The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-03-23
of WaubOnSie Trail.

Constitution of Waubonsie Trail.
Article /. That the name of this
organization shall be the "Waubon-
sic Trail Association
Article e. The object and pur-
pose of this association shall be to
designate and promote the making
and maintenance of an improved
and intensified highway across the
southern tier of counties in the state
of Iowa, thence east indefinitely, and
west through Nebraska City and
Lincoln and on to Denver, to be
known as "Waubonsie TRAIL and
further, for the encouragement and
development of interest in said high
way, and in good roads in general,
and in the perfecting of such high
way as shall be officially adopted
by this organization, by reducing the
hills, raising the grades over the
valleys, constructing cement bridges
and culverts, keeping the roads drag
ged and drained, and such other
work and improvements as from
time to time are suggested by this
organization, and also for the pur-
pose of encouraging interstate and
transcontinental motoring and trav-
cling over said proposed highway
and through the cities thereon; and
also for the purpose of encouraging
sociability and mutually between
and among the citizens who live
along or adjacent to said proposed
interstate highway.
Article g. The officers of this Or
ganization shall be and consist of a
president, secretary and treasurer,
to be selected from and elected by
vote of all of the members of the
said association, and a board of five
trustees for each and every county
through which said proposed trail
shall traverse shall be elected by
the representatives apd members of
this organization residing in said
county The president for the first
year, commencing January 80, 1911,
shall be U. G. Reininger, Esq, of
Shenandoah, Ia, and the secretary
and treasurer shall be NJ. List, of
Yorktown, Ia; the first board of
trustees for Fremont county, Ia, for
the year commencing January 80,
1911, shall be Messrs. C. F. Mitchell,
E. S. Murphy, Frank Brandon, E..
Stiles and E. w. Runyon; for Page
county, Iowa, for the same period
the board of trustees shall be Messrs.
Henry Field, A. F. Woodland, Alva
Miner, J. E. Amman and Alonzo
Green; the boards of the other coun-
ties to be as selected by said county
upon joining the organization, it
being the desire of this organization
that three of said trustees be from
the larger towns along said trail in
said county, and that at least two be
members of the body of the county
be ex-Offieio members of said boards.
Article 4 That there shall be an
annual meeting on the last week day
of January of each and every year
to be held at such place as shall be
determined by committee of the
trustees first appointed for such pur-
pose to determine; that at such
meeting the annual election of Of
ficers shall be held and the business
of such organization for all purposes
shall at that time be transacted.
And the president shall be author
lied and empowered to call special
meetings designating the purpose
for which the same are called at
such time and at such place as he
may designate after giving reason
able notice thereof
Article 5. The annual member
ship fee in this organization shall be
as follows: For boards of super
visors, $50 year; for local CONNER
cial clubs or booster organizations,
$40 year, each; all of which money
or dues shall be paid to the treasur-
er, who shall issue receipt there
for, which receipt will be evidence
of membership during the period it
covers.
Article 6. The business affairs of
this organization shall be in the
hands of its officers, who shall have
such powers and duties as are easily
consonant with their Office in like Or
CARNATIONS, and under such rules
and restrictions as shall be made by
the board of trustees and the by
laws of this organization hereafter
to be adopted.
Article Z. The board of trustees
shall at the first opportunity desig-
nate and define the official trail
through each county which it pro-
poses to pass, adopting as near as
possible the recommendation of the
local board of each county, the OBJ