Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-17
Maslin, on behalf of the committee, re-
ported as follows:
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'LAN OF ORGANIZATION.

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order 10 develop the resources of a country
or district of country, and to attract to it 4
desirable class of immigration, an organ
lied effort of the citizens of such country
or district is necessary; and whereas, the
counties OF Amaior Butte Coiusa, r.
Dorado, LaSsen, Lake, Modoc, Nevada
Placer, Plunas, Sacramento, Sierra, Shasta
Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity
| YOlo, and Yuba possess an unity OF inter
est and should work in harmony there
fore be it resolved
/. That an association IS hereby formed
which shall be known as the Immigra-
ton Association of Northern California.
1t shall he under the control and direction
OF 4 Board of Directors, TO be composed OF
one Director from each Of the above coun-
ties, and an additional Director from the
city of Sacramento, or OF such counties as
| shall continue in the organization. 10 bs
appointed as hereinafter provided. The
! Board of Directors shall Immediately or
ganize by the election of such officers and
the adoption Of such rules and regulations
Tor It's own government as il shall from
time to time deem exPedient
,. In each county OF this district there
| shall be q sub-dssociatiOn formed. to Co-
operate with and further the general Ob-
jects of this association.
3. The Directors OF this association for
the FIRST three months shall be as follows
To be filed. Amador county w. NJ Bow
ers (Oroyiliel, Butte county; VIII :.
Green lCUlusaL Coiusa county; George C..
Blanchard PiacsryiNel, FL Dorado county
| H. G. Boggs, Lake county; To be flied.
! LasSen county: to be iillcd ModoC county
to be filled, Nevada county; J. \. Filcher
| Auburn. Placer county; to be filled.
| Plumas county; \. D. Ridrout and Joseph
| Stettens. Sacramento county; c. Q. Bush
| 'Reddingl Shasta county; T. kincaid
! Downer ,Downievillef Sierra county: 4.
! II. Denney lCalahans Ranch}, SiSkiyou
county ". B. Parker tVacayillel, So ano
county; George Ohleyer GuUa city,, Sulter
! county, Chas. Cadwa,ader, Tehama coun-
| ": c. w. Craig Weaverville}. Trinity
county; A. 3. Blowers ,WoodlandG Yolo
county; w. II. Parks .MarysyiIiel, YUha
county. LThe above names were chosen
subsequent 10 the adoption ofthe rep0rt]
i. At the first meeting of each county
| organization one Director shall be elected
whose term shall he for one year, and COM
mence for the first term at the expiration
Ofthe term of his predecessor herein named.
5. The central Office of this association
shall be in the city Of Sacramento. All
members of the local association are mem
bers Of this general organization.
g. Itis recommended that each county
in this district. where no local organization
exists, hold meetings simmediately to perfect
the local organizations. Where such asso-
ciatiOn now exists they become members
Of the general organization upon notice
thereof to the Secretary of the Board Of
Directors.
l. Each county organization shall make
its own provisions in regard to member
ship and in the manner OF collecting intor-
nation, and money to defray expenses. All
information concerning thereSOurceS OF the
district shall be edited, printed and dlSTib-
uted by the central association.
8. For the providing for general expenses
the Board Of Directors shall have power to
call upon each of the county organizations
for such pro rata of the same as in its iudg
ment may be just All other matters per-
tanning 10 the development Of the resources
of the district shall be left to the discretion
and judgment Of the Board of Directors.
Supervisor Smith moved 5hat the report
be adopted
Mr. Walker was not clear as 10 the pro-
portion Of expenses 10 he borne by the
counties, and thought that some counties
might want to make special efforts, for
which it would not be lust to ask other
counties to bear part of the expense.
Mr. Masin explained that there was
nothing to prevent county making as
elaborate publication at It's own cost as
it pleased. and re-read the report Of the
committee.
Mr Walker expressed himself satisfied
with the explanation, but thought that the
matter might have been made 4 little
| clearer in tie report.
REMARKS b. JUDGE HALE.
Judge Hale. of Placer. said: I recognize
| the importance of the suggestion made by
| the gentleman who raised this point of
! objection, and it ought TO be well under
! stood by this Convention. / think it is
not open to the real objection which is in
| his mind. An analysis of the report of the
! committee would show that this matter
| has been thought of and provided for by
the committee in this report as
| it has been suggested by Mr.. Mas
| lin. The duty of this central asso-
! citation is not simply to take all that may
| be furnished even by the county associa-
| tons because it Is expressed that it is its
! duty TO edit. It is to make out a report
! for the dissemination for the general in
/ formation to influence emigration, and the
mode and manner of II is in the discretion
| of that central board. The material and
! the elements Of which it is formed are
furnished by the district or county ass0cia-
| tons; but suppose. as might happen from
mistake Of Judgment, that some counties
! should transcend the limits of reason
able display or of detail This central
! board would not be bound to take the
whole of that and take ii with the report
! in lis employment OF the word edit, but
! because individuals to have the idea and to
reserve the right 10 selecting, Of digesting
| Of cOlming such suggestions Is the Board,
| from this general mass of material, shall
! deem proper to edit, to print and TO dissem-
| mate, and then as TO The cause, the matter
was discussed in the committee. WeCOuid
! not devise. we could not fOrCsee any plan
| by which you could determine g rule OF
! taxation for the purpose of raising the nee
/ essary revenue to dGfray the expenses OF
| This organization. We therefore came To
| the conclusion TO leave it for experience tG
determine. and TO clothe this Board of Di-
rectors with full and plenary power to deal
with it equitably and justly, in the
light of such development as would
arise in the course Of their experience, Sc
that while there is no rule by which we are
tG determine whether one cannot show tho
proportion Of this aggregated expense will
be borne by the several counties, it is lef
for the Board to determine, and the BoarC
| being made up of one member from each
county. ana preventing any chance for un-
fair dealing, and that Board being thus con
stituted and enlightened by the current ex-
perience to the time of their action they
will be better able to determine that mat
ter than we could Now, this is really 9
new subject. The committee, l think you
will recognize, Mr., Chairman, were dwelling
with a subject that in measure they
knew nothing of; at least, it was so tC
some | know This was new experience
and thing that several of US found it tht
same way But think that the conclusion
which that committee reaches is the cor
rect one that while its purpose should bt
broad and comprehensive, all that was in
tended and can be suhseryed by the estab
lishment of such a central association, an(
that as this is designated :" The Immigra
grafton Society Of Northern California, we
io not leave it there; we designate the por
tons of California which We call northern
California. We provide for a representa-
ton from each one ofthese several counties
and we then further provide tha
this organization had its institution
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