Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-27
TO ORGANIZE FOR GOOD ROADS.
Plan Adopted For the Formation OF
Associations in the Counties.


President F. H. Hyatt of the South
Carolina Good Roads association Is
arranging to publish a pamphlet con-
tanning the constitution and bylaws
of the association and the plan of or
ganization, arranged by the secretary,
Mr.. Earle Sloan, for the formation of
branch associations in the different
counties. The book will also contain
the names Of the county supervisors
and other interesting information.
The plan is as follows:
A branch association Of the South
Carolina Good Roads association may
be organized in each county Of the
State of South Carolina in the follow
ing manner:
1. The county supervisor and one
or more Of the county commissioners
Of the related county shall by adver-
tisement in a county paper issue "a
call for all good citizens Of --
county who may be interested In good
roads to assemble at the court house
to organize the - county branch
of the South Carolina Good Roads as
sociation on the - day Of -. 1s-'
at the hour Of -.
2. That at the specified time the
supervisor shall call the meeting to
order, read the advertisement an
nouncing the purpose Of the meeting
and appoint temporary secretary
who shall submit for the signatures
of all intended members present the
following form:
1--WE, the undersigned, do hereby
subscribe ourselves as members Of the
- branch Of the South Carolina
Good Roads association subject to the
constitution provided for such branch
associations. (Signatures folloWO
8. The county supervisor shall then
appoint three tellers and call for the
election Of a president by a majority
vote of the listed members.
4. The president so elected shall
then take the chair and successfully
call for and require the election OF
vice president, a secretary and treas
urer, by a majority vote Of the listed
members.
s. The convention shall then adopt
the following constitutions:
(a) The - branch Of the South
Carolina Good Roads association shall
comprise as permanent members al
citizens In good standing who may
from time to time subscribe to the roll
Of this association.
(b) The officers OF the -
branch Of the South Carolina Good
Roads association shall be a president
vice president, a secretary and a
treasurer, whose term Of office shall
be coordinate with the term OF office
Of the county supervisor. The county
supervisor and one or more OF the
county commissioners shall ex officio
constitute an executive board to whom
the branch association may
delegate specific duties.
(c) The branch association
may. at appropriate times, elect dele
gate members to the South Carolina
Good Roads association whose term
shall be coordinate with the official
term Of the county supervisor. The
number Of delegate members 40 elect
ed or appointed shall equal the num-
ber OF representatives to which -
county may be entitled in the South
Carolina general assembly. The coun-
ty supervisor shall be one OF these
members and be ex-off1cio chairman
of the county delegation to the South
Carolina Good Roads association.
(dl That the annual dues Of each
member shall be -.
(e) The branch association
shall meet not less than once a yeal
at such time as may be agreed on and
as much oftener as the executive
board may from time to time deter
mine.
(f) All matters Of appeal or contest
which may arise shall be referred to
the South Carolina Good Roads as
sociation whose decision shall be fina
and binding.