The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-04
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Expiration Of lime for Raising the Site
Fund Is Drawing Near
PRO, Isloss OF CHARTERof incorporation
new Board Of Trustees to BE Elected
Each Year According TO the
Articles Filed.

The expiration OF the time in which the
fund for purchasing site for the Car
negic library building is rapidly approach
ing and now only few more days remain.
Judge w. H. Wilson, Mrs. H. f. Ring
and Mr.. N. S. Medium compose the iin-
nnce or soliciting committee of the board
OF trustees and are doing what they can
TO secure the necessary subscriptions
great many people seem to be under
misapprehension as TO how this institu-
ton will be managed. All the details have
been well arranged. as will be shown ny
the charter. as given below:
Charter of the Houston Lyceum and
Carnegie Library association;
We. whose names are hereunto annexed,
do hereby certify that we have associated
ourselves together for the purpose Of
forming corporation under and pursuant
to the provisions of chapters and IL OF
title 81 of the Revised Civil Statutes oil
the State OF Texas.
Name-Article /. The name of this
corporation shall be Houston Lyceum
and Carnegie Library dssuNAaAiuh'
Purpose.-Art. 2. This corporation Is
formed for the support and maintenance
OF library, ana to promote and encour-
age literary and scientific study, invesu-
cation and undertakings and to provide a
library building suitable for the purpose
OF its organization.
Location.-A 3. The business OF thls
corporation shall be transacted and CON
Quoted in the city Of Houston, Harris
county, Texas.
hereby created shall exist for a period OF
fifty years.
Art ;. The trustees Of this corporation
shall be nine in number. and the follow
ing parties, all Of whom reside in the city
OF Houston Harris county Texas. shai
compose the board OF trustees oil thl'
association until the first annual elector
to be held in the city OF Houston, on tn'
rst Monday in May, 1901, namely san
Brashear, w. W. Barnett, II. H. Dickson
Mrs. II. F. Ring, Mrs. w. E. Kendall, n
S. Meldrum w. II. Clute. W. H. Wilson
and A. $. Grant.
meeting OF this association shall VI
held on the first Monday Of May OF eacl
year. for the selection OF nine trustees Il
serve for the term OF one year, At tht
meeting the city of Houston ACTIN
through the library committee Of It's CIT,
council shall be entitled TO one vote f.
each $40 subscribed or appropriated b
1t TO this association for the then curren
year. provided the amounts so subscribe
or appropriated shall be subscribed o
appropriated not less than three month
prior to the holding OF the annual meet
ing, and each member of this associate
shall be entitled to one vote.
Any person who shall subscribe 500 {
more to this association at any one tim
shall be life member of this association
within the meaning Of this article, al
person who shall subscribe to this a
ISOLATION the sum Of 50 or more durr
any one year, ending with the first Nor
day In May, shall be member of this
ISOLATION within the meaning Of this a
ticle. and entitled to vote as such at Il
first succeeding annual meeting after sue
subscription is made. No other persC
shall be entitled TO vote at such annu
or any other meeting
The boards of trustees TO be selected
the annual meetings to be hereafter hel
shall be so selected that, as far as pra
ticable. there shall be at least one mel
Der on said board from each the Fir'
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Six
wards OF the city OF Houston, as tn
now exist. The board Of trustees shi
have general management of the anal
OF this corporation, and shall select o
member of their board as president
this association, a second member
their board as vice president, thi
member as secretary, and fourth me
!, as treasurer. The treasurer shall
required to give a good and suthcie
bond. payable to this association, in
amount to be fixed by the board OF tr,
tees, ana to be approved by the preside
OF said board. The first board of trust'
shall adopt bylaws for the governm'
OF this association, which bylaws n
be changed or amended. only by maj
ity vote cast at any annual meeting
this association, to be taken in the sa
manner as is provided for the election
trustees.
Art 6. This corporation shall Issue
capital stock. The assets OF the corpo
ton shall consist OF donations, subscl
tious. books, pamphlets, manuscripts,
niture, furnishings, works of virtue,
for library building and buildings to
erected thereon. The estimated value
the goods, chsttels, lands. rights