The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-14
MEMBERS 3a OF THIS ORDER CAME TO
THE TERRITORY OF MIN
NESOTA.
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF THE MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL
PIONEERS AS RECENTLY
FORMULATED.
DISTINCT FROM THE OLD SETTLERS
But Claiming an Equal Share In the
Development of the North
Star State.

The complete articles of association
of the Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
are as follows:
Preamble-Being part of the advance
guard or that grand army OF civilization which
carried the star of empire westward, and
Of whom it was then said:
I'VE hear the tread Of pioneers,
or nations yet to be-
The first low wash of waves where soon
Shall roll a human sea-
we deem it proper that the territorial pio-
neers of Mtnnesota-they who laid the founda-
ton of our magnificent North Star state, -
and are bound together by ties of brother
hood and sympathy, formed and cemented
amid the dangers, trials and privations of
frontier life-should, by means of a more
perfect and fraternal organization, be brought
more closely together; and to the end that
the memories and friendships of those early
days may be perpetuated, and to assist in
the preservation of our history covering that
period, and for the formation of more per-
feet union and brotherhood, we do hereby
so organize, and adopt and subscribe to the
following:
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.
Article 1. The name of this association
shall be the Minnesota Territorial Pioneers.
Its headquarters shall always be at the
capitol but the eligibility and residence of
it's members shall be coeXtensive with the
limits of our state. It's objects and purposes
are to cultivate more fraternal and social
I6IdIfOIS, 10 alQ duQ aSSlSI our WORTHY anu
needy brethren; to show proper respect to
our members when they take their final de-
parture from us; to secure and create a rec
ord of the names and history of the terri
torial pioneers Of every county of our state
those who have joined the silent majority
well as the living; and, in general terms,
to carry out the letter and spirit of the
foregoing preamble.
citation (who were here when the territory
was organized) we recognize as our elder
brothers and entitled to our regard as such,
and to an honored place at our FESTIVE board.
We aspire to no more than to be deemed
worthy fellow pioneers and successors of 50
worthy an association.
Article g Any male resident of this state,
Of good character, who resided within its
present boundaries when the territory Of Min
nesota admitted a state into the
Union, may become member of this asso-
citation by signing the roll Of membership
thereof with the officer or party er person
who may be in charge of the same and au-
tEOrlZed to receive signatures thereto, or by
personal or written application at any meet
ing thereof, or, in tho interim, by applica-
ton to the executive committee and tine ap-
plication being accepted) by the entry Of his
name in the proper records, and by the pay
ment of 81 as initiation fee, and such annual
sum thereafter Qf any as may be deemed
necessary, and assessed by the executive com
mittee to defray the current expenses Of this
association.
The record of the membership Of this asso-
CldLlou Snail Do kept III q DOCK OF DOCKS pro-
vided for that purpose; so prepared as to
show, in proper columns, the name of each
member, the place of his birth, the year of
his arrival in the territory Of Minnesota and
his present residence. The executive COM
mfttee shall provide for the admission and
enrolment Of members throughout the state
and in the different counties thereof; and SO
far as possible, shall procure list Of the
deceased territorial pioneers of each county
CT our state.
All ladies now residing in our state, who
were residents of the territory when it was
admitted into the Union ard the wives of all
members of this association, are hereby de-
clared to be honorary members of the same
and authorized to wear the badge or other
insignia thereof
Article s. The officers of this association
shall consist of president, who shall preside
at all meetings of the association, a first
vice president, second vice president, a
secretary and treasurer, together with an
executive committee Of eleven members. of
which the president and secretary shall be
eX-oficio members, and such other officers
as may hereafter be provided for at the
annual or ether general meeting. The mem
beTS Of such executive committee, not eX-
officio members thereof, shall be appointed by
the president Immediately after his election,
and they shall be SO elected and appointed
that not more than three members of said
executive committee shall at the same time
be residents of the same county.
All general officers Of this association, in
Guiding the officers of the executive commit
tee, snail DOlO IHSlT cIIC6S LOT the pCrlOQ Oh
one year and until their successors are elect
ed or appointed and shall severalIy perform
the duties pertaining to their respective Of
fees, as defined in these articles or by the
bylaws of this association.
When so authorized by the executive COM
mittee, the president shall appoint a cor
responding secretary.
The president, with the advice and consent
of the executive committee, shall also appoint
a suitable and competent person as county
corresponding secretary in each county in
which territorial pioneers are found, whose