The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-09

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Our people scorned the offer of such
Gar like bill and proceeded to work
Tor an amended charter, one that would
give all the average chronic kicker
wanted, but which, at the lme time,
was not backward step. Finally the
charter was changed to read as follows:
and both Houses agreed to it:
THE CHARTER AMENDED.
House Bill 1908 Tabled, and Senate Bill
GA Adopted by Both Houses.
The General Assembly Of North Caro-
Ina do enact:
| SECTION 1. That chapter 1O5. private
laws of 1889, be amended by adding at
the end Of section 2 of said act, the fol
lowing: provided that no individual
stOckholder in the Business Agency
fund of the Farmers Alliance of North
Carolina or in any other business enter
prlses conducted or in any way con
trolled by the said State Alliance or by
any County or Sub Alliance; and no
member of said Alliance or Alliances
who Is not stockholder in said fund
or enterprise shall be individually
liable for any debt or obligation con
tracted by the Alliance or Alliances, or
employees thereof.
SEC. 2 That section 3 of said acts of
1889 be amended by adding to the end
thereof the following: provided that
the amount of salary paid to any off
Ger or employee of the Farmers State
Alliance or any County or Sub ALI
ance shall not at any time be increased
from and after the ratification of this
act, and any amendment to any ALI
| t11&i 1r- 1ov
hereafter for the puI'p )se of increasing
any such salary shall work forfeiture
Of the charter of the State Alliance,
County Alliance or Sub Alliance pass
ing the same.
SEC 8 That section 4 of said acts 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 con-
tribute or has contributed any amount
to fund raised by the said Farmers
Alliance of North Carolina for the pur
pose of carrying on State Business
Agency or any other business enter
prise, shall have the power to with
draw from such fund the amount so
paid or contributed to such fund,
whether such amount can be proven
by certificate or not. Provided that
the person holding a certificate shall
forward the said certificate to the
Trustee of the Business Agency fund,
or to any person having charge of said
fund before recovering the amount
paid into said fund, and any person not
holding q certificate shall, before re-
covering the amount contributed by
him, send to said trustee an affidavit
made before justice of the peace stat
ing the said amount, and that said GER
tificate 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 Business
Agency fund or other person having
charge of said fund, to send by mail to
the person so sending such certificate
or affidavit the amount contributed by
said person, less the postage required
to send said amount. That any per
son who has contributed or hereafter
shall contribute any amount to any
County Alliance or Sub-Alliance, and
said County Alliance or Sub 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 ALI
ance, or Sub-Alliance. The proper
tionate part of said sum due such per
son shall be ascertained by dividing
the sum 80 paid by said County ALI
ance or Sub Alliance, by the number
of male members of said County or
Sub Alliance at the date of payment of
such sum into the said fund. The aft
davit of any such applicant stating the
number of male members of such
County or Sub Alliance at the time of
such payment; and that he was mem
Der theratf f, accompanied by the GER
tifcate of two members in good stand
ing of the Alliance for the county
where the applicant resides, the truth
fulness of such affidavit shall be suH
cient proof of such membership and of
the number of members of said County
or Sub. Alliances at the time OF such
payment.
SEC If the trustee shall for the
period of sixty days after the applica
ton of any o 9rson under this act for
the re payment, fail to pay said per-
son any sum due by virtue of this
act, the said failure to pay shall work
forfeiture of the charter of the said
State Alliance. The Business Agent
and the said trustee of the Business
Agency fund shall each give a bond
for the faithful performance of said
duty, payable to the Farmers State
Alliance, with two or more securities.
The bond of the said Business Agent
shall be for the sum of thirty thousand
dollars and the bond of the said trustee
shall be fifty thousand dollars. The
surities on said bonds shall be Justified
as required by law, as the surlties on
the bonds of an administrator, and
shall be deposited in the Office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of the
county where the Business Agent or
trustee respectively resides.
SEC 5 1t shall be the duty OF the
State Business Agent to pay IN the
{ month of May and November OF each