
a member, then his nominee or nominees
shall receive an amount equal 10 three dollars
for each member of the Association.
section ,, of Article VI, shall be stricken
out.
Section l, of Article IX shall be amended to
read as follows:
SEC l. All elections of the Association and
ofthe Board of Directors shall be held by bal
lot. and "a majority of the votes cast shall be
required to elect. At all meetings of the AS
sociation, members may be represented by
Section O. of Article XVI, shall read as fol-
lows:
Section .. Upon being fully satisfied of the
death OF q 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 Der of mem
berS at the time of such death, the amount of
benefit due the nominee of the said deceased
member, and the assessment per member
necessary to be levied.
Section 4, of Article XVII shall read SIS fol-
lows:
Section4. When the Reserve Fund reaches
the sum of fifty thousand dollars (S50,000), 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 XX.-AssESsMENTs, How COL
Section l. When by reason Of the death of
a memb ber of the Association, an assessment
has become DUE the Secretary shall cause to
be delivered to each member, or sent by mail
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, notice of said death, together with a
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 XXX shall read as fol-
lows:
SEC. .. All members of the Association fail
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.
tlce, or cease 10 be members or the ASSOcla-
ton. Such notices sent or delivered shall be
deemed and be taken to be legal and suffi-
cient notices for the payment of the assess
ment.
Strike out section Of Article XXIII and
re-number the succeeding secion.
Section 6, of Article XXIII. (re-numbered 5
under the above amendmentD shall be
amended TO read follows:
SEC. 5. A majority of the members in
good standing and a majority of the Board of
Directors shall constitute quorum to trans
business n
the absence of the President and VIce-P Presi-
dent, q President pro TEN shall be chosen VINO
shall exer' lse all the functions Of the Presi-
dent for the occasion.
Dated at Los Angeles, this 10th day of June
1874. ]. Z. McCOMAS, Presidents
L. NJ. HOLT. Secretary. junl3 lm-l