Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Second DAYS Proceedings Of the Land
Mems Convention.
ooiet Kentucky wcdding-Shot by
Unknown Parties.
rwo Unfortunate Printers - Pooling
With the Monkeys.

p.lI.s december lO.--The lana men
r.o.oemhled in convention this morn
mo nj the city hall. The conlniittee
,n drnft n constitution reported, pre-
facing their proposed constitution with
she following preamble:
"Whereas, The organization OF the
rrominent land met of Texas into II
,tote association will result IN great
ond pernianent benefit to the members
shereof. first, by assisting in the EN-
rnuracement of immigration; second,
INV securing strict integrity. IN all
transactions pertaining 90 the pur-
chaee or sale of real property
i'm this state, whether in'iivldu -, m
corporation or fund; third, tn" r'll en
ioynent of its exclusive Use; fourth, to
facilitate the transfers of real property,
The following constitution Is adopIci:
Article 1.-The name of this associa-
ton shall be the Texas Real Estate as
ISOLATION. -,
Article 2.-rhe principal office shall
he located ut Dallas until otherwise Or
der,d by the association.
Article 3.--Section 1.-The busi-
ness of the association shall be
transacted by II board of d.
rectors of not less than five
nor more that fifteen, minority of
whom shall constitute quorum.
Section 1.-The officers. shall con
stitule OF "a president ana three vice
presidents, Il treasurer ana secretary,
and such other officers aud agents rs
the association may determine. The
president aud Vice-president shall DC
m, mhers Of the board of directors.
section 1.-THE directors and officers
. l...
inc of the stockholders, and shall
hold office one year, or until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified,
Section i.-Should n vacancy nccu
I'm any office, the board of
directors shall fill the same pro tenn.
Section THE treasurer and such
other officers and agents as handle
funds or property belonging To this as
ISOLATION shall giveapproved bond, in
such amount as the directory may re-
quire. >,
he admitted as member of this assO-
citation who Is not n dealer in real es-
tate OF agent.
Section There shall he commit
tee on admission, to consist OF three
lnembers, to whom shall lie
membersl in aud all applications
of suspended members for readmis-
sion. and if said committee report
favorabiy thr applicant may oe elected |
n member Ivy u majority vote OF the |
directory, when ii shall be the duty of
the secretary TO notify each member OF !
the election nf the new member.
Section 3-No person or firm shall |
hlt m !
ship In this association. and each |
vote only, either in person or by writ
ten proxy to some member OF the assl-
citation.
Section 4. The price of membership
shall until ninety days after the adop-
ton OF this constitution, be five hun
dred dollars, To be paid In inslallments
of five dollars per month; after that
time it shall br one thousand dollars,
to be paid in installments of ten dol
lars per month
The convention was IN session un-
Til dark, accomplishing nothing
further than the consideration of the
constitutions. which is only
ID ,ut one-half adopted ~ above re-
ported. In order that some of the
i lcgates might leave for home to-
Al. hit, the following was adopted rs IL
BART of article eight:
In towns or couuties of live thousand
inhabitants or less, there shall be but
me member of this association, eX-
,ept by the consent Of the member or
members already existing in said
owns or counties.
Adorned till a. m. tomorrow.
The convention will probably finish
ts labors and adjourn by tomorrow
light. 1t is evident that the $4,000
worth of property qualification of
proposed by j. s. Daugherty
of Dallas last night will
not he adopted, but that
all real estate men of good business
standing and integrity will be admit
ted; also that the association will be
chartered 10y the state.
The herd law question will be n |
prominent topic In to-morrow's pro- |
ceedings. and the indications are that |
II strong lobby committee will be sent !
to Austin during the extra session of |
The legis allure in January.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS j. II. Hind |
man of Kentucky was married to- |
night 10 Mrs. Fannie NJ. Rainey, for
Inerly of Franklin, KY, AT the resi-
dence of her brother, eX-Mayor j. w.
Crowdus, In this city. The wedding
was very quiet, pleasant sort of
family affair, only II few near friends
and relations of the bride and groom
being present. Mr., and Mrs. Hind,
man leave for Kentucky on Friday
next, as Mr.. Hindman finds it neces-
sary to he present ut the assembling of
the state legislature.
w. G. johnson was shot severely
through the right foot last night while
going hcme,sy unknown parties, who
made their escape.
Sweeny, n printer, disputing about
extras ON II board bill which he was
paying, was tonight thrown out of |
Woods hotel and had his leg broken.
He was removed to another boarding |
house aud had the fractured limb set.
Harper. Herald printer, while
looking at the animals In the zoolog-
ical garden tonight, became too inii-
mate with the monkeys and had the
iora-finger on his right hand removed.
lie Will put sub ON his cases until he
can pick type with his second finger.
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