The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18

tai of each State on the third Mon
day in March, 1895. Each cotton
growing State shall be entitled to
one member in the national exec
utive committee for every
100000 bales of cotton and
fractions thereof produced in
it during the year 1920, as shown
by the figures Of the United States
census report, and to avoid co ltro-
versy the representation Of the
cotton growing States in said con
vention is hereby fixed as follows:
North Carolina, .; South Carolina,
! 4; Georgia, 6; Florida, /. Alabama,
4: Mississippi, 6; Tennessee, 2;
! Arkansas, 4; Louisiana, >; Texas,
| 10: Indian Territory, /. a repre-
sentalion from seven States shall
constitute a quorum.
Art. II. The national committee
shall meet in the city Of New Or
leans on the first Monday in April,
! 1895. and shall Immediately pro
coed to examine andinquire wheth-
er this agreement is signed by
such a proportion of the American
cotton growers as to make it bind
inc as provided in Article 4. 1t
shall make proclamation gifts con-
clusion, and its decision on this
question shall be final ard conclu-
sive.
Art. u. The national committee
shall have power and authority to
make bylaws, rules and regulations
for its own government, and for its
government and regulation of this
organization, and for the conduct
of its business; to employ clerks
and agents and to fix their COM
pensatien; to fix a permanent loca-
ton Cor the establishment of It's
office; to pay a salary to its secre-
tary and treasurer, and to fix the
amount thereof, and to pay the
travelling expenses of its members.
Art. 10. No member of the ma
tional committee, except its secre-
tary and treasurer, shall receive
any compensation except travelling
expenses. Sad committee shall
have no power to create any debts
in excess of the cash actually in its
treasury AT the tine the debt is
created, and shall be absolutely
prohibited from issuing any note,
bond or other promise to pay.
Art. IA. The national commit
tee shall have power during the
month Of December, 1898. to set on
foot some plan for continuing this
organization for the future, and to
take sense of its members as to
whether the organization shall be
so continued. The said committee
shall also have power to cause this
Association to be regularly incor-
porated under the laws Of such
State as they may select.
Art. Is. The president Of this
association" and the State presi-
dents are hereby charged with the
duty of circulating these articles
of association for signature of ev-
cry county in the States named in
article ten, and Of making the ef-
forts necessary to make this plan
"A success, and are authorized and
requested to solicit voluntary sub
scriptions for this purpose.
Arr Is. The form of the mem
berShip agreement to be signed 10y
each subscriber to these articles
shall be as follows:
!, --, of the State Of
and comfy OF ---, do hereby
subscribe to the articles Of asscci-
ation Of the American Cotton
Growers Protective association as
adopted in convention at Jackson
Miss. on the 10th day Of January,
iS95. and do hereby bind and obi
dgatc myself 10y the terms thereof
until january i, 1896, and do
hereby pledge my honor and good
talth to the performance thereof.
| hereby certify that the number
Of acres planted or cultivated by
ne in the year 1894 in cotton was
-- aces, and that | bind
myself as aforesaid not to plant
or permit to lie planted il
cotton on my land or those con.
rollrd by me, in tie year 1895,
more than - acres.
1t was agreed afte, discussion
that each state be entitled to rep
rrsentalion on the basis of three
delegates from each congressional!
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