The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1896-01-17


county shall elect county director who
shall report to the members of the ex-
ecrtive committee from his judicial cir
cult and shall be responsible to him.
5. That these Offices shall be filled
annually at convention called for that
and other purposes by the executive
committee.
&. That the members of the execu-
tive committee shall each give surety
bond in the sum of 900, to the state
treasurer in trust for the association,
conditioned on the faithful discharge of
their duties and the accounting for all
funds.
/. That the executive committee
shall proceed forthwith to prepare ad
vertising literature for circulation
through the east, that such literature
while advertising South Dakota as a
whole shall be devoted impartially to
the several sections OF the state and
that discarding all tricks Of the boom
e,s the association shall tell the exact
truth about the advantages and re-
sources which each section undenia-
bly, possesses.
s. That toward the preparation of
this literature each county shall be asked
to contribute, each one through its coun
ty director sending to its circuit com.
mitteeman description of its resources
and characteristics according to its own
wish; that these county articles shall be
reviewed and equalized by the execu-
tive committee who shall remove dis
crepances and harmonize the whole in
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8. The cost of maintaining and
carrying forward this work shall be
equally divided among the circuit ac-
cording to the population. No personal
advertising shall be admitted to the
advertisements OF this association.
10. That the members of this execu-
tive committee shall never appropriate
from the association funds sums greater
than their actual and necessary ex-
penses.
II. That the executive committee
shall have power to fill vacancies in any
Offices, the appointee to hold until the
annual convention.
The following resolution, as we'll as
the above. was adopted:
Resolved, That as soon as possible
each member Of the executive commit.
tee shall call circuit conventions of the
count ties of his circuit to arouse inter-
est in the question of immigration and
to form circuit association which
shall cooperate with the state eXecu-
tive committee and encourage the ad-
vertising Of it's resources and advan-
tages.
The matter of incorporation by the
executive committee under the law was
discussed, the convention then believ-
ing that the financial part of the as
ISOLATION could be handled better as a
corporation. On motion section one
was referred back to the committee to
word that section so as to give power
to the executive committee to incorpor-
ate and as result the program COM
mittee later handed in the following
resolution, whioh was adopted:
SIT is the sense OF this convention
that the executive committee shall in
corporate under the name of the
South Dakota immigration association. -
A recess of half hour was taken in
which to allow the counties in the diff
ferent judicial circuits to meet and
select their member for the executive
committee and also to select one direc-
tor from each county in the circuit.
Chairman Keith later called the dele
gates to order and the various circuits
reported their member of the executive
committee as follows:
First circuit, F. A. Morris, Tripp;
second circuit, Thos. H. Brown, Sioux
Falls: third circuit, A. j. Lockhart
Clear Lake; fourth circuit, J. NJ
Greene, Cham berlain: fifth circuit, S.
w. Narregaug, Aberdeen: sixth cir
cult, j. H. Baldwin, st. Lawrence.
The seventh and eighth circuits were
not represented in the convention anG
the vacancies will be supplied later
The directors in each county were ther
named as follows:
First Circuit-Douglas county, E. S
Johnson; Hutchinson, Henry Klapp
Chas. Mix, Irv. Welch: Bon Homme
G.. w. Snow: Yankton. G. F. Chase
Second Circult-Minnehaha county
Chas. e. Baker; Moody, Geo. A. Petit
grew: Lincoln, Thos. Thorson: Lake
G. B. Kennedy; McCook, J. G. Headley
Third Circuit--Roberts county, Ed
Cook; Duel, NJ. F. Greeley: Coddington
L. D. Lyon; Grant, S. K. Gould.
Fourth Circuit-Miner county, Davit
McCullough; Aurora, L. Leyinger
Buffalo, B. G. Huddle; Brule. Irv. A
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