The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-22
ELECT THE OFFICERS
DIRECTORS OF ALBANIA BIBLE sO-
 CIETY ARE CHOSEN.
Report of Committee fs Adverse to Proposed Increase of Managtug
 Board--Ftye Dcnomjna- tions RepreseBted.


 Board--F'tye Dcnemina- y tieps RepreseBted.
 At the adjourned session of the an
 nual meeting of the Alabama Bible So-
 ciety last night at the Bible House on
 Dexter Avenue. the report of the com
 mittee on ccpsideratlon of the legality of the amendments to the constitution
 of the Society, allowing an increase in
 number of the Board of Directors, was
 adopted; the report of tilercbmmittee appointed at the reguar meeting in December was road by the chairman,
 Dr. Neal L. Anderson. and adopted: the Board of Directors was elected and five Presidents. from the five denomi- nations represented in the Society. were { elected from nominations of neu throughout the state.
 l At the meeting of the Society on the | first Monday night of the month. the | question of the legality of the pro- posed amendment to the constitutions | allowing an increase of six members | in the number of Directors. was ques- I toned, and the report of the commit | tee accepting the amendment was re- l jectcd. It followed that the report was l returned to the committee for further | legal consideration, and the Society ad- l journed that time might be given for | this consideration.
 The committee composed of W. w. [ Pearson. B. P. Crum and Ray Rushton. ! after a full and detailed consideration | of every article in the act of ineorpora' 1 tion. reported adversely on the amend ments' and the report was accepted last | night byi the Society.
 | Dr. Neal [. Anderson. chairman of the committee appointed at the regu- lar, meeting of the Society in Decem- l Der last, to suggest amendments to the | constitution, bringing the present con | stitution into line with the Articles Of l incorporation, presented the following report which. after some discussion, was adopted:
 | Changes in Constitution. 1 We recommend that the amendment adopted at the meeting Of the seciety l in January. 1906, eulargtng the board | of directors to twenty members DC 1 and Is hereby rescinded. That Article 5 of the Constitution l be and is hereby amended to read as 1 follows: Tine officers vt this society | shall consist of a president five vice. l presidents and a secretary and treas urer.'
 That the first paragraph of Article l be amended so as to read as fol lows The management of the so- | ciety shall be entrusted to a board of | directors, consisting of twelve persons
 including the president secretary and treasurer That the first sentence of Article be amended by adding after the word l directors the words Tn his absence the board shall appoint from their own \ number a president pro tenn That the remainder of Section be- l ginning with the words Tt shall be | the duty of the board be num- | bered Article s; that Article be mum bered Article 9, Article 9 numbered Ar | ticfel 10, and Article 10 article II. That a new article to be numbered 1 Article be inserted to read as fol- | lows:
 ""The five vice presidents shall be 1 elected from the Baptist. the Episcopal l the Methodist Episcopal, the Metho- | dist Protestant and the Presbyterian | denominations, one vice. president being I elected from each of these denomina- | tions The board of directors shall be elected from the above named denomi- | nations, two directors being elected l from three of the denominations, and | three from two of the denominations | named. Provided, however. that nc | denomination shall have three direc' | tors for two consecutive terms. l Article C0) II shall be and is here | by amended by inserting after the wore
 made line 3 of the article, tho fol | lowing. nor may Articles :, and : 1 incorporationg the terms of the arti'
 cles of incorporation. ever be amend
 ed without the authority of the Legis'
 lature of Alabama.' Tho rest of tht article to be as now written" 1 Members of New Board. l After a rather lengthy discussion as to the naming of the Board of Directors l in regards to the different denomna- 1 tions represented in the Society, the l following members of the Board were
 elected
 From the Episcopal Church-Rev.
 E. E. Cobhs and pr. F. c. Stephenson.
 From the Baptist Church-Dr. Charles
 A. Stakely and Rev. W. j. Elliott. From the Methodist Protestant Church-Rev. E. F. Holland. M. NJ Chesser and H. B. Brooks.
 From the Presbyterian Church--Dr Neal L. Anderson and F. P. Glass.
 From the Methodist Church--B. M. l,Washburn. J. R. Kelly and Rev. W. M
 Cox.
 The five Vice e-Presldents required bS the constitution were elected to repre-
 sent the nve churches in the Society
 and with the view to increasing an in } terest in the work of the Society
 throughout the State ministers whC
 travel and who come in touch with va | TlOuS SSCllthtS Cl lhS otsttS NNtS 'SANSS
 ed. as follows:
 First Nice-Presidcnt, Bishop C. NJ
 Beckwith of the Episcopal Church 0 Anniston; Second Vice Presi lent. Eev G. W Mcdaniel cf the Methodist Pro 1 tcstant Church. whYst headquarters arc at Montgomery; Third President . Dr. w. E. Ctumpton of the Baptis Church, with headquarters at Mrnt gomery; Fourth Vice-Proside mt, Dr t A. r. Carr Of the Presbyterian Church of Mobile, and Rev. L. C. Branscombo C the Methodist Episcopal Church at Tal
 ladega.
 The following Is the official roste . of the Society: President, E. NJ. Wash burn; Secretary, W. J. Elliott; Treas . urer, J. R. Kelly.
 , A resolution offered changing tn
 time of the meeting of the Board froT . once month to once quarter CT a
 the discretion o( the Board, was table for consideration.
 There were eighteen members If th
 Board pCessut, at tho meeting lgs night Rev E.. E. Cobbs e: the Ei is copal Church opened the meeting wit devotional exercises
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