The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
CIVIC LEAGUE
 IsORGANIZE;D Constitution and and By Laws
 Adopted. TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING When Officers of Body Will
 Be Elected. Committee to watch sr=;ny Baseba-. is Continued With Power to Act--J. W. Durr Jr., Tem-
 porary Chairman lH. .

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 The Civic League of Montgomery was organized at the Young Mems Christian Association last night adobeed. a consti- tution and bylaws and made arrange ments for a public meeting. when offi- cers will be elected.
 About twenty-five representative citi-. zens of Montgomery were present at the meeting and great interest was mani- fested. For nearly three hours the members wrestIed with constitution and bylaws. which they believe will cover the needs of Montgomery. It will be remembered that the first meeting was held about two weeks ago. result ing from call of the ministers of Mont gomery That meeting adjourned until a constitution and bylaws could be framed
 The meeting last night was called to order by Chairman F. c. Shepard. F. P. Glass for the Committee on Constftu- tion reported that the Committee had worked carefully. It had corresponded with similar organizations of other cities and had endeavored to frame laws that would apply to Montgomery conditions. Valuable aid had been received from the Civic League of Detroit and. to show the power of such an organization, Mir. Glass read extracts from the annual re- port of the Secretary, showing where many local conditions, unproductive of good had been remedied through it's agencies.
 Laws Adopted.
 The Constitution and Bylaws was adopted section by section. Every arti. cle was carefully considered and de. bated. As adopted it is as follows:
 Article 1.-This organization shall be called the Civic League of Montgomery
 Article 2.-The officers and committees of this League shall be fixed and regu. lated by the Bylaws.
 Article 3.-To disseminate instructive information relative to the government or Montgomery; to advocate plans for Its Improvements to promote busness-like honest and efficient conduct in municipal affairs; to promote the choice of com potent officials; to encourage faithful performance of public duty; to secure the enactment and enforcement of laws fol the economical, intelligent and progress sive management of the affairs of the City and County Government,
 Article 4.-Section l. Any qualified voter of the County of Montgomery, who is not an office holder in City or Coun- ty, or a candidate for such office, Is eligible to membership, subject to the
 
 on payment of membership fee of $1.0( and subscribing to the following state ment. together with the purposes of the organization as provided in Article 8:
 The undersigned believing that the citizens of the County of Montgomery should take a more active and earnest part in the municipal and County af- fairs desires to be enrolled as a mem Der of the Montgomery Civic League and hereby signifies his purpose to aid in the objects of the organization.
 Section ?. Any member of this League who becomes candidate or is appoint ed to City or County office shall there by cease to be member of this League during his candidacy or ,term of office
 Article 5.-The work of the League shall be under the direction of an Ex- ecutive Committee consisting of nine members. including the President and Vice President. elected from and by the League membership at the annual meet