San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-24
A SAN PIE.
First official PRONUNCIATION From
National T. P. A.

ton of the National T. p. a. TO its
members:
NEWS LETTER No. |, 1S94-95.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
All State and Post secretaries
will please take notice that the
constitution as amended at Mil
waukee, Wis, June 10 to %, 1894,
took effect July l, 1894. 1t is now
in press and will be forwarded in
few days. In the meantime, please
note the following changes by
amendment and act accordingly:
1t is made the duty Of state Sec
retaries to file copy of their state
constitution and bylaws with the
national secretary.
A new national officer has been
elected, viz: chairman of En-
ployment Committee" William
Creevy, Jackson, Miss. 1t is his
duty to assist unemployed men,
bers in securing business connec-
tions. He will have members OF
his committee in each Of the prin-
| Cipal cities to assist him in the
work. Applications for employ
ment should be referred to him,
and each Post and Division should
at once elect a chairman of en-
plOyment committee to cooperate
with the National Committee.
man.
1t is made the duty OF each State
Division to elect or appoint chair
men of the following committees:
Legislative, Press, Railroad, Hotel
and Employment, to cooperate
with the National chairmen OF
similar committees. 1t is also made
the duty of each of such State Com
mittee chairmen to appoint at
once four members Of his commit
tee to act with him.
1t is made the duty Of the presi-
dent and board of directors of each
local Post to select an official ply
stefan for said post, to make imme-
date examinations in case of in
jury or death, and report fully
thereof to the president of his state
division, who in turn will report
without delay to the national
secretary. The physicians so APP
pointed shall be compensated by
| the National association.
Important changes have been
made in the new application blanks
| and certificates of membership,
| o-l fprp,E rn rnNtr hpinn
printed. All old application blanks
and constitutions should be atOnce
destroyed. New ones will be
mailed this week.
The line Of eligibility has been
extended to wholesale dealers,
commission merchants, importers
and manufacturers all of whom
are now eligible.
Those desiring to join local posts
| must make informal application
to the post to be acted upon, and
post secretaries must report cleo
ton of members to division seCre-
| taries.
The annual dues remain fixed at
$40, of which the post shall receive
81, the division ST. (where there is
no post 50 to the divisiOn), Sc shall
go to the benefit fund, and - TO
| the National expense fund. State
| division secretaries will therefore
deduct only twenty per cent, in
RENTING, half Of which they will
remit to the local post.
4 hn
the National Secretary thirty days
before the membership expires.
| All benefits cease when member
| ship expires. II dues are received
| within ten days after expiration, a
new certificate will be issued; but
after the lapse Of ten days, men,
bership can be regained only 10y
formal application, as required OF
new members.
At future Annual National con-
ventions, the elective (NationaD
officers shall be entitled to all
rights and privileges OF the con-
vention, but shall not be qualified
to vote unless they be duly accred-
tied delegates from their respec-
tive states, except the presiding
officer, in case of tie.
The new certificate which will be
ready in a few days gives $4,000 in
case of accidental death, or the loss
of both eyes, instead of $4,000 pro-
vided for in the old certificate. The
one hundred dollar clause in case
of natural death is eliminated, how
ever. Those who desire the benefit
of the 3d. 900 certificates can send
in their certificates now or at any
time between now and January l,
1895. At that date by constitu-