Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-03
The Constitution of the Des
Moines Riper improvement Assn


The constitution, providing for the
plan Of operation of the Des Molnes
River Improvement association. form :
ed here yesterday, is complete as tol-
lows:
ARTICLE I.
Name.
This association shall be known as
the Des Moines River Improvement
association.
ARTICLE II.
objects.
1. The object Of this assoclauon q
shall be to secure the improvement OF
the Des Moines river.
2. The collection, preparation ana
presentation to the. congress, OF the
United States or to the legislature 81
the state of Iowa, statistics and otner
information, bearing upon the nature
extent and necessities of the Des
Moines river valley commerce anu
navigation. -,
3. To further the project OF the I'M
provement of the Des Moines river
both as to navigation and power pur-
poses and also the control OF the
flood tides in order to protect and re.
ola i'm overlooked and waste land, anu
to aid in every way the survey now or
dered by the United States congress
and to secure appropriations. II, wren
the said survey is completed: IL slaii
be found practical and feasible 10 ae-
i ,lop said river for the purposes aooV
specified.
ARTICLE III.
Membership.
/ The members of this assoclatlo! !,
shall consist Of municipal. civic anu
commercial associations of and IRON.
the cities and towns in the state OF
Iowa. and shall pay into The associa
ton treasury an annual sum<oI nVe
dollars for each 100 members or irac-
ton thereof and each body snali DC
entitled to three representatives or
delegates TO all meetings Of this asso-
citation, but no city or town shall nave
to exceed fifteen delegates.
2. individual membership of this as
sociation shall consist Of such persons
as live in Iowa, and shall pay into tht,
association treasury, an annual sum OF
one CD dollar.
2. Honorary Misunderstanding
ed citizens who are interested IN the
subject of deep waterways or VINO
have contributed to the advancement.
of the business Of this association
NAV be elected honorary members at
annual meeting Of this association;
such membership shall not be restrict
ed to citizenship in the state repre-
sented by this association.
a. Upon all questions to be decided
by this association in convention as
sembled, when the roll is called each
Individual member shall be entitled to
one vote. and each city. village ana
town, through the chairman Of its del
egation shall be entitled to one vote
for each properly accredited delegate
present or who has been present dur
ing the convention, subject to the
limitations of this article provided,
however. that no delegate who is both
an individual member and civic del
.eeate shall cast more than one vote.
ARTICLE ".
Officers
I. The officers Of this association
shall be a president. a vice president
from each town represented by mem
bership secretary and treasurer
.. The president secretary and
trea surer shall be elected annually by
the association. Nominations TO- such
officers shall he in open convention at
the opening of the mornin" session of
the last day. and the election shall be
held at the opening of tie afternoon
session of the last day of the, annual
meeting of this association.
8. The vice presidents shall be elect
ed at the afternoon meeting OF the
Home Prairie and Sunday night at
Upton.
]. J. Knauff was in Pennington over
Sunday.
Dora Fowler of Mt. Sterling is at the
bedside of her mother Mrs. earns.
Chas. Jones is in Des Moines this
week on business.
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