Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-19

I FlgnLlMg HgAIflsL ptTpttUulIUH
| in our-land of n most degraded system of Mon
| golian slavery. Fighting as We are for
the careful preservation of Republic
whose free soil no slave should tread,
| let us hope that the day is not far distant
when, by the careful and united effort of a
united people, we may, with the firing of can
non, the sound of joyful music the tread of
| happy citizens in long procession, and amid
general festiyity and rejoicing, celebrate the
| day upon which our State will as it were, by
one stroke, and without the loss OF single life,
without the splitting of single drop of human
| blood and without the violation of the least of
| our laws, break the chains and free itself from
, the most degrading system of human slavery
ever known to man. Prolonged cheers.
THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS.
A. S. Hopkins, Secretary of the commit
tee, then read the following:
Declaration adopted at a mass meeting of cti-
zens held at the city of Sacramento, December
| IS, 1855. said meeting having been called by the
| citizens of Sacramento:
We, the citizens OF Sacramento, in mass meet
! ing assembled do hereby agree rs follows:
l. To act as a permanent organization to see
that the Chinese agitation Is kept up, and proper
| laws made and enforced to secure relief from
existing evils brought about by the Chinese III
| our State.
! Q To establish bureaus and agencies for the
| purpose of furnishing domestics to replace Chi
| nese house servants and for the further purpose
4, of securing patronage for women who may reg
| lister their names at said agency and who may
be prepared to do laundrying.
To appoint permanent committees, whose
! duty it shall be to use every effort towards the
| displacement of Chinese now employed in the
various locations and industries by white labor.
CONSTITUTION OF THE CITIZENS ANTI-cHINEsE
! ASSOCIATION OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
Pfeamble-Whereas the Chinese cannot be-
come political factors in the economy of our
| Government. The Chinese do not con ribute TO
! the material prosperity of our common country,
| they neither build houses, encourage the public
hon lgtsta for ~ Hat n
| eminent, sustain the institutions or forms OF
| American civilization, asslmilate with our peo-
| pie, share the burdens of Government or con-
| tribute to the development OF the country, or
| the upbuiding of strong. prosperous, intelligent
! and happy communities. BY their vices, their
personal habits and their adherence to semi
barbarous systems, they are incapacitated to be-
come factors in the physical and intellectual
| composition of q free state. They are alien to
| our entire system of Government. and remain
such, submitting to our laws only under protest,
| and establishing. whenever they can, their own
| tribunals, and enforcing the DEGREES thereof
| in violation of the laws of the land. They en-
courage and constantly practice the most de-
grading forms of human slavery, and by their
vices contaminate our youth wherefore, for the
foregoing, and other r asons of equal force,
which we refrain from reeiting only because OF
their familiarity to the people, and the length
they would entail we do
Res0tpe That the people of the city of Sacra-
mento. here assembled III mass meeting, unite
in forming an organization for the purpose of
lowing Constitution:
The name of this organization "The Citi-
zens Anti-Chinese Association OF Sacramento,
California"
MEMBERSHIP.
All citizens of the United States, or those who
are entitled to become citizens, and who are in
sympathy with the objec and purposes herein.
before set forth, may become members thereof
by signing the constitution.
FEES AND DUES.
Thpre shall no initiation foo IF IN oautS
The monthly dues shall be % cents.
MEETINGS.
Regular meetings shall be held on
each month. Special meetings may be
called by the President or at the reques. of ten
members of the Association.
OFFICERS.
The officers of this Association shall consist of
President, five Vice-P Presidents. Recording
Secretary, a Financial Secretary, Treasurer, and
Sergeant-a Arms.
DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
Section l. The President shall preside over all
meetings of the Association, sign all warrants
drawn on the Treasurer, and appoint all special
committees.
Section2 The Vice-Presidents shall constitute
an Executive Committee, one of whom shall
preside over the meetings of the Association in
the absence of the President. Their duties shall
be TO appoint all standing committees, secure
hall for the use OF the Association, and audit all
bills.
a record of the proceedings of each meeting OF
the Association, attend to all correspondence
make out and eountersign all warrants on the
Treasurer. At the end of his term of Office he
shall deliver to his successor all the books and
papers belonging to his Office.
Section 4: The Financial Secretary shall keep
an accurate account with each member of the
Association, collect all initiation fees and
monthly dues, and Immediately pay the same
to the Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor
At the close of his term of Office he shall deliver
TO his successor all the books and papers belong
ing to his office.
Section s. The Treasurer shall receive all
moneys from the Financial Secretary, and hold
the same subject to warrants drawn upon him
by the President and countersigned by the Re-
cording Secretary At the close Of his term Of
Office he shall render to the Association detailed
statement of the receipts and expenditures of |
the Association for the term, and shall turn
over to his Succ5 ssor all the funds in his hands
together with the books and papers belonging
to his Office He shall furnish bond, the
amount - be determined by the Executive ,
Committee
Sectinn. g The Sergeant-at- Arms shall attend
the door ana aid in preserving order.
Section Z All officers provided for in this con-
s.itution shall serve without compensation, ex-
eept the Secretaries, whose salaries shall be de-
termined by the Executive Committee.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The election of officers of this Association
shall take place at the first regular meeting in
January and July of each year. The officers
shall be elected by ballot: those having the ma
jority of all the votes cast shall be declared
elected.
The officers of this Association shall hold of
fee for the term of six months, or until their
successors are elected. Those officers elected at
the organization of the Association shall con-
tinue in Office until July, 1866.
COMMITTEES.
Section1 Committee on Intelligence Agen-
cies and Bureaus of 1nformation-lt shall be
the duty of this committee to establish such
agencies and bureaus in Sacramento, at q
monthly cost not TO exceed -- per month,
said sum to be paid from the Treasury of this
Association, for the purpose of displacing Chi
nese hous servants and Chinese laGndrymen:
Section >. Committee on Agricultural Labor
1t shall be the duty of this committee TO bring
the Chinese question to the notice of all far
mers, fruit growers and all the Changers organ
izations throughout the county and solicit their
cooperation IN our efforts to do away with the
Chinese labor.
Section 3. Committee on Manual Labor En-
ployed in City and County-It shall be the duty
of this committee to use its influence with bust
ness men and all others who employ Cinnamon
to perform manual labor about their places of
business, to replace them with white labor.
Section A. Committee skilled LabOr-It
shall be the dEty of this committee to at once
see that arrangements and agreements are made
by and between manufactures who employ
skilled Chinese labor and all business men who
handle goods made by Chinese. to displace such
Chinese and Chinese made goods.
Section ,. Committee on MemberShip-A COM
lnttee consisting of seven members shall be APP
pointed in each ward in the city and each Su-
pervisor District in the county. 1t shall be the
duty of these committees to solicit per
sons 70 become members of this Association.
either by personal canvass or otherwise.
Partisan, political and religious discussions
shall not be permitted, nor shall infammatory
or incendiary speeches be allowed ct any meet
ing.
This Constitution may be altered or amended
at any regular meeting OF this Association by
tw0-thirds vote Of the members present; pro-
vided. that written notice of the proposed
amendment be given at a preceding meeting.
To carry out the provisions of the constitu-
ton above written, and the regulations that
we pledge our sacred words and social in
tegrity.
A. Burns offered the following resolu-
ton, which was read and unanimously
adopted
WHEREAS, By an Act of Congress, approved