Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-08-22
Truckers Association CT the Eastern
Shore of Virginia.


Gunter, DR.. Chas Smith, DR.. Geo. w
LeCato and others. Meetings will b.
held to day. Saturday., in each mag
isterial district on the Eastern Shor'
for the purpose of electing directo
for each district, at following places
Chincoteague Island, Temperance
vile, Parksley, Only, Keller, Frank
town, Bridgetown ard Cape Charles
Rules adopted by the TRUCKERS
Association of the Eastern Shore Of
Virginia" are given below:
RULES.
ARTICLE FIRST.
The object of the association is to
promote the welfare of the farmers
by cooperating. establishing rules
and regulations for marketing crops,
and by other means that may be
agreed upon by the members.
ARTICLE SECOND.
The name of this organization shall
be, "The Truckers Association of the
Eastern Shore of Va"
ARTICLE THIRD.
Sec. ALL persons engaged in farm
ing shall be eligible to membership.
Colored people will have their sep
arate organization in each Migister-
ial District, and make their wants
known to the Board of Directors, to
be hereinafter provided for, through
their secretary in writing. Member
ship fee 25 cents.
Sec. 2-All members shall be gov
erned by the rules established for the
association, and for failure shall for
felt all rights and privileges.
ARTICLE FOURTH.
Sec. 1.-The members shall at once
in their respective Magisterial Dis
tries proceed to organize and elect
one person to preside over and direct
the affairs of the Magisterial Dis
trict, who shall be known as director
and they shall also elect secretary
Sec. 2-The director of each Magis
terial District shall be member OF
the Board of Directors of the "Truck
ers Association of the Eastern Shore
of Va" which shall organize as soon
as three Magisterial Districts have
elected its director. They shall elect a
secretary and treasurer.
Sec 3-The stated annual meeting
of the members of the association
shall be held at Cape Charles, on the
third Monday in January of each and
every year, for the general transaction
of the business of the association; and
the members shall elect a presiding
officer from their number; at which
time the Board of Directors shall
submit a report of their proceedings
for the previous year, and a state
ment of the condition of the associa'
ton.
Sec. 1.-The Board of Directors may
call special meeting of the members
at any time, provided majority oil
said Board be in favor thereof.
Sec. 5-Notices of the special and
annual meetings of the members
shall be sent to the secretary Of each
Magisterial District organiza ion, al
least thirty days before the time o.
meeting.
ARTICLE FIFTH.
The Board of Directors of the asso
citation shall consist of eight mem
bers, who, shall be elected by the
members of their local organizations
as soon as elected shalKhold meet
ing and elect from their number g
president and vice president, and
shall elect a secretary and genera
manager, and treasurer, from the
members, to hold office until the re
gular annual elections, or until theil
successors are elected.
The directors may elect or appoint
such agents or employees as in theil
judgment may be deemed necessary
to transact the business Of tie asso
citation; paying such officers and EN-
ployees out of the funds in the hands
of the treasurer.
The Board of Directors shall have
the power to fill vacancies that may
occur, and, for sufficient cause, re
move the officers or employees Of
their appointment and appoint theil
successors.
1t shall be the duty of the Board
of Directors to appoint at every rail
road station, and every steamboat
wharf, or other shipping point, one
person, with such help as may be
needed, to inspect all potatoes be-
longing to the members of this as
ISOLATION to be sent to market; to see
that none but good marketable stock
is shipped, in suitable packages; and
to pay such inspector such compensa'
ton as may be agreed upon.
ARTICLE SIXTH.
1t shall be the duty of the inspec-
tors, to examine every barrel brought
to the station belonging to members
of the association, and those that con
tain first class stock, of uniform size,
(barrel not faced with good potatoes
and with Indifferent ones in other
parts of the barely to mark the same
with a stamp, to be provided by the
Board of Directors, first, or second
class, as the case may be; and that
culls under no condition to be ship
ped. Barrels shall be of the uniform
size, and those of less measure shall
be rejected.