Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-04-24

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choose its own presiding officer and such other
officers as it may deem expedient, settle its
own rules of proceeding, judge of the cleo
ton, qualification, and return of its members;
shall punish them for disorderly conduct, and, I
with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel |
member
Section 7. The Farmers Assembly shall be |
clothed with the power and duty of consider |
ing, adopting, and recommending to the peo-
pie of Virginia and to the legislative and ex-
ecutive departments of the State government
all such measures as they may deem of inter-
est or benefit to the agriculturists.
Section s. The Farmers Assembly from
and after it's first meeting shall elect the men,
bers of the State Executive Committee two of
whom shall be taken from each congressional
district.
Section 8. The Farmers Assembly shall
annually elect twelve members to the Farmers
Congrefs of the United States.
Articze IV.-County Organization.
Section l. There shall be appointed in the
manner hereinbefore directed a county COM
mittee for each county and city of the State;
such committee to be composed of two mem
bers from each magisterial district of county
and each ward of city, to hold Office for the
term of two years.
Section 2. The County Committee shall
select its own chairman, and shall have charge
of all executive business pertaining to the ends
proposed to be accomplished by this organi-
cation within their respective counties and
cities.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the chair
man of the Executive Committee of each
county and city to preside over the meetings
| to elect delegates to the Farmers Assembly,
and as such chairman he shall furnish to each
member certificate of his election,
Section 4. II shall be the duty of the Exec
utive Committee of each county and city to
collect, by voluntary contribution, funds nee
essary to carry on The business of this organi-
cation. One half of the funds SO collected by
each committee shall be turned over to the
| State Executive Committee to be used for pub
fishing the proceedings of the Farmers As
sembly and other necessary purposes, the
| other half to be used by the respective county
or city committees to be by them applied to
the objects proposed to be accomplished by
this organization
| Section 5. 1t shall be the duty of the
| County and City Executive Committees to ap-
point a secretary and treasurer, to have charge
of the funds collected keep account of the
same, and disburse them on the order of The
com mittee.
| A2ticle V.-Am1e7a9noeaatS to Constitution.
Section l. Amendments to this constitution
may be proposed at any regular session of the
| Farmers Assembly, and if agreed to shall be
publishes and at the next regular session OF
the Farmers Assembly held after general
election of members may be adopted by two
| thirds vote of the members elected.
THE LEGISLATURE ASKED FOR A SCHOOL
OF TECHNOLOGY.
The Committee on Education reported
series of resolutions which did not salts
fly the practical mind of the convention.
Their report proposed that in each public
school an hour day should be devoted te
something that could be done, and SO il
discarded the commlttee's report and
adopted substitute memorlalizing the
legislature to establish School of Tech
nology.
| SAT DOWN UPON.
The experiment of introducing reso
luton in a body Of Virginia farmers
favorlng a tariff for revenue only, was
tried by delegate. Remarks were made
by some members who wanted free til de
and some who wanted protection, and the
end was that the tariff for revenue only
resolution was laid On the table, by vote
of go to So.
AN EXHIBITION HALL.
The following resolution, introduced by
Mr.. John L, Hurt, was adopted:
ResoJued That the General Assembly OF
Virginia be earnestly requested to appro-
pirate sufficient sum Of money to build
State exhibition hall in the city Of Rich
mond for the benefit of the citizans Of the
State, provided the said city Will furnish
al accessible lot free of cost.
THE ''yALLER DOG" NUISANCE.
| Mr.. Hatcher offered the following:
That the Convention earnestly requests
select committee of the State Agricui-
ural Convention to memorialZa the Leg
lslature OF Virginia with regard to the
general law Of enclosures, so as to take
sheep and hogs from the list therein emu
merated as requiring q legal fence.
Also to devise some general plan for the
protection of sheep by taxing dogs CT COM
polling their owners, under proper penal
| ties, to control them at night; and to be
personally responsible. for all damages
| committed by them; also to enact laws to
control local taxation within proper
bounds.
MIR. Hatcher spoke at length and with
humor in support Of his resolution. He
said we had dog-taX once. and negro
got in the Legislature and the tax was re-
pealed. He cited case in his neighbor-
hood where negro was either buying or
stealing corn to raise dogs to depredate on
his sheep. Mr.. Ratcher's resolution was
| 96nnf0H 9r6 q cpooinl oc
was appointed the memorialize the legis-
lature.
| THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SELECTED.
The following is the body selected be-
fore the convention adjourned and in
which all the powers of that organization
reside until the next, and first meeting of
the Farmers Assembly:
First Distrlct-James 2. Corbin. Caro-
line. and Dr.. w. +. Bland, King and
| Queen.
Second Dstric5-Henry Waring, Charles
City; and David Shriver, Nansemond.
! Third DlStricJ-N ormand Smith, Hen
rico, and f. Guy, Chesterfield.
Fourth Dlstrict-T. f. Rives, Dinwid-
die, and e. B Goode, Meckenburg.
Fifth District-J. j. Wilkinson, Pitt
sylvania. and James 2. Critz, Patrick.
Sixth DlsGrict--Thomas Fauntleroy,
Campbell. and W. Taylor Thorn, Roa-
noke
Seventh District-a. L. D. Lewis,
Clarke, and Fl. L. Lyman, Albemarle.
Eighth District-W. B. Lynch, Lou
don, and James L Stringfellow, Culpeper.
Ninth District-R. E. Withers, Wythe,
and John M Preston, Smyth.
Tenth Disgrict-Joel w. Flood, Apo
mattoX, and G. Julian Pratt. Augusta