The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-08-11
FARMERS ASSOCIATION
YAzOO DELTA.
CONSTITUTION.

CONSTITUTION.
We, Yuoo Delta farmers, in order
to promote material development
extract public benefits from the phe-
nomenally fertile soil and salubrious
climate, provide proper busbsndry, in
crease the efficiency of labor, establish
cooperative farm effort. secure the
cordial and sympathetic union ofDelts
farmers, provide for our general well
fare and initiate the long needed reyi-
val in agriculture, do ordain and estab-
lish this constitution tor the Farmers
Association Of the Yazoo Delta.
Article |. This Association shall be
composed of the duly accredited dele
gates Of farmers clubs formed in each
Supervisors district In the Yaxoo Delta
and parts Of Supervisors district situ-
ated therein, and the officers herein
after provided for.
Art 2. The officers OF this Associa-
tion shall be President and Secretary
and Treasurer and a Vice-President
from each county cooperating with
this Association, who need not be
members thereof before election. The
President shall be elected at the next
meeting Of this Association after the
adoption Of this constitution, and shall
hold his Office, without pecuniary com.
pensation, for period of four years,
next ensuing his election. 1t shall be
his duty to attend and preside at all
meetings Of the Association. sign al
orders on the Treasurer for money,
and sedulously guard the welfare, and
by all reasonable efforts to promote
the objects Of this Association. The
Yicc-Presidents shall be elected after
the election Of the Presidents, aud II
shall be their duty, In their respective
counties, to enlist the active sympathy
Of the farmers for this Association, to
stimulate competitive agricultural
trials and fairly conduct the same, and
attend tho meetings Of the farmers
clubs organized therein, and promote
their usefulness to the betterment of
agriculture and agriculturalists.
Art. 8. The Secretary and Treasurer
shall be elected at the next meeting Of
the Association after the adoption Of
this constitution, aud shall hold bis
Office for a period Of two years next
ensuing his election. II shall be his
duty to attend all the meetings Of this
Association, and keep and furnish for
publication, concise but intelligent
minutes of all Its proceedings. IIc
shall neatly tabulate and furnish for
publication such Yazoo Delts statistics
as shall be required by the Association
or ordered by the President. He shall
keep well bound book, open to pub
lie inspection at reasonable hours, the
names and postofIicc address of all the
officers and members Of the farmers
clubs hereinafter provided and he
shall also keep careful record of all
receipts and disbursements Of money
with his vouchers therefor, open to
the inspection Of the Association, and
for such services shall be entitled to
receive such salary as the Association
shall fix at the time Of his election, to
be paid quarterly out Of any moneys
In the treasury on the order of the
President.
Art. 4. The Association shall have
the right at any time to select some
newspaper or periodical to be the
Official organ Of the Association dur
ing its pleasure, and upon the accept
ancc by the editor or proper manager
thereof Of such election, 1t shall be his
duty to publish as soon as practicable
in regular edition of his paper the
matter set forth In Art. 5, required to
be published as well as such other
reading matter as shonld be published
by the official organ, conducive to the
welfare of the Association, but with
out compensation other than that
which will reasonably flow from the
good will and friendship of the Asso-
citation and farmer clubs throughout
the Delta.
Art. 5. The Association shall regu-
larly meet on the Second Tuesday Of
the months of November and May Of
each year at such place as they may
designate by the Association and at
such other times as the President shall
by printed notice of ten days, call them
together for the consideration of
urgent business, and the Secretary and
Treasurer shall keep his records and
his oflica In the city of Grcenville,
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