Evening journal., 1901-09-14
WORK Oh RBFOBM
NOW Ii EIARTLD
Citizens Association Net for
First Time Last Night
Further Plans Of Association TO be
Outlined at the Meeting Next
Week

citizens Association, OF winning
ton. organized to bring about reform
in the city and county governments.
was held in the rooms of the Board OF
Trade last evening the work outlined,
q constitution and bylaws adopted.
forty members OF the committee
chosen and adjournment made until
next Friday evening when officers OF
the association viii be chosen
Every member OF the Committee OF
Fifty invited to be at the meeting was
there. but as ten of them are either
city, county, State or Federal office
holders, their names were not en-
rolled ON the association records. the
constitution prohibiting any Office
holder or onice-seeller being a mem
ber. The ten additional members will
De chosen at the mex, meeting of the |
association.
Members of the committee SO farl
chosen are Charles b Dougherty. !
Charles e. Sparks j. Harvey White !
man. John S. Mullin. DR., p. w Tom |
linson. Jesse *. Bayis. John b. Mar
tin. w Scott Vernon. Charles Beaden-
llopf, Leonard Heiss. William j. Hogan,
AHNNA lNn Ast ANNWNlIf ias W ID Atift'f
George A. Elliott. John =. Nields. VIII
liam r. Lyman Edward r. Belts. D.
#. Warner Captain Edwin Kershaw,
William j. Johnston H. W. Sasse,
Townsend w Miller Walter ID Bush.
John j. McGovern, l.. p. Bush. James
b. Oberly. Peter j. Ford, A. d. Warner,
Alfred Gawthrop. j. b. Bell, II. s.
England, A. s. Reed, #. II. Melvin, b..
r. Shaw. John S. Rossell, George r.
/. Honecker. a. d. Poole, George C. Nor
, ton. II. G.. English, William r. Kurtz
The constitution adopted by the as
sociation IS as follows:
ARTICLE /.
= This association shall be called the
l"Ciuzens' Association Of Wilmingtor
| Delaware
ARTICLE H.
The purpose Of the association shall
be 10 promote an honest, efficient and
economical administration of municipal
and county affairs. by inducing tho
citizens and taxpayers to take a more
, active and intelligent interest I'm sucl
affairs by furnishing an accurate an'
- non partisan account of the manner ii
',I which the city and county are govern
q ed. and OF thc conduct of Che publ
servants by cuooumgins faithful am
exposing unfaithful performance Of OF
fetal duties and by advocating legis
VI lation necessary or proper for securing
these ends.
J. It shall be the endeayor of the as
u soclatlon to keep a careful watch owe
the expenditures of public money, the
$ making and performance Of contracts
r. the purchase Of supplies and material
% and the proceedings of the municipa
and county legislative bodies TO prc
. vent Illegal. fraudulent or impropc
b payments from the city or count.
treasury: to investigate official mis-
ID conduct: to ascertain and report al
facts which. in the interest Of goo.
government should be known by TIN
citizens of Wilmington and New Cas-
tie county. and 20 bring to punish
ment all who may be parties to sucl
I misconduct.
ARTICLE Ill.,
! The government of this association
1 shall be vested i'm n committee of MT.
2 members which shall have power am,
% authority TO hll any vacancies in it
1 membership or among the officers o.
p the association u shall meet whci
, requested to do $50 by the Executive
4 Committee, on by the president VIII,
may call meetings i'm his dis
erection, and who shall cal
q meeting OF the written re-
quest of any 1--WE members of the Com
mittee of Fifty Fifteen members shal
constitute a quorum 10 may, by
vote of two-thirds eXpel any officer Oh
b member OF the committee.
ARTICLE IV.
The Committee of Fifty shall e.ec
4 from it's own members the followin
! officers, whose term Cf onice shall b.
for one year. or until their successor
have been elected or appointed, sub
iect to the restriction as TO member
ship in article VI: President Vice
president. secretary and treasurer. Th
Il officers of the association shall per
II form the duties generally allotted q
IS their various positions, and such Cthe
2, duties as may from time TO time b
p prescribed by the Committee OF Fifr
r or Executive Committee.
r. The annual meeting of the Commit
81, tee Of Fifty and election Cf officer
~ HuNI Nthi IiNit NIi NAllN INiAN IT
a September Cf each year.
ARTICLE v.
The president shall appoint the fol
lowing committee subject TO annroya
by the Committee OF Fifty
Executive Committee, Mcmbershi
$ Committee. Finance Committee.
z The Executive Committee shall cen
3 sist of the president yice-presiden
/ secretary and treasurer. ex-onicio. an
seven members Of the Committee @
= Fifty It shall have the care direction
r and management of the work Of ,h
associatiCn and it shall have ful
power 20 appoint such subcommittee
of its own members or cf othc- mem
: bers of ,ho association defining th
duties Of such committees. and TO em
= lpl0y such attorneys agents on other as
lsistanls as it shall deem necessary AM
. eXpedient 1t may cXrend an of IN
e funds in the hands Of the treasurer
{, but shall not incur any further liabili
d ties in the name Of the association.
+ It shall have authority = cvgaaiz