El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-14
REVISION OF BYLAWS.
CONTINUED From I'd Page.)

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rounded by the name of the corpora
ton.
Article X on amendments is copy
of the state statute and reads as fol-
lows: 1.-The directors may adopt by
laws for the government of the cor
poration; but such bylaws may be al
tered, changed, or amended, by ma
jority vote of the stockholders at any
election or special meeting ordered
for that purpose by the directors, on a
written application of a majority of
the stockholders or members.
Election of Directors.
The directors easily agreed upon the
provisions of the proposed revision ex-
cept that regarding the method or
electing directors. The bylaws now
in force provide for election by ballot
at the annual meeting of the chamber.
1t is proposed to make twenty mem
berS constitute a quorum. 1t mas oIten
proved difficult to get even that num-
Der to attend a meeting. 1t may easily
happen therefore, that twenty or th1r-
ty members will elect a new board,
and as majority of the votes cast are
sufficient to elect, it might happen that
any number of votes from eleven up
would be sufficient to elect.
1t is proposed, therefore, to change
the plan of election with a view to
securing both elaboration in the
choice of directors and also the larg-
est possible vote. Two plans are I'M
der consideration.
The first plan provides that nomina-
lions for directors shall be made IN
the following manner: At any time
prior to the day of the annual cleo
ton any two members of the cham
Der eligible to vote for directors may
file in the Office of the secretary
written nomination of any members
for director. The secretary shall at
once post the name of the nominee,
and mail him a written notice. If any
nominee declines, the secretary shall
note the refusal upon the posted list
On theS aturday before the Wednes-
day on which the annual election oc-
ours, the names of all nominees who
have not declined shall be printed in
alphabetical order on ticket, and a
COPY of the ticket shall be mailed to
each member of the chamber.
The election shall be conducted as
follows: Along with the printed ticket
the secretary shall mail to each mem
Der a notice setting forth the manner
and purpose of holding the election.
the time for opening and closing the
polls. etc The voting must b: by bal
sealed and in charge of the secretary
or other persons appointed by the
board 1t shall be accessible to MEM
bers at the rooms of the chamber from
. a. m to p. m. of the day OF the an
nuaI election The secretary shall
make a full list of the members EMIT
led to vote, and as each member votes,
the word Voted" shall be written OPP
posite his name on the list. The mem
md N
proxy. The voter shall cross out upon
the printed ticket the names of the
persons for whom he does not wish to
vote. Members desiring to vote for
other persons than those whose names
appear upo nthe printed ballot may do |
so by writing the names of such other |
persons on the ballot If the names OF
more than nine persons shall appear
on any ballot for directors the ballot
shall be void. Any ballot having on
it the name of any person more than
four months in arrears for dues shall
he void as to such name.
At three o'clock of the day of cleo
ton the voting shall cease The
board of directors shall Immediately
meet, open the ballot box, count the
votes, and declare the persons who
have received the highest number of
votes elected. The election shall be
reported to the member Oh the cnam-
Der at the annual meeting, to be held
the same night. In case of tie, the tie
shall be decided by the members at
the annual meeting, by ballot.
The above is substantially the plan |
of election generally prevailing in the |
commercial organizations on the Pa |
cific coast. 1t follows very closely the |
plan in use at Los Angeles.
The second proposed method of nom
ination and election provides that in
stead of written nominations, the nom
nations shall be made by ballot sub
stantially as the election would be
conducted according to the first plan.
That is to say, a sealed ballot box
shall be provided as under the first
plan, and the polls shall be open from
8 a. m. to p. m of the day of the an
nual election. Every member in good
standing ma yeast ballot containing
nine names, or less. At three o'clock
these ballots will be counted and the
persons receiving the highest
number of votes will be officially nom
inee for directors. These eighteen
names will then be reported to the an
nual meeting that night, and the mem
bers present will elect by ballot nine I
of the eighteen to be directors for
the ensuing year.