Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-28

/ GO NSTITU TION
-oF THE
81 nlFy's Tobacco GFoHsfs' Association
| WHEREAS, Ii seems to be tn,
conviction of farmers generally tina
. radical change mnst be made il
the way our staple. TOBACCO, il
LpoN managed both in cultivatio,
and handling, after It Is housed
Therefore, Be II Resolved, rha
We farmers assembled in Leonard
town, this 10th day of January
1897, do form an association to b.
known as the ST. Mary's Tobacct
Groscers' association, to be govern,
ed BY the following
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE /. The name of this
Association shall be the st. Mary'i
Tobacco Growers Association.
Art. 2. The object of this As.
ISOLATION shall be to improve meth
DDS of growing, curing, stripping,
conditioning and packing our To-
bacco Crops in order to restore con.
fidence to the trade and to enable
careful handlers and honest pack
ers to obtain full value for their
product.
Art. 8. The membership shall
consist of any person who grows
one or more hogsheads of tobacco
after subscribing to the Constitu-
ton.
Art. 4. The officers shall be q
president, vice-president, secretary
and treasurer also, director from
each of the tobacco growing dis.
tricts Of st. Mary's.
Art. 5. The president shall pre-
side at all meetings. In his alb
sence. the vice-president shall pre-.
side.
Art. 6. Election of officers shall
take place az the first meeting in
January Of each year, and no off,
Ger shall succeed himself.
Art. z. A majority of members
present shall elect officers and de-
eide all matters before the Associa-
ton
Art. 8. There shall be four
meetings annually, as follows JAM
uary, April, July and October, no.
tice Of dates to be given by the
president through the local press.
Art. 9. The officers provided
for in Article 4th shall constitute
an executive committee, and the
majority present at any meeting
shall constitute quorum for trans
action Of all business.
Art. 10. This Constitution can
be amended at any regular meeting
by a two-thirds vote of those pres
ent, notice having been given at q
previous meeting.
Art. IL. Every member Of the
Association shall stamp his hogs
heads with . stencil, to be furnish.
ed by the Association, showing the
initial letters, st. NJ. T. G. A., >
which will denote membership in
the st. Mary's Tobacco Growers
Association.
Art. IL. A printed list of mem.
bers of the Association will be fur.
nished the trade.
Art. Is. The sum of Is cents
shall be charged every person en-.
tering the Association, the same te
be used by the executive committee
in the purchase of stencils, print.
ing and other necessary expenses
This membership fee to be paid
annually.
Art. Il. We hereby agree thai
should any tobacco bearing the
stamp of this Association show mp
on inspection false packing, the
said hogshead or hogsheads shall
be held by the inspector for exami
nation by the executive committee
and the said inspector be requested
to promptly notify said eommitte,
of such case or cases.
Art. Is. All officers to serv,
without pay.
Art. 16. All moneys paid on
must be by order Of the presiden
countersigned by the secretary.
| Art. II. That no member b.
allowed to loan his stencil or to rs
it except for his own tobacco.