Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-04-09
Constitution OF the Tax Payers Union Of
StntsmAn County, Dakota.
PREAMBLE.

/ Stntsman County, Dakota.
i; PREAMBLE.
In order to insure more perfect ad-
4 ministration IN our municipal affairs; TO
promote the general welfare and prosper
lty OF the city; to protect citizens as far
as possible against the evils of careless or
corrupt legislation; to effect the prom pt
enforcement and execution of the law !;
to foster and encourage all enterprises
necessary and calculated to develop and
extend our business and commercial in
terests; 10 protect and maintain onr credit
at home and abroad; to secure as low
taxation as is consistent with good gov
eminent; to secure such legislation as
the interest Of the city and county may
from time TO time require; to arouse mere
widely extended interest IN our municipal
legislation and administration to correct
existing abuses and to prevent their fu-
turc recurrence; and believing that 10
secure these ends, organized and united
action is necessary, we, tax payers in
Stptsman county, have formed this union
and for It's government have established
this constitution.
|. ARTICLE
Sec. l. The name of this union shall
be "The Tax Payers Union OF Stutsman
County,"
Sec. 2 Tho general purposes OF this
Union shall be those act forth in the pre-
amble to this constitution, employing
such means to execute these purposes as
this union may from time to time adopt
ARTICLE II.
Sec l. The officers of this union shall
consist of a president. two vice presidents,
secretary and treasurer, whose term of
office shall be for the period of one year
respectively from the time of their cleo.
ton or appointment. and shall hold their
Offices until their successors are elected
and qualified
Sec. 2. The president shall preside at
all the meetings of the association, and
shall perform all the duties ordinarily in
cldent to the Office In the absence of
the president one of the vice presidents
shall f1ll his place.
Sec. 3 rhe secretary shall have the
custody of the books, papers and docu-
ments Of the association, and shall keep
full and correct record of its proceed
lngs; shall collect the annual dues of
members, and pay the same over to the
treasurer; and shall perform such other
duties as the association may at any time
order. He shal! be entitled to such COM
| rensation as the executive committee may
determine.
Sec 4. The treasurer shall receive the
moneys of the association they shall be
paid out by him upon the warrant OF the
president, as may be ordered by the exec
utive committee. lie shall keep full
and correct account of all such mont vs.
received and paid out by him.
ARTICLE III.
Sec. !. Any person who pays tax on
real or personal property within the city
Of jamestown or county OF Stutsman may
foecome member Of this union by sign
ing these articles and paying member
| ship fec OF one dollar.
ARTICLE ".
Sec. l. AT the annual mt citing of the
union which shall be held on the third
Tuesday in January in each year, there
snail be elected from the association 20
persons as the executive committee fer
the ensuing year, provided that at least
ten members Of such committee shall be
chosen from the larger tax payers of the
| county.
Sec. 2. The executive committee shall
from their own number elect a president
and two vice presidents of the association;
they shall also appoint from the members
of the union, the secretary and treasurer
for this union. In this executive CON-
mittee and Its officers shall be vested the
power of administrator for this union.
Sec 8. 1t shall be the duty of the ex.
ecutive committee to submit 10 the mem.
bers of the union at It's annual meeting
report showing all the transactions of
the union and the fiscal year of the
union shall terminate on the third Tues
day OF January of each year.
Sec. 4 1t shall be the duty Of the ex-
ecutlve committee:
lst, To provide for the raising Of funds
to defray all necessary and legitimate ex
penses of this association.
2nd, To provide suitable hall in which
the meetings of the union shall be held.
Sd, To prepare such rules, regulations
and bylaws for the association as they
deem necessary, and report the same to q
regular meeting of the union for action.
4th, To fill any vacancies IN Office
which may occur by death, resignation or
otherwise.
5th, To make special investigation
when any ten members of the union sign
q communication to them; and whenever
twenty members of the union shall re
quest vote of the whole union on any
matter the same shall be submitted to
them by mail ty the secretary on printed
slips, and majority of the votes of the
whole membership voting will decide the
matter for the executive committee, pro-
vlded that majority OF the entire mem.
bershlp OF the nnion shall vote on the
question.
9Th, And generally to employ such
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mote the interests of this union and ad
vance the purposes for which it is organ
lzed.
ARTICLE V.
Sec l. Each member of this union
shalt pledge his honor not to vote for any
candidate for the city council, or for any
CITY or county office who will not MED pe