Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-25
ARTICLE II.
Membership.

present and voting at the adoption of TINS
| constitution shall become members by
| the payment of S1.O0 to the treasurer, and
others may become members by the pay
| ment of 500 to the treasurer, and by
4 signing the constitution and bylaws.
| Sect >. Honorary membership may be
created by the association at any regular
| annual meeting.
ARTICLE III.
Officers, Their Election and Terms of
| Office.
shall be a president vice president,
clerk and treasurer, board of directors,
| and standing committees on finance. leg
| islation. fisheries, navigation and SANTA
| ton. The clerk shall also act as treas
Sect. ? The board of directors shall
| consist of nine members, the president,
| vice president. clerk and treasurer. eX-
officio. and six members elected fy the
Sect. g. The president. vice president.
| clerk and treasurer shall be chosen at
the annual meeting i'll July and shall CON
tinue in office for one year. or until their
of the other directors shall he two years
or until their successors are chosen. but
at the first election three such directors
shall be chosen for one year and three
/ others for two years.
Sect A. Upon the date of the adoption
OF, this constitution the foregoing officers
| elected and shall continue in office I'M
| til the next annual meeting in July, or
| untll their successors are CHOSEN, ana tIe
| directors for two years shall be elected
| and shall continue in office until the sec
ond annual meeting in july. or until their
| successors are chosen. All officers shall
Sect 5. The members of the several
standing committees shall be chosen at
the annual meeting in July and shall con-
tinue in office for one year, or until their
successors are chosen. The chairman OF
each standing committee shall be select
ed from the board of directors.
| II
Duties of Officers.
Sect l. 1t. shall be the duty of the
president to preside at all meetings of
the association; in his absence. or at his
request. the vice president Shall preside.
| Sect. ,. The clerk shall keep a record
| of the proceedings of the association and
Sect 3. The treasurer Shall collect all
money due the association and pay all
| bills of the association from its funds on
approval of the finance committee. He
shall also at each July meeting make
written report of the tinancia! condition
of the association. including Il statement
of his receipts and disbursements during
the year, and his report shall be audited
| by the finance committee.
| Sect. T. The board OF directors shall
have general administration of the aSso
citation: they shall have power TO make
full arrangements for all meetings of the
association it shall be their especial duty
to consider and devise ways and means
to promote the objects of the association.
| ed. it shall be their duty to carry into
/ effect any vote of the association; they
| shall have control of the standing COM
mittees as hereinafter provided. and-they
! shall have power to fill vacancies occur
ring during the year in their own board
ard in the standing committees.
Sect 5. The standing committees must
obtain the approval of the board of di
rectors for all measures taken and all
acts performed by them in behalf of the
A. The committee on finance shall APP
prove all bills against the association and
shall audit the accounts of the treasurer.
and have a general oversight of the fl
nances of the association.
b. The committee on legislation shall
be alert to protect the rights of the as
ISOLATION and shall have charge of its
legislative interests.
{: The committee on fisheries shall
have charge of screening the lake and of
securing and depositing fish from the
State and national hatcheries and shall
report illegal fishing.
d. The committee on navigation shall
| have charge of building wharves, placing
buoys and removing distractions.
! +. The committee on sanitation shall
have in charge general shore improve
ments, location of sewers and closets.
burning of rubbish and other hygelnc
Sect 6. Special committees may be
chosen by vote of the association.
ARTICLE V.
Meetings.
| Sect. I. There shall be one meeting of
the association each year. this meeting
| TO be held in China or Nassalboro some
date as shall be named by the board of
directors, and the clerk shall give notice
of this. date to all members at least two
weeks before said meeting.
Sect. ,. Special meetings of the asso-
citation may be appointed at any time by
a majority vote of the board of directors.
and the clerk shall give all members of
the association notice as for the annual
meetings.
rectors may be held at any time upon
call of the president. but each member
! Of the board shall have notice at least
any meeting shall be legal if all the
members are present and throw votes.
ARTICLE VI.
Assessments
Sect l. The annual assessment shall
member. which shall be due at the an
nual meeting of the association and shall
be paid to the treasurer.
Sect. .. All members who fail to pay
| their annual dues at the time of the an
nual meeting shall be notified of their in
| debtedness at once. in writing. by the
treasurer Members who are in arrears
| in their dues for one year shall be report
ed to the board of directors by the treas
urer and the board shall have the power
to suspend such delinquent until his ar
| Sect 3. No other assessments shall be
made except by unanimous vote of all
members OF the association.
| ARTICLE VII.
| Amendments
| Sect. l. This constitution may be al
tered at any meeting Of the association
4 by vote of two-thirds of the members
present. provided however that no pro-
posed amendment shall be finally acted
upon that has not been submitted to the
association at a previous meeting
| BYLAWS.
| Sect !. The first business after the
opening of the annual meetings shall be
| the approval of the records of the last
annual meeting and any subsequent meet
| ings. after such abstracts have been read
| by the clerk as are ordered by the asso-
citation.
Sect 2. There shall be two sessions of
| the annual meeting of the association.
! Sect. g. During the first session of
each annual meeting a committee on nom
nations shall be selected and any other
committee that the association shall di-
rect.
| Sect 4. At the second session the COM
nittee on nominations shall report and
the election Of officers shall take place.
| Sect 5. Additional bylaws may be
adopted at any time provided they are
not In conflict with the FOREGOING or with
cry provisions Of the constitution. But
otter wise these bylaws shall he a,rend-
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