The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-05
Constitution.

The following is the new constitution
as adopted:
Section l, This Society shall be called
The Confederate Survivors A ssociation
of Newberry County.
ARTICLE. l
Section 2. Those only shall be ad-
mitted to membership who were IN
the service of the Confederate States
during the late civil war between the
States.
Section 8, The objects of this associa-
ton are the conservation of Confederate
memories, the formation and perpetual
tion Of friendship between the.surVl-
vors of the onfederate Army and Navy
the exhibition of loyal respect to tn;
recollections and impulses Of COME
derate past, the giving of such aid as e.
us lies to the manned sick and atfilctIn
members of our order and to payed
them suitable funeral honors in:case OF
death.
ARTICLE II.
Sec. /. The officers of this association
shall be President, first, second and
third Vice Pre- ,idents, a Secretary, Trea-
surer and Chaplain, who shall holG
office until the first Monday in October
of each year or until their successors
are elected.
Section ,. The President shall
preside at all the meetings and
take command at all public demonstra-
tious, shall order special meetings and
shall lend on all occasions his counsel,
aid and announcement to the best in
terests of the association.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
Presidents, next in rank present,
to preside and take command in the
absence of the President, and to exer-
else the powers and duties OF the Pres
ident.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
Secretary to keep the minutes or the
association, to call the roll of members,
answer all communications addressed
to the association under the supervision
of the President, keep book of mem
bership in which shall be kept roster
of the members, together with their
rank, date of service, army corps,
division, brigade, regiment, battalion,
company, or other organization TO
which each member was attached dur
ing the war or at its close.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty OF the
Treasurer to receive all monies which
NAV be paid in, and pay the same out
when so directed by the association.
ARTICLE III.
Should any vacancy occur in any of
the offices of the association, special
meeting may be called to fill their
places.
ARTICLE ".
The object of this association being
heretofore set forth, only those men
toned in Article ]. shall be eligible to
membership. Upon the presentation OF
aname for membership to the assocla-
ton by a member of the same, ballot
shall be taken and five ballots cast
against the applicant for membership
shall exclude him. Each member,
upon his admission, shall sign the roll
kept by the Secretary and add the rank
be held and the command he was at
tached to at the surrender, or "hen
discharged, at the time of his discharge.
ARTICLE V.
Sec. l. Fifteen members of the asso-
citation shall constitute quorum for
the transaction of business.
ARTICLE VI.
Sec. l. This association shall meet
on the first Monday in October of each
year for the transaction Of such busl--
ness as may be brought before it, and
TO hear addresses from one or more OF
its members, or from some in 7lted
guest; and at this meeting the officers
for the ensuing year shall be elected
and installed.
ARTICLE VII.
This association adopts the 10th day
of Nav of each year, except where the
same occurs on Sunday, and in that
event on the next cay thereafter, as
Memorial Day, and at each October
meeting action shall be taken by the
association looking to the proper oo-
servance of the same by the appoint
ment Of proper committees ana ID
other manner necessary.
NJ L. Kinard, Columbia.
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