Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-26

ORGANIZATION
Junior Order American Mechanics
of This State Form National
Organization.

TRENTON, Oct. 26:-It was open
~ asserted during the state conven
lion OF the Jr. o. U. A. NJ, Wednes
day, that the aim in forming a five
state agreement among state coun
CHS is to take the first step toward
forming an independent national or
ganization. The provisions of thu
new agreement are:
THE name of this body shall be
General Council. 1t shall be a mu.
tual and unincorporated body.
The membership shall consist O.
representatives as follows: Eacf
state council shall have two dele
gates and one additional for eacf
5000 members until the state coun-
Gil has $4,000, then one extra dele.
gate for each 10000 members be.
yond $4,000. Delegates shall be
elected for two years and the gen.
eral council shall meet ~biennially.
The officers shall be president
vice president, secretary and treas
urer. No two elective officers shall
come from the same state. The APP
pointed officers shall be chaplain.
conductor and sentinel. In addition
to the elected officers the board OF
directors shall consist of one dele
gate from each state<in the council.
Each state council shall pay an
admission fee of one cent for each
member enrolled on its books, and
the annual per capita tax shall not be
less than one per cent. per member,
MOI more than three cents. Each
state must submit an annual report
of it's membership, finances and gen
eral condition.
"Seven subordinate councils, with
a total membership of at least 500
members, shall constitute a state
council eligible to membership. Each
application made by a state coun-
Gil must be approved by four-fifths
OF the board of directors and then by
the general council.
THE general council shall have
authority to alter or change the rit-
ual and secret work, or to make and
promulgate a new ritual. OF shall
also adopt a form of withdrawal card,
travelling card, order for the pass, Of
fetal receipt for dues, ETC., and no
other forms will be recognized in the
states joining the supreme body.
"The president shall issue and
communicate a quarterly pass word
to all state councils entitled to the
same.
Each state council shall be and
remain a sovereign body within It's
jurisdiction.
COPIES of all amendments to the
agreement must be sent to each off
Ger and delegate at least thirty days
prior to the biennial session.
"Only state councils having laws
requiring applicants for subordinate
council membership to possess the
qualifications necessary to become
members of the Jr. o. U. A. M. shall
be eligible.
"As soon as a majority of the five
states have ratified the agreement
the general council shall be formed
During the debate Wednesday
some argued that New Jersey would
do better to wait for another year
before voting to join the movement.
1t was shown that while the state
council had been successful against
the national council, Enterprise coun-
ell of Trenton was still loyal to the
old national council, and as it had a
charter issued by the state council
of Pennsylvania of a date suppressed
ing the charter of the state council
of New Jersey, trouble might again
arise, and to join the plan to form a
national council might operate
against the New Jersey state coun-
ell. The delegates, however, adopt
ed the nation to ratify the agree
ment, and then passed a safety reso-
luton providing for the reference of
the matter to the state councils at
for approval. If he decides
that the council exceeded it's powers
at this particular time the matter is
to come up at the next meeting, or
at a special session called for that
purpose. Pennsylvania has not yet
adopted the agreement, while the
District of Columbia has referred the
plan to the councils in that juris-
diction.
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