The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14
The follow;ng offered nv Brother Han.

The following, offered by Brother Han
cock was adopted:
Resolved, That the Executive Commit
tee be and they are hereby required to re-
wise the constitution of this State Grange
at the earliest day practicable, and have
the same published and distributed among
the Subordinate Oranges through the
Secretary OF this body
+ Upon motion, the regular order of bust
ness was suspended to go into the cleo
ton of an organ for the ensuing year.
Brothers beaverton, of Houston, Smith,
of Harrison, Kellar, of Bell, and Ferguson
of Milan, were appointed tellers. The
vote resulted as follows:
THE PATRON OF 4HUsBANDRY ....... .28
4 Examiner and Patron ...........-....2S
journal of Agriculture, ST. Louis -. l
Cour1er-Jeurnal. -. -. ......-.
Brother Gray moved to postpone the
election of an organ indefinitely. Motion
prevailed. s#
Upon motion the thanks of this Grange
were extended to Brother Downs for his
former course in adv coating the interests
of the Patrons Of Husbandry, and likewise
to Brother Worthington for his uniform
course in defense of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry. 2as' yiiAa5A-f
Upon motion the Grange went into an
election of an Executive Committee for
the present, year which resulted in the
choice of the following brethren:
]. E. Gray, of Washington county, J.
& B BjifgIgs, of Marion 10 and a. M. Keilar'
Resolution 10y Dro. 1rauuucK:
| That we, the members of this State
Grange, hereby renew our fidelity to the
principles of our noble Order, and mutu-
] ally pledge ourselves to return to our
| homes with an increased determination to
labor constantly, earnestly and fraternally
to build up our great cause to the end that
the honored profession of agriculture may
be elevated to that degree of respect and
influence to which its great Importance
justly entities it. Adopted. ' So
Bio. Blalock moved that the officers and
4 members sign petition urging our dele
| CATION in Congress to use their utmost en-
deavors to have the Reagan bill passed.
Bro. Chavose moved to amend by say
ling, each member sign his own name and
county. Amendment accepted and mo-
ton adopted. 11.t@-t Ego -.@-
The Committee on Lecturing made the
following report: u % r'.i '.s." -n-
our 10 WHOM was 1o1GIFGu
various resolutions relating to the Lectur.
ing System, have had the same under con-
I sideration, and beg to make the following
I report: -- -'...A .- pm - 81
That the Worthy Master of the State
Grange be allowed to appoint Lecturer
1 in and for each county or senatorial dis
trict, with power to increase the territory
if desired by the Lecturer and he may
deem it best for the good of the Order;
that it shall be the duty of each Lee
turer to visit and lecture each Grange
within his county or district as the case
may be, once or more in each year. te
Lecturers SO appointed shall have pow
er to organize new Oranges and to reor-
game dormant Oranges within their ter
I rito1y, also in any territory not provided
: with Lecturer; for which service said
Lecturers shall be compensated as follows:
! For organizing new Oranges, the fees now
established by law; for each active Grange
/ lectTed, 75c., to be paid by the Grange
1 when lectured and take duplicate receipts
for the same, one to be sent to the Score
tary of the State Grange; and he shall not
receive pay for more than two lectures to
each Grange in the year. For .reorganiz-
ing Oranges, fee Of S., to be paid by the
Grange when reorganized; and all the fees
and dues of said Grange, from the time OF
recognizing up to the meeting of the next
State Grange, to be paid to the Lecturer
by the Grange, the receipt for which shall
be sent to the Secretery of the State
Grange as the. fees and dues of said
Grange recognized. ae
1t snail be the duty of each Lecturer to
report quarterly to the Secretary of the
State Grange the name and number of all
the Oranges visited, organized and reor-
| ganized by him, and the amount Of money
received from each. 7. E. GRAY, =
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