Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-08
BYLAWS OF FARMERS TFELE-
PHONE COMPANY OF BEETOWN.
SECTION EMEMBERSHTP


tiOn may become a member of this
company upon payment for member
ship at par value. Certificates of mem
bership may be transferred upon pay
ment to the Secretary of the company
a recording fee of so cents.
SECTION II-ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meetings of this corpor-
alton shall be held at the Village of
Beetown on the End Wednesday of Jan
uary Of each year. This meeting shall
be for the purpose of electing officers
and the transaction of any other
lawful business. Notice of this meet
ing shall be published in two or more
Grant County newspapers at least two
weeks previous to the meeting.
SECTION III-SPECIAL MEETINGS
Special meetings may be called by
majority vote of the board of direc-
tors or by a petition setting forth
business to be transacted and properly
signed by twenty-five members of the
corporation and presented to the Secre-
tary. 1t shall be the duty of the Sec
rotary to call such special meetings up
on receipt of instructions to this effect
from the board of directors or upon
receipt of the above mentioned petit
ton. Notice of special meetings to-
gether with purposes thereof shall be
given by the secretary or under his
direction, in writing or by telephone to
each member of the corporation.
SECTION QUORUAI-ANNUAL
MEETING
Is per cent of the total member
ship of this corporation shall consti-
tute a quorum to transact business.
SECTION V.-OFFICERS, THEIR
POWERS AND DUTIES
The officers of this corporation shall
be: president, a vice-president, a
secretary and a treasurer, and four di-
rectorS These officers shall be elected
at the annual meeting of the mem
bers of the corporation and, acting to-
gether, they shall constitute a board
directors
The duties of the president shall be
to preside at all meetings of the stock
holders and at all meetings of the
board of directors. He shall sign all
important documents of the company
and shall perform such other duties
as may be provided for elsewhere in
these bylaws.
The duties of the vice-president shall
be to discharge the duties of the preSi-
dent during the absence of any cause
whatever of the latter.
The principal duties of the secre-
tary shall be to keep an accurate re-
cord of the minutes of all meetings of
stockholders and board of directors,
to countersign all legal documents of
the corporation and affix the official
seal of the company. He shall also
perform such other duties as are pro.
vided for elsewhere in these bylaws.
The secretary shall have charge of the
keeping of the financial records of the
corporation and he shall keep these
by the Railroad Commission of Wis
consin. The secretary shall have pow
er to appoint at wage to be deter
mined by the board of directors an
assistant who shall be thoroughly fam
iliar with methods of bookkeeping.
The principal duties of the treasurer
shall be to keep an accurate account
of all receipts and disbursements and
to make such reports of same to the
secretary as the latter shall from time
TO time require.
The principal duty of the board of
directors shall be to have general
charge of all matters involving the
corporation.
The board of directors shall appoint
and fix a suitable compensation for
a general manager who shall not have
other employment while he is an en-
ployee of this corporation.
The general manager may appoint
subject to the approval of the board
of directors and at cOmpenSationS TO
be fixed by this board such local man
ayers, operators and miscellaneous
help at the various exchanges as may be
necessary to carry on the work of the
company. OF these local managers not
more than two shall at the same time
be also members OF the board of di-
SECTION ILCOMPENSATION OF
OFFICERS.
The compensation of the president
vice-president and the four directors of
(S3.OO) per day plus actual necessary
expenses when acting in their official
capacity for this corporation.
The secretary of the corporation
shalI receive an annual salary of $780,
W per annum plus actual necessary
expenses when acting in his official ca
paclty for this corporation. .s
The treasurer shall receive one hiin-
dred dollars per annum plus actual
necessary expenses in his official ca
DacltV for this cOrnOr9tiOO
SECTION VIE-AIEETINGS OF BOARD
OF DIRECTORS.
The president of the board of di-
rectorS may upon his own initiative or
Shall upon the request of three other
members of the. board call such meet
1ngs of the board of directors as are
necessary for the transactions of the
business of the company.
1t shall be the presidents duty to
call a directors meeting at least two
weeks before the annual meeting of the
stockholders for purposes of auditing
the accounts of the company and again
within on week after the annual meet
ing to take up new business. 1t shall
be the presidents duty to make plain
to each director at the time of notifica-
ton the business to be transacted at
each and every meeting which he shall
call. Five members of the board of
directors shall constitute a quorum to
do business.
VIII = TERMS OF OFFICE.
lie pI6SIQ0nI, vice. president and
secretary and treasurer of this corpor-
alton shall each hold office for one year
or until his successor is elected and
qualified.
The four directors of the corpor-
alton shall each hold Office for two
years or until his successor is elected
and qualified two directors to be
elected alternately every year.
SECTION IX-DUTIES OF GENERAL
MANAGER
If shall he ia 61Itu Of tho
manager of this corporation to exc
cute all orders of the board of direc-
tors. He shall also be held responsible
for the work of the local managers at
the various exchanges and shall have
general supervision over all such work
Each local manager shall be respon-
sible to the general manager for the
conduct of affairs at his exchange and
may be discharged by the general man
ager for just cause.
SECTION X-MISCELLANEOUS
The general manager may be dis
charged for just cause upon a majority
vote of the total membership of the
board of directors.
All employees of this corporation
shall be directly TaGOOnSib1a ~ fba5g.