The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-14
THE BILL THAT PASSED THE
HOUSE, GIVING A NEW
CHARTER.

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The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do Enact:
SECTION 1. That T. Ivey, s. B.. Alex
ander, D. Reid Parker and such others
as may be associated with them be, and
they are hereby, incorporated under
the name and style of the North Caro-
lima State Farmers Alliance, and by
that name they and their successors
may have continual succession and a
common seal, which they may alter at
will, and shall be capable of suing and
being sued, pleading and being i'm
pleaded, and contracting and being
contracted with, and Of acquiring,
holding and conveying real and per
sonal property in such amount as may
be necessary for tr%ansacting the busl
ness of said State Alliance n accOr-
dance with the purposes of this char
ter. And shall have power to elect
such officers as may be necessary for
the conduct of it's business, and to
adopt such rules and regulations and
by laws a may be proper for the gov
eminent of the corporation. That the
said corporation shall have and possess
all corporate powers, rights and privi-
leges conferred upon corporations by
the general laws of this State as may
be necessary to the conduct and man
agement of its business affairs, Pro
vided, that no person shall be eligible
to hold any office Of profit or trust in
the association incorporated under this
act unless his chief occupation be farm
ing.
SEC. That the purposes Of this act Of
incorporation are for the encourage
ment and protection Of the farmers Of
North Carolina and tt enable them by
means Of this association so incor
porated to procure best possible prices
for their products and to purchase their
necessary supplies in the cheapest
markets, aud for the advancement Of
agricultural Intelligence and informa-
ton, and for these purposes and no
other the said corporation is authorized
and empowered to conduct and carry
on by itself or through it's duly ap-
pointed agents, any mercantile or man
ufacturing business in all branches, to
erect, operate and manage warehouses,
stockyaTds, grain elevators and pack
ing establishments, to manufacture fer
t%iIizer, and generally TO conduct and
carry on such enterprises and transact
ing such business as may be necessary
for or contribute to the accomplish
ment of the general design and purpose
above written.
SEC. 3. That the association hereto
fore existing in this State and having
been known as the Farmers State ALI
ance of North Carolina, whenever it
shall have been re-organized by the
election of new officers or otherwise
may, by a vote of its regularly elected
delegates or when such delegates are
not in session by it's Executive Com
mittee, adopt this act of incorporation
and exercise all of the advantages and
powers herein granted.
Sec. 4. That any County Alliance
which has in like manne been re-
organized, or any new County Alliance
that may be organized, and shall adOp5
this act Of incorporation by a vote of
it's regularly elected delegates or by it's
Executive Committee when such dele
gates are not in session is hereby de
clared to be a body polite and cor
rate under the name and style Of the
County Alliance, bearing the name of
the particular county in which said
Alliance is located, and under said
name and stylei it shallhave the overs
to exercise all rights, powers and priv
leges herein granted to the North Caro-
lima State Farmers Alliance, and for
the same purposes and no others. Pro
vided, That one Of the plans or pur-
poses, bylaws or regulations of such
County Alliance shall in any n
be inconsistent or in conflict with
those granted to the North Carolina
State Farmers Alliance.
SEC 5, That any and all Of the sub
ordinate Alliancesa as may be organized,
or may be re organized in like manner
as provided for the State Farmers Al
lance in section 3 of this act, and shall
by vote Of its members adopt this act
Of Incorporation, are hereby created
bodies polite and corporate under
such name as may be prescribed by
the North Carolina State Farmers Al
lance, and under such name and style
they shall severally have and enioy all
the powers, rights and privileges con
ferred by this act upon the North
Carolina State Farmers Alliance and
the several County Alliances for the