The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04
No,,a pa.;aa,oa. Member of No.
Grange =. Sh's.

The subscribers will agree upon time
and place of meeting, and, at the time and
place appointed will elect a temporary
Chairman and Secretary, and should then
vote TO form themselves into Co-opera-
tive Association under the name of the
............ Cooperative Association of the
Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, No.
$500, in the State of ............... -.
The subscribers should then become in
corporated, in accordance with the laws of
the State.
The members the Association'will vote
I. To adopt the Rules for Cooperative
Associations, as recommended by the Ma
tional Grange:
,. To determine the number of Directors;
3. To determine the number of Auditors;
4. To proceed to the election of officers.
The permanent officers having been cleo
ted by ballot, the Association will then vote
I. To designate the Office and place of
business of the Associations;
J. To limit the amount of capital Of the
Associations;
;. To designate the times and places for
the meetings of the Association and of the
Directors;
4. To adopt seal;
(. To assign to officers such salaries as
may ne deemed proper.
The Directors will require security to be
given, in accordance with Rule 20.
The Treasurer will then receive all mo-
ney due for shares, and will deliver to each
shareholder a certificate signed by the
Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, as
follows:
CERTIFICATE OF SHARE NO. ......
COOPERATIVE AssoCtATION No. e"
Order of the Patrons of Husbandry in the
State of
Organized NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 49,. Shares, S. 90
This certifies that ....... 500. of .............
and member of Grange, No. 80, in the State
of.............. is the owner of Share No. 80, in
the capital of ............ Cooperative AssOcia-
ton, No. ..s, of the Order of Patrons of Hus-
bandry, in the State of ........., subject to the
rulings of the Association.
Witness our hands and the seal of the Asso,
citation, his -. day of ............, 49,.
..............., Chairman.
LIS. .......,....................,., Secretary.
............................., Treasurer.
This certificate should not be delivered
until the share shall be- paid for, in cash, to
The Treasurer.
The Secretary and Treasurer should
each keep a record of the certificates, to-
gether with all transfers of the same,
The Directors should then appoint one
or more of their number to make such pur-
chases for the Association as the Directors
may authorize, and should also select suit
able persons to act as statesmen, and should
assign to them such duties and conpensa-
ton as the Directors may think fit.
The purchases may be made through the
State purchasing agent, or in the nearest
and best market, where the goods can be
obtained at wholesale rates: and Co ope-
rative Associations will find it to be much
to their advantage to combine their pur-
chases and cooperate as much as possible
with all Cooperative Associations in their
vicinity.
The Direstors should have printed on
good stiff pasteboard a number of checks,
about as follows, for each 81 900 anticipa-
ted business: &C., 5000; &c, 1000; SC,
1000; Ioc., 1000; 25c., 600; SOC, 400;
$500, 200; $1,000, 100.
The trade-cheCks should be from two to
three inches long and about one inch wide,
as follows: