The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-05-19
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
A Good Meeting Last Night.
The Board Get Down to
Business
And are Prepared for Solid Work
in the Future.

Pursuant to adjournment the board OF
trade met at the circuit court rooms last
night, and in spite of the heavy storm there
was good attendance.
The meeting was called to ordsr by Presi-
dent Z. u. Taylor, woo stated the hrst busl-
ness In order was the reception of the
report OF the committee on membership.
The secretary read the report OF the
committee. as follows; Your COMMITTEES
OF five, TO whom was referred the matter OF
new membership, beg leave to report that
they do lot deem the organic atom of .
new board nece ssary, as the old board IS
sIill In existence and has q constitutional
quorum of members. They further recon-
mend that the names of the following per-
sons be enrolled among the member
ship.
The names of those offered at the previ-l
Gus meeting, together with number OF
others we're read.
The committee also reported that the Old
board had so far suspended the rules as to
permit all new members to become full|
and sctive members of the board, and read
the following resolution:
Resolved, That section of rule z, OF ths
general rules of this association be altered
end amended by inserting in said section
beginning at the word dollars, in lire
page z, the following words, to-wit: o.
such por ion thereof as may be dets rmine<
by the board of directors at any rsgulaI
called meeting of the board, the remainde
OF said membership fee to be paid in sue
sum or sums and at such times as may
termined by the board of directors.
On motion the report Of the comm;t.e
was approved.
A resolution was read and adopted prd
yiding that all such approved applicants
| furnished their certificates of msmbersh
ON signing the roll and paving the fee
$500, and that all old members holdin
certificates be requested TO present them
order to renew their membership ard q
! rollnent on the new rol.
| The amendment presented by the o.
board to its bylaws was then read by II
secretary.
Mr.. Smith was opposed to the install
ment plan of paying The s. membership &
aud insisted that the initiation fee at wha
ever figure set should be paid in iull at Z
| time of admission.
Mr. Demuth, in order to bring the matt
before the house, moved the adop ion
the resolution.
Mr.. Meyers thought the fee very 10
He could remember when st. Louis wss
large than Sedalia and the fee there q
$40 but as it was the desire of the board
interest everybody he ,nought it might
we'll to reduce the S. fee here.
| Mr.. Spray moved that the resolution
referred back TO the board OF directors VI
a recommendation that they insert in Ii
of s. the sum of $3.50.
Mr. Sampson suggest that If they We
going to reduce this thing down to gee
every body, we had better reduce il down
the admission price of circus. His ID
was that S. was little enough, if man
not interested to the amount of S., he
not think be would prove very use
member.
Mr.. Sprays motion was put, yeas 8, n
IA. Lost.
The motion to approve the recommen
ton of the committee was then put
carried. Yeas II, NAYS 8.
A long roll of additional applications
membership was then presented and d
by the secretary which was referred to
committee on membership. The board
directors then held q conference and
cided that the smonnt to be paid down
81 so and that the secretary have 81
cient number of pos al card notices prin
to notify all members of the board ther
On motion it was ordered the secret
have 400 such cards printed immediat
The president appointed Jno. L.
treasurer pro tenn. and number of nj
bers paid their fees.
Itwas announced that there would
meeting of the board of directors at
secretary's Office Monday evening
o'clock.
On motion the meeting adjourned
iect 10 the call of the president