Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-13

At the last meeting Of Garfield Post No.
3, held Tuesday evening, September 4th.
the following amendments to the bylaws
were submitted:
Amendment to article TX: Section 8.
Where comrade In good standing resides
more than three miles from the Post, and 10
rendered incapable, through sickness or &C.
cident,of attending his usual occupation, he
shall betitled to the usual benefits granted
by the Post. upon application to the near.
est able-bodied comrade, whose duty It
shall be, when 90 notified, to summon two
other comrades residing within . radius Of
three miles from the corhrade, and these three
shall constitute an auxiliary relief com
mittee pro tem., with the privilege Of exer-
cising all the powers anc duties OF the Post
relief committee, and the action Of said
committee, II in compliance with the rules
and regulations Of the order, shall be bind
ing on the Post. Prosidsd. tina: statement
Of the case, and benefits granted, be report
ed in detail to the chairman Of the relief
committee within i've days from the date
when benefits have been granted. and like
wise when said benefits cease; the same to
he reported to the Post by the chairman Of
the relief committee at the irst regular
meeting after the report has been received.
Section Z. In case OF the death Of COM
rade, whose residence and place Of burial
IL distant more than three miles from the
Post, 1t shall be the duty Of the comrade
residing nearest to him to notify all COM
rades residing within n radius Of three miles
Of deceased, to attend the funeral, except
in case the comrade died of some contagious
or infectious disease, and the Post may ap-
propriate such sum as It may deem necessa-
ry to defray the expenses Of such expenses.
Section 8. 1t shall be the duty Of the Post
to give decent burial to any deceased SOL
dier OF war Of the rebellion not q member
Of the e. A. R., or to q comrade not in good
standing, who dies In destitute circum.
stances, within three miles Of the Post, but
the funeral expenses SO incurred shall not
exceed the sum OF 90, to be paid out Of the
funds of the Post.
The funeral expenses Of o deceased COM
rade in good standing, when paid from the
funds of the Post, shall not exceed the sum
OF s4e.
Amendment to article VIII: Section 1. In
the fifth line 10 read: Whose duty 1t shall
be to visit all sick or disabled comrades re-
siding within three miles of the Post.
Amendment to article XII: Substitute In
the second line 'sfirst" for ''last' SO rs to
read: 1.-The election Of officers Of this Post
shall take place at the first regular meeting
in December Of each year,
Substitute the following for section II,
article XII: Any member Of this Post who
is In arrears for more than six months dues
shall be suspended from benefits for three
months after paying said dues; ifin arrears
for more than nine months, he shall be sus-
pended from benefits for six months after
paying said dues, and il in arrears for more
than one year, he shall be considered de-
serter, and be expelled.
Section 13. No comrade who 10 more than
six months In arrears at the time his sick
ness commences shall be entitled to receive
benefits during such sickness, and II he be
more than six months in arrears at the time
OF his death, the Pest shall not pay funeral
expenses to exceed the sum Of go.