Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-02
NEWSPAPER MEN.

The Press Association Concludes an I'm
portant Meeting.
The meeting of the Northern California
Press Association was resumed yesterday
morning at o'clock, with President Green
in the chair.
1t was decided that the next annual
meeting should be held in this CITY on the
Monday of the first week of the State Fair.
The Committee on Revision of the By
laws reported as follows:
Amend by inserting as follows, after section 6.
Section Z. II shall be the duty of all publishers
and prOprietorS of newspapers affiliating with
this Association, to make contract with the
Agent thereof in writing, accompanied by a
bona tide and net statement of the circulation;
said contract to bind said publisher or proprie.
tor to the advertised rates and business methods
which this Association may adopt.
section s. The Executive Committee shall
meet at least once in every three months, at
which meeting the Agent shall make full re-
port of the business transacted by him. Said
committee shall have printed a condensed
statement OF the business and of the Agents
report, and mail, or cause TO be mailed, a copy
OF the same to each athliating newspaper. The
members of the Executive Committee shall be
paid their actual expenses while attending
TO the busine-s of this As sociation.
Section 9. 1t shall be the duty of this Asso-
citation, from time to time, to prepare and adopt
a schedule OF rates for advertising for the guild
aDce and government of its members on all
work coming from outside of their several To-
calities. Such rates shall be arbitrary so far as
they apply to contracts for foreign advertising,
and any member who knowingly makes a con-
tract Tor foreign advertising at a less rate than
the Association schedule shall, in convention
after due hearing by the Executive Committee,
punished by fine, reprimand, suspension or ex-
pulsiun, as the Association may determine
Section IL. The Agent of this Association
shall adhere to the rates so established in all
advertising contracts made by him, and shall
only vary from the same when in his Judgment
the exegency of the case ana the best interests
OF the Association require it. All such varia
tions made by him shall be reported to the
executive meeting at its sub-annual meeting,
and the reasons therefor.
Further amend by renum beripg Sections Z
and to correspond. j. A. FILCHER,
WATSON CHALMERS,
W. B. II. DoDSoN.
The report of the committee was adopted.
President Green was called home sud-
denly, and President pro TEN Filcher took
the chair.
The Committee on Rates of Advertising
and Circulation submitted a report, which
was discussed at length and referred back
to the committee for revision. The COM
mittee was increased from three 10 five
members by the addition of Messrs. Ellis
and McCraney.
Later the committee reported, and the
report was adopted.
William F. Prisk Of the Grass Valley
Telegraph was elected a member of the AS
sociation.
The report of the Treasurer was received
and adopted.
1t was decided that the reports of the
Secretary, Treasurer and Manager should
be submitted to the Executive Committee.
The resignation of {. X. McClatchy as
Secretary was accepted, and vote of
thanks rendered him. j. H. Rogers of
Oriand was elected to the vacancy
The Executive Committee was instructed
to prepare programme for the next meet
ing
The Association refused to accept the
resignation of I. w. Sheehan as Treasurer.
A recess was then taken till /: 80 o'clock
p M.
At the afternoon session the Secretary
was instructed to have the advertising
schedule printed and copy sent to each
paper in the State, and also to each mem
Der of the Association.
J. A. Woodson, g. K. McClatchy and J.
A. Filcher were appointed standing Com.
mittee on Revision of the Bylaws.
On motion, ii was decided that the Asso-
citation would use its influence with the
Republican and Democratic State Central
Committees to have G. NJ Francis of the
Napa Register and J. A. Filcher of the
Placer Herald elected members of those
committees, respectively.
A resolution offered by r. w. Ellis of
tie Woodland Mail was adopted, instruct
ing the Secretary to correspond with all
publishers using patent outsides in This
State and Nevada, with a view to organic
ing cooperative association for printing
such outsdes.
The Convention then adjourned.