Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-09
WHEELING BOARD Of TRADE
WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MONTHLY
MEETING NEXT TUESDAY Az
TERNOON.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
To the Bylaws Will BE Considered.
They Are Very ImpOrtant-A Com
structiOn of Section of Rule Nine
Which II Very Important-Public
Building Committee Met.

| Secretary S. A. Thompson yester-
day sent out notices for the next reg
ular meeting of the Board of Trade,
to be held Tuesday evening of next
week. There are mentioned in the
call several proposed amendments to
the bylaws which have met with
such general favor that it is consid-
cred very probable that the changes
will he made. The call of the Secre-
tary is as follows:
WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. S,1901.
Dear Sir
The regular monthly meeting of the
Wheeling Board of Trade will be held
| on Tuesday, February 18th at 8
o'clock p m.
| At the special meeting held January
25th, amendments were offered to sec
toni, rule l, and section 5, rule 5, of
| the bylaws, so that the signatures of
| fifteen members should be required to
| call special meeting instead of five;
and that forty members should con-
! stitute quorum instead of twenty,
as at present. Objection being made
to immediate consideration Of the
amendments, they were laid over I'M
| der the rules, and will be considered
at the regular meeting.
! At the regular meeting Of the
Board of Directors on January 29th,
it was decided to recommend to the
members that the signatures of twen-
ty members be required for the call
of a special meeting, instead of five as
! at present, or fifteen, as proposed in
the amendment already offered; and
| to further recommend that section l
of rule 9 be amended by the inser-
ton of the word One" SO that the
latter portion of said section will read
as follows:
Amy such contribution which has
been heretofore made, or shall
'be hereafter made, by any firm or
corporation, may, at the request of
| such firm or corporation, be applied,
so far as necessary, to the payment
! of the annual dues, for the year in
which such contribution may have
been or may be made, of any one
member of this association, who is a
member of such firm or an officer of
such corporation
This word was accidentally omitted
! by the stenographer who prepared
the bylaws for the committee on Or
ganization. S. A.. THOMPSON,
Secretary.
1t will be remembered that a strong
| sentiment favorable to increasing the
number Of members necessary to call
special meeting, and the number to
| constitute a quorum, was developed at
/ the two meetings. The recommended
change in rule 9 is to cover clerical
error made by the typewriter. It's
effect is to give an important con-
struction to the rule, requiring a firm
or company to designate one person,
and one only, as a member of the
| Board. By this it is meant that
when company or firm subscribes,
one person must be designated as a
member, entitled to all the privileges
of membership, including the right to
vote. The necessity for this construc-
ton of the rule will be so plainly
stated at the meeting that no opposi-
ton is anticipated
| The public building committee of
the Board held meeting yesterday
afternoon, and formulated a report
upon their recent visit to Washington
to urge the bill appropriating money
| for new custom house for Wheeling.
The report of the committee will be
presented to the Board at it's next
monthly meeting.
| Secure Carnival tickets to-day.
| n.