Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-08-10
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ton to the officers and directors Of the
association, and as it contains some
very interesting and valuable informa-
ton we herewith publish it in full
coffee Of the Secretary.
July 25, 1906.
To the Officers and Directors Of the
Maryland Tobacco Growers Asso-
citation
In view Of the fact that the proceed
ings Of todayis meeting in Baltimore
Of the Board Of Directors of the Mary
land Tobacco Growers Association
Qncorporated), have most important
bearing on the present status Of the
Association and the future working
out Of its plans, your Secretary begs to
hand you a concise review Of same,
together with copies of the most i'm
Inducements connected herewith
The Executive Committee reported
that arrangements had been made to
hold a series of meetings under the
auspices Of the Association in the
counties of Southern Maryland, and it
would seem important that our Direc-
tors, who will be in charge of said
meetings, should have such data in
hand as will enable them to work in
accord and along the same lines at all
the meetings.
The last Legislature of Maryland
granted a Charter to a certain ten per-
sons named as incorporators and to
"such other persons as they may assoc
ciate with themselves in the "Mary-
land Tobacco Growers Association
Said incorporators organized on April
18th, 1906, and the Board Of Directors
of the old Association having by vote
on that date accepted the Charter, the
necessary formalities Of reorganization
were gone through with. Then fol-
lowed the arrangement and drafting of
an instrument under which the Asso-
citation could work under the terms of
the Charter. This took the form of
set Of Bylaws which, together with
the Charter, have now taken the place
of the old original Constitution. These
Bylaws were approved at the Board
meeting today aud the complete change
has, therefore, been affected.
A careful study of both Charter and
Bylaws should be made by each Di-
rector and by as many of the members
as possible, and the differences between
them and the old Constitution carefully
noted and understood. An explanation
Of these differences, together with
lucid Interpretation of the terms of the
Charter, might be made at each meet
ing, so that there may remain in the
minds of the members no confusion of
ideas as to the powers and functions
of the incorporated concern and of the
absolute control of its management by
the Board of Directors after its menu
bers shall have been chosen by the
general membership of the Associa-
ton. The perpetual succession of
this Board has been carefully provided
for in the Charter. There is no reeog-
milton in the Charter OF county organi-
cations or others, with which this As
ISOLATION may deem it advisable to af-
illiate. Discussion along that line,
however, at today's meeting of the
Board, brought out the opinion that it |
would be very advisable for the county
to at once enter on the
work of the selection of candidates to
be nominated and voted for as Direc-
tors, at the annual meeting of members
in December next, so that the next
Board should be truly representative
one.
The Association having been reliev-
ed of the work of investigating and
developing foreign and domestic mar
kets and of the cost of a census of the
Maryland tobacco growers, it was
deemed advisable TO reduce the annual
fee to a point where it |
would not bear heavily on any of the
and therefore it was ordered |
son and after August !, 1906, the sum
Of fifty cents shall be collected from
each new applicant for membership, |
said sum to cover dues for the balance
Of the year 1906 and for the entire
year 1907
A communication was received from
the Upper Country Tobecco Growers
Association extending the hospitality |
of said Association to the members Of |
this Board on August 10th and 18th, |
at Mt. Airy, Carroll county, when a
big two-day meeting viii be held and
at which prominent speakers from
other states will discuss the tobacco
situation.
The Executive Committee will con-
slider and adopt, in the near future, a