The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-12-04
organizing for enforcement


Pursuant to adjournment the County
temperance Committee met in the Agr i
cultural Society room i'll Odd Fellow $
/ Hall, this town, Tuesday morning last,
/ Henry II. Brady in the char and AIou It
! T. Kirk secretary.
The committee appointed at the pr :
vjpus meeting to consider and report a
llan tor district organization, consisJir 9
OF AlesSrs. Thomas Warning, George A.
3 AXE, II. II. Torbert and L NJ Haiues,
reported as follows:
shall have a two told character by dis
tricts and by a central organization rep
resentIug the entire county.
In order to secure organization by dis
trcts the three members OF this COM
mittee III each of the nine districts are
requested To organize on Friday, the 17th
of December, 1886, in their several dis
trIcts, a law and order league, upon such
plan aud with such officers, rules, mem
bnrshlp. and ramiticatiors as shall he
deemed nect ssary and suitable to the cir
cumstauces of the respective districts of
our county.
Ine object of such district organic l.
tnnS shall be to aid in the enforcement,
"o- only " the prohibitory law, but of all
law III the county which tend to pro
mote peace, sobrety, good order ard
prosperity among the people of our
cuantJ ana, therefore, it is recommended
that those VINO take part in the torma
ton of such leagues shall have tho CO.
operation, aid and membership of all
pc, sous no believe in the supremacy of
Low aud are opposed to la wiessuess what
ever he It's form. TO tluS enc it Is ear
ntstly recommended that the several
leagues snail appoint strong and fearless
executive committees, to hold office dur
lrg the pleasure of the respective lea
CUES in tie several districts, whose duty
1t shall De to ascertain VT o are guilty OF
violating law (and especially said pro
hlbitory iaw) in the several districts and
to take immediate steps in connection
" it'll the central committee (mentiOned
hereal;erJ to bring such offenders to JUS
tie"
There shall be a county executive COM
mILLee to consist of eleven members
Cone from each of the districts of the
county except the Third and three from
the Third to be chosen from tho men,
berS OF SAID district executive committees
by the members thereof and the mem
bers If the county executive committee,
except in the Third district. shall be e.r-
e1;ct0 chairmen of the district executive
,ratnlrtee in their several districts, but
III the Third district the three members
shall select one of their number who
shall be chairman of the Third district
executive committee.
The County Executive Committee to
he 50 formed shall hold its first meeting
III ElkJnn, Jan. IS 1887, at which meeting
sad County Executive Committee shall
select lts officers and take steps to effect
the ends embraced in this report, al d
Shall thereafter meet at stated times pur-
S'lt-ut To It's adjournment, and always lie
subj ct to be- convened at any time at IL Q
cal OF its chairman.
Tue OH .ct of said County Executive
Comuittee shall be to devise means and
take steps to aid and assist said district
committees to bring to justice the often
ders aforesaid; and to this end said COM
mtrees shall co, operate.
The committee of twenty seven now in
existence Shall continue until salt. lea
CUES and district committees have be. n
formed and until said County Executive
Committees shall have convened and or
2auized in January next or thereafter,
but shall nave no existence after that
time.
THOMAS WARING, Chairman.
The resolutions We're unanimously
adopted. after which the meeting ad-
burned