The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-01-13
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bonds which the secretary and treasurer
should be required 10 furnish, should
be fixed by the executive board.
Secretary Chapman laid before the
meeting the three proposed constitu.
tional amendments, as follows:
"That Article third be so amended as
to read as follows:
Breeders OF nerino sheep may be-
come members of this Association by
making application to the secretary,
signing the constitution themselves or
iDstructing the secretary to do the same
and paying into the treasury the sum
of two dollars annually, unless abated
in whole or in part for any year by
vote of the Association at the annual
meeting; bnt no one may be finally
enrolled as a member without he has
the approval of the committee on pcdi-
grees, or If resident of some other
state than Vermont, the approval of the
assistant committees of such state, if
there be such committee appointed for
the state In which he resides. (Others
than breeders may become constitution
al members with such privileges and
subject to such conditions as may be
provided by bylaws of the Association
or rules adopted by the Executive
Board.)
That Article fourth be 30 amended as
to read as follows:
be elected annually at the yearly meet
ing of the Association to be held the
second Wednesday of each year, at
such places as the executive board
shall determine. Said officers shall be
president, two Independents, q Sec
rotary, a treasurer, and four directors,
and these nine officers shall constitute
the Executive Board for the manage
meht of the affairs of the Association,
There shall also be a committee of
three on pedigrees, and this committee
may appoint ASSISTANT COMMITTEES in
such states outside of Vermont as the
Association may have members with
focks recorded. Tho duties and pow
ers of such assistant committees shall
be defined by the bylaws or by the
rules rs adopted by the Executive
Board, and their decisions shall be
subject to the approval of the commit
tee on pedigrees. All the officers shall
hold their offices for one year or until
their successors are elected or appoint
ed. Vacancies in any Office of the As
ISOLATION by resignation, removal, dis
ability or death, may be filled by
nomination by the president, subject to
approval of two-thirds of the Executive
Board.
That Article eight BIZ so amended as
to read as follows:
Parties that may feel aggrieved at
any decision of the committee on pedi-
grees shall have the right to appeal
from such decision within thirty days
from the time the secretary shall notify
them of such decision, under such reg
ulations as shall be provided for in the
bylaws of the Association. The presi-
dent, vice-president and four directors
shall constitute the board of appeals,
and any five of such board shall have
full power to try and decide cases on
appeal and their decisions shall be
final"
He moved that the proposed amend
ment to the third article DO adopted
with the exception of the clause at the
END enclosed in parenthcses. Pending O
vote on this motion, recess was taken
for dinner.
At the re-assembling in the after.
noon, o communication was read from
the Commissioner of Agriculture, DR.
Geo. d. Loring, inviting the Association
to send delegate to the agricultural
convention now holding at Washington
under the auspices of the department
OF agriculture, who should read Z
paper on Merino Sheep Breeding
The lateness of the day rendering thu
acceptance of the invitation impossible
the secretary was instructed to thaEl
DR.. Loring and explain the circum
stances.
The consideration of the proposed
amendments was then resumed. Mr.
Chapman's amendment was rejected
and they we're then adopted unani
mously.
/ Mr.. John A. Child, of Weybridge
raised doubt as to the validity of TIT
bonds, which it had been voted should
be required of the secretary and treas.
urer, because the Association was notau
incorporated body. Mr.. Charles NJ.
Wilds, of Middlebury (of the firm Of
Stewart Il Wilds), being present, was
asked by the president to give an opin.
ion upon that point. He said that 4
bond running TO the president, for in
stance, would undoubtedly be valid
but to apply the remedy in case of de
fault night involved some difficulty
inasmuch as it would be necessary L
make each member of the Association 8
plaintiff.
After some discu ssion, ON motion o.
Mr.. Lyman W. Peet, of Cornwall, thu
annual fee of two dollars for each mem
Der was abated for the ensuing year
and IL was voted that the second volum,
OF the Register should be furnished Il
members in good standing for moth
ing.
Mr.. John A. Child moved that tb,
salary of the secretary for the ensuing
year should be $500. Secretary Chap
man opposed this and said that tn,
duties of the Office made 1t necessary
for him TO employ such clerical fore,
that $4,000 was little enough. On mo
ton of Mr.. Cassius P. Crane, of Bird
port, the secretary's salary was fixed a
$4,000.
Mr.. Charl es M. Wilds, by invitation
then addressed the Association in be
half OF Mr.. George T. Dimmick, o
Cornwall, who was expelled from th,
Association in the fall of 1880, by vot,
of the executive board, after he hae
been acquitted by the committee OF