The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-15
NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE

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tional Afro-American Business League:
1. The name of the organization
shall be the National Afro-American
Business League.
2. The object is to inform, as best
we may, the world of the progress the
Afro-American is making in business
in every part of the country, and to
stimulate, local business enterprises
through it's annual meetings and in
any other manner deemed wise; to
encourage the organization of local
business for the purpose of furthering
commercial growth in all places where
such organizations are deemed needful
and wise.
3. Any person engaged in any COM
mercial enterprise, or properly dele
gated to represent any individual or
individuals engaged in commercial en-
3terprise, is entitled to membership UNI
der such regulations as may be adop-
ted.
4. The officers of the organization
shall be a president, vice president,
secretary, compiler, treasurer and an
executive committee composed of nine
members, who shall be elected annu-
ally, and shall include the president,
secretary and treasurer.
" 5. This organization shall hold it's
meetings annually at such time and
place as the executive committee may
select. =
! g. All resolutions shall be referred
to the executive committee before be:
ing debated in open session.
The National Afro-American Bust
ness League, in session at Boston, rec
ommends:
l. That our people form local bust
ness leagues in all the towns and cities
of the country where the race is strong
enough in number, and such organiza-
lions will best promote the interests of
the race. <4 49,.
2. That these local leagues send del
egates, as far as possible, to the ma
tional organization and keep in close
touch during the year with the officers
CT the national organization.
g. That these local organizations
hold meetings monthly as far as prac-
ticable.
4. That we strongly urge that every
thing possible be done in these local
to discourage complicat-
ed and useless parliamentary machin-
cry, and that parliamentary and tech
nical discussions be avoided, as far as
possible, with a view of concentrating
time and strength on the real object OF
the organization. - ..
Amendments.
The following amendments were
adopted at Chicago August rs, 1901:
-: Each delegate shall be asked to
pay an annual fee of $500. -
g. Life m membership fee shall be $50
for an individual or organization.
g. The constitution shall be SO
amended as to allow corresponding
national organizer.
Resolution Granting Assembly Hall.
It is with no small degree of pride
that we announce that the following
resolution was introduced in the House
CT Representatives of the State of
Tennessee Monday, March 23d, and
adopted the following
day, Tuesday, March Oath:
'Be it resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives, That the use of the hall
of the House of Representatives be,
and the same is hereby, granted the
colored citizens of Nashville for three
days in the month of August, 1903, for
the purpose of holding a meeting of
the National Afro-American Business
League. which has for it's aim the CON-
1:ercial, agricultural, educational and
Industrial betterment of the Afro
American race"