The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
BYLAWS
BACA COUNTY TAX-TITLE
ASSOCIATION

the protection, defense, and the per-
fection of tax-title property.
Article Ill.
Section l. The officers of this asso-
citation shall be a President, Vice
President, Secretary, an Assistant
Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall
constitute an executive committee,
whose duty shall be to pass upon all
bills presented for payment, and to do
such other business as shall be conferred
upon them at any regular or special
meeting.
Section 2. The regular election of
officers shall be held on the I'd Saturday
of May of each year, and the term of
Office of each officer shall be one year.
Section 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
president to preside at all meetings of
the association, to countersign all or
ders on the treasurer, and to appoint
all committees.
, Section 4. The secretary shall keep
a record Of all meetings of the associa-
tion, conduct all correspondence, issue
orders for payment of expenses when
directed so to do by the executive COM
mittee. He shall receive all money due
the association and shall turn it over to
the treasurer within ten days from its
receipt and shall take his receipt for
same. He shall turn over to his sue
cessor all property of the association
and shall make full report at least
once in each year.
Section s. The treasurer shall pay
all orders drawn by the secretary and
countersigned by the president, on or
J der of the executive committee; and
shall turn over to his successor all mon
eys, books and papers appertaining to
his office.
Section 6. The books of the officers
of this association shall be open to in
spection by any member of this associa-
tion.
Article w.
Section /. Any member shall have
the right to withdraw from this society
after July 1st, 1909, and this society
shall have the right to disorganize after
said date.
Article v.
Section I. 10 become member of
this organization one must sign copy
of agreement and furnish the secretary
list by legal description of his tax
title property.
Saction 2. This society is not to be
considered fully organized, and these
bylaws are not to be operative until
25O quarter sections of land are repre-
sented by the membership of this or
ganization.
Section 8. Any tax-title holder who
has had an opportunity of joining this
organization and has failed or refused
to do so before June lst, 1907, shall be
forever barred from becoming a MEM
Der; provided, that anyone acquiring
tax-title land in the future or anyone
who has had no opportunity to join the
organization may become a member
upon two-thirds vote of the organi-
zation and upon his agreeing to assume
all the obligations assumed by the orig
inal members.
Article vi.
Section l. All moneys shall be raised
by assessments each member paying in
proportion to the number of his tax
title quarters listed with the secretary.
Article VII.
Section l. The regular meetings of
this association shall be the I'd Saturday
of May and October of each year in Vi
las, Colo, at 10 O'Clock a. m. Special
meetings may be held at any time and
place by giving three weeks notice by
publication in official paper of Baca
County.
Article VIII.
Section l. Representatives of so tax
titles shall constitute a quorum to do
business, provided said representatives
shall not be less than 10 in number.
Article TX.
Section l. Each member shall have
as many votes as he has tax-titles quar-
ter sections of land.
Article X.
Section l. All questions that may
arise as to the construction or meaning
of these bylaws shall be referred to
the executive committee and the decis-
ion of said committee shall be final.
Article XII.
Section 1. 1t shall be the duty of
each member of this association to pay
his assessment within 80 days from
time of notification by the secretary and
if he fails to do so it shall be the duty
of the committee to take action to co..
lect same at once.
Article XII.
Section l. All persons owning tax
titles at the time of the adoption of
these bylaws and who will sign the
agreement, when presented, on or be-
fore the convening of the Jund term of
court, 1907, may become members.
Article XIII.
Section l. The secretary of this or
ganization shall receive as compensa-
ton for his services SO. 90 per diem for
all time actually spent in the service of !
the organization.