The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-02
MEAN IND CON- ARDLY,
TF4E SENATE FOUND ITSELF M HOLE
AND DID NOT DARE 10 REPEAk
cHE2TEL
IT REFUSES TO ACCEPT oUE AMEND
MESTs To PRESENT CHARTER.
ssUT PASSES esoME or H. own TIA !
SHOW TIL MEAN AND COW AEDiY
ASIeII- BEHIND THA WHOLE
AFFAIR.
The Farmers Singled Out--tRnsual and
Special Legislation Directed at Their
Interests


which the House passed repeating
the charter IF The State Alliance
We also published the two amend,
ments to the old charter, which We
offered the Senate. that covered every
complain that had been made. even
by the unknown towards who are
behind this attack upon the Alliance
This put the Senate in hole. 1t did
not dare to repeal the charter after
We had offered to do all that was ask
ed. But our amendments were moi
accepted. Why: Because it was
not justice that was sought. but i
mean and partisan desire to stab the
Alliance WAS the motive power be-
hind the whole business. 50, after
a weeks delay, the Senate, Oh last Sat
urday, passed the following amend
meats TO the present charter:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO
AMEND CHAPTER 105, PRIVATE LAWS
OF 1889, ENTITLED AN ACT TO IN
CORPORATE THE FARMERS STATE
ALLIANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND
SUB-ALLIANCES.
The General Assembly of North Car
DINA do enact:
Sec. l. That chapter los, private
laws 1889, be amended by adding at
the end of section 2 Of said Act, the
following: Provided, that no indi-
vldual stakeholder in the Business
Agency Fund of the Farmers State
Alliance of North Carolina or in any
other business enterprises conducted
or in any way controlled by the said
State Alliance or by any County or
Sub lliance; and no member of such
Alliance or Alliances who is not a
stakeholder in seid fund or enter
prise shall be Individually liable for
any debt or obligation contracted by
the Alliance or Alliances, or by any
officer, manager, agent or employee
thereof.
Sec. 2. That section 3 of said Act
Of 1889 be amended by adding to the
end thereof. the following: Provided
that the amount of salary paid to any
officer or employee of the Farmers
State Alliance or any County or Sub
Alliance shall not at any time be in
creased from and after the ratifca-
ton Of this act; and any amendment
to an Alliance constitution or bylaw
passed hereafter. fol- the purpose of
increasing any such salary shall
work forfeiture of the charter of
the State Alliance, County Alliance
or Sub-Alliance passing the same,
SEC. 3. That section 4 of said act
of 1889 be amended by adding to the
end thereof the following: Provided
that from and after the ratification
OF this act any person who shall
hereafter contribute or has contribu-
ted any amount to fund raised by
the said Farmers State Alliance of
North Carolina for the purpose of
carrying on State Business Agency
or any other business enterprise shall
have the power to withdraw from
such fund the amount so paid or
contributed to such fund, whether
such amount can be proven by certi-
ficate or not. provided that the per-
son holding a certificate shall for
ward the said certificate to the trus-
tee OF the business agency fund or to
any person having charge of said
fund before recovering the amount
paid into said fund; aud any person
not holding a certificate shall before
recovering the amount paid by him
send to said trustee an affidavit made
before justice of the peace stating
the said amount, and that said certi-
ficate has not been transferred and
has been lost. Upon receiving the
said certificate or affidavit it shall be
the duty of said trustee Of said bust
ness agency fund or Other person
having charge of said fund to send
by mail to the person sending such Ger
tificate or affidavit the amount contri
buted by said person, less the postage
required to send said amount. That
any person who has contributed or
hereafter shall contribute anv
amount to any county Alliance or
sub-Alllance, and said county ALI
ance or b-Alliance has paid or shall
hereafter pay any sum into the said
business agency fund shall have a
right to demand of said trustee
his proportionate part of the sum so
paid by said county Alliance or sub-
Alliance. The proportionate part of
said sum due such person shall be
ascertained by dividing the sum SO
paid by said county Alliance or SUBJ
Alliance, by the number of members
OF said county or sub Alliance at the
date OF payment of such sum INTO the
said fund. The affidavit of any such
applicant stating the number of
members of such county or sub-Alh-
ance at the time of such payment
and that he was a member there IF.
accompanied by the certificates of
two members in good standing of the
Alliance FOR the county where the
applicant resides, of the truthfulness
of such affidavit shall be sufficient
proof of such membership and of the
number OF members of said comfy
or sub-Alllance at the time of sucb
payment.
Sec. 4. If the said trustee shall
for the period of sixty days after the
application of any person under this
act for repayment fail to pay said per-
son any sum due by virtue of this
act, the said failure to pay shall
work a forfeiture of the charter of
the said State Alliance. The busi-
ness agent and the said trustee of
the business agency fund shall each
give bond for the faithful per
formance OF his duty. payable to the
Farmers State Alliance with two or |
more sureties. The bond of said !
business agent shall be for the snm
thirty thousand dollars and the bond |
OF the said Trustee shall be for fiftv
thousand dollars. The sureties Of |
said bonds shall ho :,c4:Gl