Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-04-29
EDUCATIONAL WORK.
Extracts From the OmcIaI Records of tn,
Executive Board.

EDOCA IONAG WORK.
Extracts From the Ohhcial Records of the
Executive Board.
Following are extracts from the min
utes of the proceedings of the execu-
tive board, February session, 1891:
whereas, By the statutory law of the or
der. the executive board is made to repre-
sent the supreme council during recess, and,
Whereas, The supreme council did at its
last regular session pass an advisory act
recommending that the executive board set
aside one-fourth of the gross receipts of the
order, IL possible, to be devoted to educa-
tional work in the lecture field, and,
Whereas, For the purpose of executing and
carrying out the provisions of said law, and
at the same time conforming to the fixed
policy of this board. that the expenditures
of our order shall not exceed it's ipcoma
which was SO unanimously and highly COM
mended by the supreme council at its last
session, and IL being probable that much
less than one-fourth OF gross receipts will
be all that Is available for lecturing pur-
poses-poSsibly not over one tenth; now,
therefore, IL is hereby
Resolved, That the expenditures for said
lecture bureau shall in no case be in excess
of the available funds for that purpose. And
1t is hereby further
Resolved, That the secretary of the execu-
tive board is hereby appointed and consti-
tuted general manager and director of the
be as follows:
l. To keep standing in the national official
organ and all state organs willing to publish
same, a notice of the fact that the national
lecture bureau Is willing to make contracts
to furnish lecturers for state or congression-
al district meetings, or such other large gath
erings as may call upon it for lecturers, for
tours or trips throughout the various terri
tories, states or Districts and giving list of
the lecturers who are willing that the con-
tract should be made in their behalf, and he
shall have suitable blank forms prepared
for closing contracts with those who desire
lecturers, arranging for the detail of the lee
ture trip, and made out in duplicate, one
copy of which he shall die in his Office and
the other forward to the lecturer expected to
I'LL the contract.
Z He shall correspond with lecturers in all
sections of the country and secure such ar
rangements with them as will guarantee
that they will fill the contracts that he
makes in their behalf; in no case, however
binding the national lecture bureau to pay
any salary greater than it is able to collect
from the persons desiring the lecturer.
g. He shall keep a standing notice in the
national organ, and all state organs that will
publish same without cost, requesting lee
turers of subordinate, county, congressional
district, state and national lecturers, and
all assistant and deputy lecturers to keep
on lle with him their names and post Office
addresses.
He shall prepare and forward to each
one who keeps his name and address on file
with him once each quarter a circular letter,
containing the skeleton of three different
and distinct lectures with full reference for
all authorities cited), statistics and all doou-
mentary evidences to make each lecture a
complete and conclusive document and he
shall send this to each and every one of such
lecturers as above provided, when he has
evidence that they are actually lecturers in
good standing, for ten cents per year, to
cover postage, etc.
He shall distribute all literature and
documents that is possible to assist the Iect-
urers In their work at absolute cost
He shall use the columns of the of.
ncial papers, both state and national as
much as poSslblefor giving information and
instructions to the various lecturers of the
country, In order to save the expense of the
correspondence
Z. He shall be entitled to an allowance to
cover actual expenses incurred for stations
cry, postage, and such clerical work as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions Of
this act.
g. He Is further authorized and empow-
cred to employ such competent assistance
as may be necessary for eff iently discharg-
ing his duties as herein before spe lfically
set forth, provided, however, that such as
sfstance shall be compensated only out of
such funds as may be voluntarily contrib
uted to the national lecture bureau by any
and all persons desiring the promotion and
success of said bureau In all the lecturin1
departments.
And it is hereby further resolved as fol-
lows, to witt That the president and secre-
tary of the National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union are hereby appointed to
act in conjunction with the national execu-
tive board as a propaganda committee and
this propaganda committee of five shall
issue an appeal to the order and to the pub
lie, giving notice that they are ready to ac-
cept donations to a fund to be known as the
propaganda fund.-" and that all money do
mated to said fund shall be expended only by
the consent of a majority of this committee,
and then only for the purpose of aiding and
assisting in the most advantageous
and effectu Il manner the educational
work of the Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union. either in the lee
tnre field or in the publication de-
Partment, OF in such other way as the most
effectual work oan be done; that the secre-
tary OF the National Alliance shall act as Sec
rotary of said committee and special eusto
dian of this fund; that he shall keep accu-
rate accounts of every cent donated to it and
by whom donate !, and shall make a regular
monthly report of every cent dfsbursed and
for what purpose 1t was paid, showing also
his authority for the payment. which alone
shall be written order from the propa-
ganda committee; that so far as practical
and possible the names of all persons do
mating to this propaganda fund shall be kept
in regular order AMI entered in a book to be
known as the rol OF honor, and that, when
ever objection is not made a list OF the do
nors with the amount donated shall be pub
iished in the official organ. None Of
the propaganda funds shall be used
otherwise than as herein specifically
set forth, to pay unavoidabl, expenses
attendant upon the educational work. The
report showing expenditures shall be pub
lished once each quarter, carefully prepared
and itemized, showing for what every cent
has been expended, and a copy of this al
ways be furnished to every donor on re-
quest and published in the papers at the
discretion of the propaganda fund commit
tee. So far as necessary the propaganda
fund shall be used for defraying tie ex-
penses for the distribution of lit nature cal
culated to aid and assist the educational
work of the order, and in conducting the
lecture bureau and the general educational
work; and that all notices published in re-
gard to this matter by the official organs
must be published free, and all printing
done by the national organ or any other pa
per for the propaganda fund committee
must be done at actual cost.
Be it further resolved, That all dona tions
made to the propaganda fund shall be di-
Fected to j. II. Turner, secretary, in care of
the Second National bank of Washington,
D. c., and at the game time notify j +. TILL
man, secretary of the national executive
board, that the same has been so sent
q, w. MACuNE,
j. f. TILLMAN Secretary,
ALONZO WARDALL,
National Executive I,1.d 8. A. and l. q
Approved and accepted.
L L. POLK, President.
J Fl. TURNER, Secretary.
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