Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-08
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A WARNING.
4 it Nav Concern:

: IL sndY1QSs DEBT CaileQ. 10. our aLteil-
ton that there issani Order, the mem.
bers and councils of which are endea.
voring to leave the impression or
prospective candidates, and the pub.
Tic that they area branch or auxiliary
of the Junior Order United: American
Mechanics, of Virginia, Inc, we fee
thatswe should make a brief statement
of the status of our Order.
On February IT, 1900, the General
Assembly of Virginia Granted our Or
der a charter to do business in this
State. At the time there was doing
business in Virginia the National
Council. Junior Order United Ameri.
can Mechanics.
On the 29th day OF June, 1901, on
branch of the Order brought sui,
in the Chancery Court of the City O.
Richmond to prohibit the Nationa
branch from using our name, or an!
name of like import, and from uslni
q seal with the name of il. U. A. "
on il, and from carrying out the Oh
iects for which we were organized
: On the 21st day of July, 1904, tbs
Chancery Court decided that our Or
der was the only branch authorized
to do business in Virginia, and in it
decree the following language is used
"And the Court doth further
adjudge, order and decree that the
said National Council of Junior
Order United American Mechan-
les Of the United States of North
America, and the other defend
ants to the said bill * y 8 s. & "*
be and they are hereby, jointly
and severally, perpetually en-
Joined and restrained from con-
tinuing the use within the State
of Virginia of the name OF the
State Council of Virginia, Junior
Order United American Mcchan
les Of the State Of Virginia, or
any other name OF like Import
likely to taken for that CT plain
tiff; and from the use Of the seal
of said plaintiff within the State
of Virginia; and from c%Trying
out. within the State of Virginia,
under the name of the plaintiff:
or any name of like impo:t, any
of the objects for which the said
National Council of the Junior
Order of United American Mec!:-
anics Of the United States ct
North America, or the sad VOL
untary Association ORGANIZED on
or about the End of March, 1901,
as aforesaid were organ.z-i; ard
from using within the Siite G!
Virginia the name Of tie said
plaintiff or any other name of like
import in the pursuit Of the Oh
iccts for which the said plaintiff
y;ss chartered :: s. y g i
and that the said Nationa! Coun-
ell OF the Junior Ord;r Of United
American Mechanics Of the Unit
ed States of North America, ard
the said voluntary association o.
ganized on or about March 2rd,
1901, as aforesaid, and their
agents and officers be, all they
are hereby, perpetually ;ajoin2l
and restrained from desiGnatinE
their officers within the Suite ct
Virginia by the appe!stio~5 sct
forth in the bill used by the plaiH-
tiff for its officers or agents, ard
from continuing the usc n tEe
State of Virginia of said appel
lations."
The National branch IF the O:dc
.felt itself aggrieved by Tie deere
above quoted from, and the case va
appealed to the Supreme Court Of Nj
rin a. and then to the highest coul
in the land-the Supreme Court Of I'll
United States. and was in both c
these latter courts decided in favor G
our branch of the Order.
The National Branch of the Ordc
then applied to the State Corporate
Commission for charter ard or III
29th day Of December, 1906, The sam
vas granted to it as the "Virg.n nj
Branch of the Junior Order Unite
Americans?
Our branch Of the Order eonsld- n
ing that this was violation OF iniu.:.E
tion granted by the Chancery Ccur'
petit:ored said court to summon tn
said officers of the National 5ranc
before it to show cause why they
should not be fined for contempt {
court.
This the said Court did, aid on IN
9th day of May, 1907 entered It's DC
cree as follows:
"And the matter Of the said rule
having been fully argued -
counsel, and maturely considered
by the Court, the Court doth adj
Judge, order and decree that tn:
respondents to said petition =
and each of them have disrc-
garded ard disobeyed the decree
of this court, entered on the 2lst
day &C July, 1904, which has been
heretofore affirmed by the decree
Of the Supreme Court of Ap-
peals Of Virginia and by the Su-
ureme Court of the Unit:d States,
10 the following respects, VIZ:
In d:sobeying the requirements nf
the act Of the General Assembly
of Virginia, passed on February
18th 1900 " {" " : % :: and in dis
chewing so much of said decree as
enicined the carrying out with
in the State of Virginia under the
name of the plaintiff, or any ott-