The Portland daily press., 1895-04-17

| Model of That of Rigby.
| The adjourned annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Maine Mile Track
Association was held yesterday after.
noon at the St. Julian. There was a
large and very representative meeting.
President Burnham presided, and Hon,
Isaac W. Dyer acted as clerk
The annual report of Secretary J. F.
Barrett was presented and accepted on
motion of Mr.. C. F. Libby.
The annual report OF Treasurer H. F.
Farnham was then presented and was
| accepted on motion of Z. R. Milliken.
Mr.. Dyer then said that the directors
| had deemed it best to suggest some
| changes in the bylaws. He then read
the new rules and also the old bylaws
explaining as he went the changes the
directors had deemed it best to make.
The reading of the proposed bylaws re-
lating to the general manager was the
signal for very bright and pleasant
debate, some of the stockholders, not
ably. Mr.. G. r. Milliken, objecting, that it
gave the manager too much power. Mr.
Milliken said that under ordinary cir
cumstances, he was in favor of the one
man power in business, but he thought
that under the proposed rule, the man
ager would have too much power.
Mr.. Dyer made good point. that the
power given to the general manager by
the proposed rule. was exactly that
exercised by Mr.. Milliken himself IN the
management of the rolling mills. 10
that Mr.. Milliken reioined: aBut
own the mills" President Burnham
suggested verbal change. limiting the
power of the general manager in the
making of contracts Independently, to
bills not exceeding $500. The new by
laws as amended, read as follows
"The board of directors may elect a
manager who shall hold his office at the
pleasure of the board.
"The manager shall have the manage
ment of the grounds, track, grand
stand and stables, arrange and conduct
such meetings as he may consider advis-
| able, subject only to the control of the
| board of directors, and to specify direc.
tion of the president. He shall report
| to the president and board of directors
whenever required He shall have full,
control of the ticket department., re-
ceiving his tickets from, and accounting
for the same to the treasurer of the asso
citation. He shall contract all bills, pur
chase all supplies, make all contracts fol
advertising, not exceeding $500 in any
one bill, without the approval of tht
and discharge all employees, collect al
monies due to the association, excep
as now provided for in the article relat
ing to the secretary, and to pay the sam,
over to the treasurer. He shall appfov,
all bills before payment thereof By tn,
treasurer, except such as may be direct
ly authorized by the president Of tn,
association"
Tne following bylaw was also adopted
regarding a committee of appeals:
"The board of directors shall, at it,
orgaLization,9 choose committee O
three from among its members, wht
shall be designated as the committee O.
appeals, and which shall have exclusiv,
charge of all appeals, protests and othel
matters of turf law and Legislation
which may arise in the conduct of race
at Rigby park, under the direction ant
control of the association. the decision
in all such cases shall be final SO far al
this association is concerned, and saving
only such rights of appeal as are giy er
under the rule of the National Associa
this association may belong.
Charles r. Milliken. from nominal.
ing committee of the stockholders, re-
ported the following list of directors and
they were elected, each receiving 29s
votes: George Burnham, Jr., Edward
Fletcher. WE Milliken, &C. Moses, S.
R. B. Pingree, George Stanwood, Alonzo
Libby, G. Fl. Nelson, M. F. Pooler, J. S.
Sanborn, John S. Heald, John C.Small
G. F. Farnham.
| Treasurer-H. T. Farpham.
| Clerk-Isaac W. Dyer.
The directors organized with the
choice of the following officers:
President-George Burnham, Jr.
Vice Presidents-C. R. Milliken, WE.
Milliken, and Us. Sanborn
Secretary-J. F. Barrett.
Managerial. F. Farham.
There was general discussion of the
New England fair certainty, it being
nc longer a project. Secretary Barrett
called the attention of his associates to
the following from the Louisville, KY,
Courier Journal regarding the track at
Rigby:
The Louisville Driving and Fair Asso--
citation will have one of the fastest
tracks in the world is the avowed OOH
yiction of that eminent. track builder,
Mr.. Seth Griffi1 of Joliet, III, who has
the work in hand. II am building this
track" said he, different from any that
| have ever built before. and do SO be-
cause ! believe that it signifies in
creased speed and lessening of danger
n ho of hof