Amador ledger., 1909-06-11
BYLAWS
OF Chamber of Commerce of
City of Jackson and
County of Amador.
Name and Purpose. Article /.

Jackson and County of AmadoI.
The purposes for which it is form.
ed are to foster, encourage and de-
velop mining, meroatlle, manufa0tur-
ing, agricultural, vitlcultural and all
other interests and resources of the
city of jackson and county of Anna.
dor, to collect, preserve and circulate
useful information concerning said
city ana county to encourage wise
and helpful legislation and oppose
the enactment of all laws and the
passage and adoption of all ordin-
anoes which migth injuriously affect
the best interests of said city aud
county, to forward the Improvement
of streets, roads, avenues and public
parks, TO widen and extend our
transportation facilities, to aid and
encourage the erection of needed
public buildings, the establishment
of new manufactures and the ad.
vancement of local improvements. 10
maintain a permanent exhibit of the
resource of the county. 10 aid III
the storage of water for irrigation
purposes, to increase the wealth, i'll
dustries, Influence, trade and popu
latlon of said city and county and
pi omote the general welfare of the
inhabitants thereof.
Place of Business. Article 2.
The principal place of business of
this association shall be in the city
of jackson, county Of Amador, state
of California.
The directors shall have power to
select and designate such place Uf
business in said city as they may
deem proper.
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Any person of good moral char
aoter, attached to the principles of
the government of the United States
of America, who will subscribe to the
bylaws of this association, is
eligible for membership, therein;
quarterly dues shall be one dollar
tS1), payable on the first day of each
quarter in advance, provided that il
any mem ber so. desires he may pay
annual dues in advance in the sum
of 81 dollars (S4) and upon such pay
ment he shall be entitled to a receipt
in full for dues for one year. Three
months arrears for dues shall be con-
sidered suspension of mem bership
and for this cause or any failure
to comply with all the obligations
imposed by subscription to they by
laws. any member may be suspended
or expelled by majority vote of the
association. Quarterly dues shall lie
payable on the first day of July,
October, January and April of each
year.
Directors. Election and Powers.
Article 4.
The powers of this association are
conferred upon and shall be eXer-
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ors, who shall be elected by the as
ISOLATION al each annual meeting, to
hold Office for one year from the time
of their election or until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified.
The directors shall have the az
pointment of all special committees
which may be necessary to carry on
the work of this association. A
majority of the board Of directors
shall constitute quorum. Whenever
any vacancy occurs in the office Of
director, such vacancy shall be filled
by an appolntee of the board to hold
for the unexpired term.
| Any director who shall for four
successive regular meetings he absent
without special leave granted by the
board, shall cease to be a director
and his Office shall become ipso facto
vacant.
Officers. Duties of Officer. Article s.
The officers of this association shall
be president, vice president, secre-
tary and treasurer.
Immediately after the adjournment
of the annual meeting of this associa-
tion, the directors elected at said
meeting shall meet and organize by
the election of president, vice.
president, treasurer and secretary,
who shall be directors. The trea-
surer aud secretary shall be required
to give bonds for the faithful dis
charge of their respective duties, the
amount of such bond to be fixed by
the board of directors.
President.
The president shall preside at all
meetings OF the association and of
the board of directors. In the alb
sence of the president, the vice
president shall preside, or IN the
absense of both the president and
vice president. some member may be
chosen TO preside, and all the acts of
such presiding officer or chairman
shall have the same validity as il
presided over or done by the presi
dent.
Secretary.
The secretary shall keep correct
books of account of all money Ie-
ceived or paid out, a record of the
proceedings of the association and
the board of directors, aud shall cal
the roll when required lie shall
have charge of soliciting for new
members. ana shall keep complete
register of the name aud address Of
each member of the association. He
shall keep a file of all matter sub
mltted for the attention and action of
the board of directors, attend to all
maka mnnthlu sEntn.