Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-13
The Old Baldwin District Fair Board Is the
Legal One.


! Judge Mclaughlin. In the case of the old
Board of Directors Of the Baldwin District
Fair, against the new Board elected at the
September meeting of stockholders, on
Friday decided all points in favor OF the
old Board. He decided that the stOckhOld-
ers meeting in September was legal one,
but it's action in turning out the old Board
of Directors before their terms had expir-
pired was illegal. All that it had the power
to do was to fill the vacancies existing in
the old board and which had heen Temporal
rily filled. The order entered by Judge
Mclaughlin says:
1t is therefore considered that the said
respondents are guilty" as charged in the
petition and it Is further adjudged and
considered that the said respondents,
Lewis Hartman, S. H. Bell, q. B. Conner,
J. N. Mcfarland, W. F. Smith, Heber
Ker. ]. w. Churchman, J. Frank Glenn
mer and G.. Alex. Mowry do not constit-
ute the legal directory of the corporation
now known as the Baldwin District Fair
Association and that said REALTORS, John II.
Parkins, John D. J4lley, Thomas J. Crow
der, L. r. N. Speck. G.. Julian Pratt,
| B. F. Terry, E. A. Fulcher, W. A.
|
Todd do constitute the legal dir ectOry of
the said cooperation.
| 1t is further considered that the said
respondents, Lewis Hartman, S. II. Bell, e..
| B. Conner, j. N. Mcfarland, w. F. Smith,
| Heber Ker, J. w. Churchman, J. +. Glenn
mer and G. Alex. Mowry are acting as a
corporation without authority Of law.
And it is further considered and ad-
| judged that Heber Ker in assuming to act
as secretary of the Baldwin District Fair
Association is uSurping the said Office and
is acting without authority Of law and that
G.. Julian Pratt is the lawful secretary of
the said Baldwin District Fair Association
and is lawfully entitled to exercise the
powers and duties of said Office and that the
REALTORS in said petition are the lawful di-
rectors Of the said Baldwin District Fair
Association and as body constitute the
Directors Of said Baldwin District Fair
Association and are legally authorized to
exercise the powers and perform the duties
OF such Directory for the time being.
The order further directs that the old
Board of Directors shall On OF bafore Jan.
uarY 1st, issue call for meeting of
stockholders to be held at least one month
after the publication Of the call, at which
directors shall be elected to fill the vacan-
cies occasioned by the designations of G.
Julian Pratt, John w. Todd. s. M. Don
aid, Lewis Hartman, J. w. Churchman and
J. Alex. Bumgardner. as follows:
(a) Two Directors in place of G. Julian
Pratt and Jno. W. Todd, whose terms ex-
pire June 30th, 1896, and that the persons
who shall be elected to fill said vacancies
shall hold Office from Jnly LIST, 1896, to June
30th. 1901.
(b) Ore Director in place of S. M. Don
aid, resigned, his place being temporarily
filled by w. A. McComb, and the person so
elected to fill said vacancy shall hold Office
| from the time he is so elected until the 30th
day of June, 1899.
| (c) One Director in place OF Lewis
| Hartman, resigned. whose place IS temper
arily filled by E. A. Fulcher, and the person
so elected to fill said last named vacancy
shall hold Office from the time he is elected
until June Both, 1900.
(b) One Director in place of J. W.
Churchman, resigned, whose place is tenn
porarily filled by Samuel Forrer and the
person so elected to fill said last named
! vacancy shall hold Office from the time he is
so elected until J une Both. 1897.
(e) One Director in place Of j. Alex.
Bumgardner, resigned, whose place is tenn
porarily filled by John D. Lilley and the
person so elected to fill said last named
vacancy shall hold Office from the time be
is SO elected until June 3Oth, 1900.
And it is further considered and adjudg
ed that the said respondents pay to the
REALTORS their costs about their petition in
this behalf expended, including taxed at
torney rs fee of $4,000.