The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-17
NO QUORUM.
VIRGINIA STATE AGRICULTURAL AND
MECHANICAL SOCIETY.
THEY MEET BUT TRANSACT NO
BUSINESS
PROCEEDINGS or THE COMMITTEE
ON STREETS.
Contract for Paving Dock and Cary street
Not Yet Awarded blowing Of
Engine whistles Meeting 81
East Hanover PresbyferN.


East Hanover PresbyferN.
ON Thursday evening, April 18th.
there was a full meeting of The Virginia
State Agricultural and Mechanical
Society. There was present in person
or bv proxy 1851 shares. fifty more than
a quorum
4 resolution was unanimously adopted
at that meeting TO adjourn until Thurs
dav. May 10Th. al , o'clock In the rooms
Of the Chamber of Commerce and that
proxies be obtained TO vote for the cleo
ton Of officers and any other business
which might come before the Society.
The hour OF meeting under The reso-
luton above referred 90. was . O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon and the place was the
/ Chamber of Commerce. AZ that hour
/ Messrs. Lewis D'Crcnshaw and >. and
Henry Bodeker. from the City ouncil
were present rs proxies for the stock
owned by the City of Richmond. 1000
shares. and "a few other gentlemen, own
/ ing less than fifty shares of stock bee.
tween them
u was clearly evident That nothing in
| the way Of quorum OF stock was rep
resented.
Mr.. j. ". holland, the secretary, said
/ that Mr.. Ashton Starke, president, had
! been called out Of town by business. lie
had designated the yicc-pre-ideni. Gen
eral Joseph r. Anderson. 10 preside.
/ Why the vice president and the members
of the executive committee were not
present be could not answer
/ IL was determined TO go into meeting.
and then adjourn until future day.
The meeting was called 20 order by
! Secretary holland.
Mr.. BOdeker moved that Mr. John il.
| Dinneen be elected temporary chair
man. Agreed to. he announced that
there was no quorum present
Colonel vs. C. Knight thought that the
constitution of the present Society was
similar 90 that of the old one, which re-
ouired one hundred members 10 De pres
emit He was informed that this VAS q
meeting when stock alone constituted 70
quorum a majority of ihe stock was
necessary. not quorum of individuals.
Attention was called TO the fact that
since the preceding meeting no effort
had been made whatsoever To- obtain
proxies so that quorum of the stock .
could be represented.
Mr. W ". iIObson. of POWhatan .
county, said be had learned by accident
that there would De held meeting This .
afternoon. SO he came from IBIS country
home 90 Richmond I'm order to attend DO.
ne was life member of the oil Society,
and could. therefore. vote one share of
stock He said his heart and soul Was
I'm the scheme. which changed The 0id
Agricultural Society into the new Agri-
cultural and Mechanical society
When DE first came t0 Richmond anal
attended the meeting in the BAH of ihc
House of Representatives. where the one
society ceased TO exist and the Lew one
began life he was opposed tO tue
scheme bat when he saw who would be
lhe head of IL. he felt satisfied, and bowed
his assent lie stated that Doe received "a
letter from The management relative
90 the way he could get into the EXPOSE
ton, which he deemed anything but
proper. and wrote DirectOr-GeneralJ Onc.
letter stating hi. opinions. Tie wanted
fl understood that while the country
people were poor. and Dee was present 90
represent them they were heart and soul
I'm favor of the Society, hut c0n-
them This scheme, said hc. bias
taken the old Society and iis prop
ertv away from The country people
and made 10 part and parcel of Rich
m0nd. ID is scheme which has bene-
fitted Richmond at the expense of ihe
counties. He warned the city people
not TO become antagonisiic 60 the coun.
try people
Dr. Il. A. Patterson said Chat such +
personal matters against Toe president of
the Society should not have been uttered
in The absence of that gentleman.
Mr. liObsOn rose 10 "a question of per
sonal privilege and said That DE bad 100
intention of any reflection of personal
nature Tie was referring Co the officers
ia their official capacity. Mr. llobsoi
later i'm c0nversv ion. said Doe felt right
sore that any one should have construed !
his remarks as being "a personal rcilec-
ton ON any one. All the gentlemen con- &
nected with the Exposition had from 4
him the highest respect and regard D
Dr. Patterson said he interpreted the !
remarks 10 Doe OF a wholesale character
against the officers. members, the city !
and the surroundings generally
Mr.. Crcnshaw moved that the Society q
now adjourn until Thursday. May 30th, 3
ai o. clock. the meeting then Co be- held
I'm the rooms of the Chamber of Com ID
merce and in the meantime ihe secrc- Z
iarv Doe requested 90 obtain proxies. D
which. along with the vote of the city of
Richmond will be sufficient io make % O.
full quorum O.
Adjourned h