The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-05-24
CLUB.
A CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
ADOPTED FRIDAY NIGHT.
A Paid Secretary and Club Rooms
Provided for-Attempt, to Raise the
Initiation Defeated.-VOte Taken on
Directors-Another Meeting Mon
day Night.

udy iNSHSs
The meeting of the Mankato Com
mercial club Friday night was well at
tended, and good deal of interest
was awakened before the evening was
over.
The first business was the report of
the committee appointed to prepare a
constitution and bylaws, read by the
chairman, DR.. Talbert. This report
was read by sections and amended in
several particulars. AS finally adopted
it is substantially as follows:
Article / of the constitution reads:
''The name of this organization shall
be the Mankato Commercial club. Its
objects hall be to promote the spirit of
unity and good feeling among it's
members, to encourage the CONNER
cial, industrial and social institutions
now here, and improve every opportu-
nifty afforded for the establishment of
such new enterprises as seek the we'll
fare of the city of Mankato. Its
method of operation shall be to pro-
vide and maintain suitable place for
the meetings of it's members, and to
furnish therein such means as will en-
able them to carry out the general
purposes of the club"
Article II provides that all male
citizens of Mankato of good moral
character, 81 years of age, residing in
Mankato for three months imme-
diately preceding their application
for membership, shall be eligible to
membership. Non-residents may be-
come members on the same terms as
residents, except they shall have no
voice or vote in the conduct of the af-
fairs of the club.
Article III provides that the officers
of the club shall consist of president,
first and second vice-presidents, Sec
rotary, treasurer and ten members to
serve on the executive committee.
All of the officers, except the secre-
tary, shall be chosen by ballot at the
annual meeting. The secretary shall
be chosen by the executive committee.
Article " provides that the officers
chosen May 10th and 18th shall serve
until the next annual meeting, and
that all who sign the constitution and
bylaws by June 1st shall be charter
members.
Article V provides that the consti-
tuition may be amended by a three
fourths vote of the members.
The bylaws provide that new men,
bers shall be recommended to the exc
cutive committee by two membe rs
and when voted upon by the club five
adverse votes or written protests shall
reject. Anyone who is rejected is not
again eligible for three months.
The annual meetings shall be held
on the first Monday in February at 500
p. M, and the monthly meetings on
the first Monday of each month at the
same hour.
The executive committee shall fill
vacancies in the offices until the next
annual meeting, and shall also ap-
point house committee and finance
committee of three members each. A
Quorum of the club shall be fifteen
members, and of the executive COM
mittee seven members. All of the Of
ficers except the secretary shall serve
without compensation, and the secre-
tary shall receive not over 5000 year.
The executive committee is to nomi-
nate secretary, who shall be voted
upon by the club.
The ten members of the executive
committee other than the eX-officio
members shall be chosen as the other
officers are, and five shall serve one
year and five two years. The presi-
dent shall appoint all COMMITTEES,
subject to the approval of the eXecu-
tive committee. The secretary shall
give bond for 81, 900, and the treas
urer one for $4,000 or such further
sum as the executive committee may
require. The secretary is to collect
all money and turn it over to the
treasurer.
The following standing committees
of five members each shall be appoint
ed, it being permissible to take two
of the members of each from the exc
cutlve cimmittee: Legislation, pub
lie affairs, entertainment, member
ship, press and balloting. No COM
mittee or officer shall incur an indebt-
edness without the consent of the exc
cutive committee.
The initiation fee shall be SIS until
June 1st, 1895, and after that date $40,
with monthly dues of 50cents. Special
assessments may be made when neces-
sary, not to exceed SIS per member nor
oftener than three months apart.
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