Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-29

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called mon. advise the Executive Council ana
the Association relative TO such questions Ne
appertaiu TO their respective Offices
SIC. z. Auditfno Committee. The President
In January OF each year shall appoint eh
Auditing Committee of three members 20 ex-
anime and report on the Treasurer's accounts,
to be submitted at the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VII.
FINANCES.
SECTION 1. All bills shall be audited and pay
ment ordered by the Executive Council, and
disbursements made by checks signed by the
President or one OF the Vice Presidents, ana
countersigned by the Treasurer.
SRc Q IL shall be the duty OF the Finance
Committee 20 solicit subscriptions from mem
beers of the Association and from others for
the purpose of establishing fund for special
sanitary purposes. to be expended under the
direction OF the Executive Council, this fund
to be kept separate from all others.
SEC s. The funds of this Association shall
not be appropriated for any purpose other
than those set forth in these bylaws LSee Ar
ticle L
Members of committees failing to attend
a meeting when notified shall forfeit and
nav TO the use OF this Association one dollar
for each default, unless a satisfactory excuse
be made to the committee OF which he is
ARTICLE TX.
RULES OF ORDER
/. A quorum being present the President shall
take the chair, and on a call TO order, the
members shall take their seats and proceed to
business, avoiding all private conversation.
2. 1T all the meetings of the Association. or
of the Executive Council, the Secretary
shall enter the names OF the members present
on the minutes; and shall furnish the chairman
of each committee with copy Of the resolu-
ton whereby he was appointed.
g. Every member who speaks shall rise and
address the Chair. No person shall speak more
than twice on the same subject, unless by per-
mission or by way of explanation. Members
deviatng from the subject shsll be immedi-
ately called to order
A. All motions shall be made in writing, and
be signed by the member making the same,
and no DEBATE shall be permitted except on a
motion regularly made and seconded, and
stated from the Chair. member, however,
shall not be prevented from prefacing any
proposition he may be about to make.
5. Every motion made in writing shall be
read by the mover in his place previously to
6 The President shall be the Judge of all
questions of order and may call the trans
crossing members to order as often as they
shall infrir ge the rules OF the Association; but
any member so called to order may explain
himself. and may appeal to the meeIing,
and if seconded in such appeal, the members
present shall decide.
a. No business before the meeting shall
be interrupted, except bv motion for the pre-
vious question, postponement or adjournment
and such motion shall preclude amendment or
decision Of the original subject until such mo-
ton shall be disposed of; but the previous
question shall not be moved by less than four
members
s. member may call for the division Of a
question when the sense will admit it.
9. No member, after appearing at a meeting,
shall withdraw without leave from the Presi-
dent.
the discussion Of party political questions,
national or State, shall be entertained by the
presiding officer, and no member shall be al
lowed to infringe upon this rule in debate
| upon any question. 1t is the determined
| policy OF this Association to preserve its
character as a strictly non-political body.
ARTICLE x
ALTERATIONS OF THE BYLAWS.
None Of the bylaws of the Association shall
| be rescinded, or altered, nor any new ones
rlnada llraIeas inritv of tuun- thirds OF