Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-04-21
Noxubee County Land and Improve
ment Association.

So"HtJ H"Au ohS @AiPAV'O
ment Association.
This association met at the Court
House last Saturday morning. The
committee on organization appointed
at last meeting, rendered their report
which was unanimously adopted, and
read as follows:
BASIS OF ORGANIZATION.
NAME.-ThiS organization shall be
known as the NoXubcc County Land
and Improvement Association
MEMBERSHIP Any citizen of NoX-
ubee county may become a member of
this Associat'n by enrolment of name
and payment of membership fee Of
twenty-five cents.
OFFICERs.--Thc officers of this AS
ISOLATION shall consist of IL President, a
Nicc-Prcsidcnt, a Secretly and a Treas
urcr, to be elected annually, and who
shall perform the duties usually Incl
dent TO their positions respectively.
OBJECrs.--The objects Of this Asso.
citation shall be to obtain and dissent
nate reliable information as to the soll,
climate and resources of Noxubce Co.,
and OF the natural, moral and educa-
ti0nal advantages OF the various towus
within its limits; to invite immigra.
ton and aid ia the sale and purchase
OF lands TO encourage and foster man
nfacturlng enterprises, and generally
TO promote the public welfare.
BY-LAws.-The Association shall
have power TO adopt such bylaws as
may be deemed necessary for the ac-
com%plishmcnt Of its purposes.
DIVISION OF Work. The work of
the Association shall be assigned TO
committees of five. 10 be appointed by
the President, as follows:
|. Lands and immigration.
2. Manufacturing Enterprises.
3. Railroads and TRANSPORTATION.
4. Public Roads and Streets.
3, Printing and Advertising.
G. Public Education.
7, Sanitation.
s. Finance.
And there shall nc Il Committee on
rnb'ic Welfare to be composed of
the Chairmen of the above named
NGntinittccS aud the officers of the As.
sociation.
MNETINGs.-Rcgula meetings shall
be held on the 1st Wednesday of each
month. at 3 o'clock p. NJ. Special
meetings shall be held, upon call ofthc
President, as often as business shall re-
quirc.
On motion of Capt. Geo. G. billiard
the mcc'ing proceeded to the election
Of pcrhiancnt officers.
Mr.. II. j. O'Neill put Mr., Robt. G..
Patty in nomination for President who
was unanimously elected and took the
chair.
Mr.. j. A. Tyson was elected Vice
President, but afterwards resigned in
favor of Judge G. b. Amcs, who was
Gully elected.
&. II. Smith and w. G. Selleck were
then elected Secretary and Treasurer
Of the Association.
The President then announced the
chairmcn of the various committees
as follows:
Lands and immigration, r. j. O'Ncill.
Mnnn1act'g Enterprises. II. w. Footc.
Railr'ds Il Transportat'n J.L Griegs.
Public Roads and Streets, j. IIolbcrg.
Print'g and AdvcrtiS'g. j. Il. Dinsmorc.
Public Health, DR.. 5. V. d. HILL:
Finance. j. +. Madison.
Public Education, Geo. e, billiard.
Judge II. W. Footc read to the meet.
ing n letter of information and advice
from Capt. Terrell of Meridian, and
the meeting adopted q resolution
thanking Capt. Terrell for said letter.
y resolution requesting the town
papers to publish the proceedings Of
This meeting was also adopted.
Mr.. u. W. llcnly of Hampton, Iowa,
made The Association a very %appropri-
ate speech upon the good results he
thought the organization would most
certainly accomplish.
The Secretary was instructed 10 pro-
vide q book for keeping the minutes
Of the Association and for the enroll
mCnt Of its members, after which the
meeting adjourned.
RoBT. C. PATTY, Pres.
&. Il, SMITH, Sec'y,
The Chairmcn of the various Com
mittces, together with the Committee
on Public Welfare, met at Judge
Foote's office Saturday and completed
the work OF making up said Commit.
tees rs follows:
Lands and Immigration--T. J. o.
Neil, w. +. Ferris, A. 7. Dent, +. Dis.
mukcs and 4. Klaus.
Manufacturing Entcrpriscs,-H. W,
Footc. Jacob Fascr, n. II. Harrison,
II. &. Rivcs and Jno. w. Patty.
Railroads and Transportation l..
Griggs, w. II. Boyle, &. NJ. billiard, N.
II. Harrison and W. q. Barnes.
Public Roads and Strccts.-J. lIol-
berg. G. &. Thompson, j. W. Dcupree,
j. J.. Hunter. and W. G. Scllcck.
Printing and advcrtising.-J. II.
DinSmorc, j. A. Tyson, p. L. Ferris, L.
II. Dorroh and J. L. Rivcs.
Public llcalih.-Drs. S. V. ID. Hill,
J. +, Mcleod, p. II. Hamilton, W. w.
Hamilton and j. G. FAINT.
Financc,-J T.. Madison, Noah
Scales, W. NJ. Jones, j. j. Galloway
and 7. S. Murphy.
Public Education. Geo. G. billiard,
W. p. Minor. 4. J. Stokes, w. b. Au-
gustus and Mat Mahorner.
Thc.Prcsidcnt of the Association was
made Chairman of lhg Committee on
Public Welfare and the Secretary OF
the Association its Secretary.
After adopting n motion for the
Committees to meet next Tuesday
evening at three o'clock. and the Asso-
citation to meet on Wednesday at ten
! O'Clock, the meeting OF the Committee
adjourned.
RoBT. c. PATTY, Chairman.
&. II. SMITH, Secretary,
T~ombeckbee Presbytery.