The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-03-12

.-;sI Union. as Adopted at a
eigh, N. c., Feb. So, 1895
I.
Armand Art. ", Sec. 2, by inserting
=. +be end of 'as the Supreme Councl
NAV prescribe" But only delegates
from the State organizations snail nave
voting privileges"
Amend Art. ", Sec. 6, by adding
at end Of section:
sEThese lecturers shall be members o.
the Supreme Council, e1 o1Eco' ana gu
titled TO actual expenses only while IL
attendance at meetings of Supreme
Council. provided they have gwen al
Ieast, sixty 600 daysto the lecture WORK
during the preceding year, and tna'
they shall not be entitled 20 a VoVe'
II.
Armand Art. vi, Sec. 2, by adding:
"provided, That any State Alliance
NAV exempt female members from the
payment of dues to the National ALI
ance. When such female members
r exempted from payment OF dues,
such membership shall not be entltlea
70 representation in the National BODY"
Amend Art. VI, Sec. 8, by adding
thereto the following:
Provided, That the mileage and per
diem SO paid shall not exceed the
amount of national dues paid by the
State from which the delegate is sent
III.
Amend Art. VII, Sec. 1, by insert,
ing after the words, LESS than 5000
inhabitants" the words, "PrOUtded,
That any State Alliance may admit
laborers and wage-earners in cities;'
also, where the word paper" occurs
change to periodicals" also change
the word "men" to persons" in mex
to last line.
Substitute for Art. VII, Sec. 2, tn
following:
'psec. 2. A cooperative degree wa
established by the Supreme Council a
indianapolis in 1891, known as the Ma
tional Alliance Aid, and the Suprem
Council at Topeka in 1894 directed tina
the charter and constitution be 81
changed as to bring the degree directl!
in harmony with and under the con
troll of the Supreme Council. Tn
charter has been amended and the &C
ton of the Indianapolis and Topeka
Council has been ratified by the Raj
eigh Council, which has ordained tina
the National Alliance Aid is established
as a regular degree of the N. f. A. anC
I. o., under these rules:
LIST. The National Alliance Aid shall
be managed by a board Of nine g.
directors, five o. of whom shall be tht
executive committee of the N. T, A
and 1. U, andthe other four az shall
be elected by the beneficiary members
2nd. The Guardian shall be An Officer
of the Supreme Council, with a vote
but no mileage or other compensation
for attending the Supreme Council.
3rd. The N. f. A. and L. y. shall
never assume any financial responsi
bility for the N. A. Aid, nor shall the
N. A. Aid ever be in any manner fnan
cially responsible for the N. T. A. anG
I. q. except for such per centage Of it
annual receipts as may be agread upol
yearly by the executive committee o
the N. f. A. and 1. q. and the BoarC
of Directors of the n. A. Aid.
4th. The officers of the N. A. Ait
shall report each year to the Suprem
Council, and, whenever requested, t
the executive committee and to the ar
nual meeting of the State Alliance
where the degree may be established
9Th. No one shall be admitted to tn
N. A. Aid who is not a member in goo
standing in the N. T. A. and L. u, an
the officers of the n. A. Aid shall us
all diligence to keep them in goo
standing, and they shall collect the n
tional capita tax from members VIII
have become disconnected with th
Sub or State Alliance, and remit
semi-annually to the National Seer
tary-Treasurer.
Substitute for Art. VIII, Sec. 1, th
following:
"Sec. 1. A State organization ma,
be chartered by the President in an,
State having as many as forty Gao
Alliances"