Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-25
AMALGAMAlION
1OBE COMPLETE
WEDNESDAY, P. N.
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( I1VuI pdSS OhSI
AT that meeting the following res
olution was adopted:
| RESOLVED, That the chairman
be authorized and instructed to- APP
point a committee of three to amend
the charter of the Chamber OF Com
merce to comply with the eonstitu.
ton and bylaws adopted ct this
/ meeting.
The charter committee appointed
at that netting consists of Messrs.
T. H. Petrie, W. o, Smith and o. c.
Swain. To carry out this resolutions
the committee finds that inasmuch
as the charter is issued to and be-
longs to the Honolulu Chamber OF
Commerce 1t viii be necessary to con.
tinue the organization Of that body.
This would mean that the new by
laws must be formally adopted by
that body The present bylaws OF
the chamber Of commerce provide
/ that before new bylaws become effec-
tive action must be taken by the
! trustees and at two special meetings
of the chamber. Since the present
charter is being retained with amend.
ments, 1t will be necessary for the
chamber to once more formally adopt
the new bylaws. They have already
been accepted and adopted by the
trustees and at one meeting of the
chamber, so that upon being passed
upon once more they become effec-
tive and supercede the old bylaws.
| The charter committee has fur.
ther advised that the quickest, east.
est and most logical method to com
plete the amalgamation Of the two
commercial bodies will be to amend
. the new bylaws before final adoption
as follows:
On Membership.
Article III. Membership. Add an
other section to be known as Section
q:
| Every person now member Of
| the Merchants Association Of Homo.
lulu or an accredited representative
of firm or corporation having mem
bershfp in that association, not al
READY member of the Chamber Of
Commerce. shall upon the adoption Of
these bylaws, become member OF
this chamber without the payment
I of any admission fee
Amend Article VIII by adding
paragraph as follows:
Upon the adoption of thest by.
laws the term of Office Of the present
officers, trustees and committees Of
this chamber shall terminate, and
/, thereupon an election shall be held
of officers and directors to serve un.
| til the next annual meeting or until
their successors are elected in ac-
coTdance with these bylaws, and for
/ the purpose of holding said election,
nominations of officers and directors
may be received at this meeting.
Upon the final adoption of the by.
laws the amalgamation Is consumat.
ed and the members of the two
bodies become the members Of the
Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu,
and Immediately proceed to the cleo.
tioI of officers and directors to serve
| until the next ANNUAL meeting, which
will be in March, 1915. 1t win then
be in order for the temporary chair
man to preside until the officers and
directors are elected. Nominations
may be made by the committed which
has already submitted report to the
members, or by any Individual mem.
Der of the organization It might
here be stated that the list of nomi.
hnees made by the special committee
and sent to members was simply TO
advise them of the names they OF.
fered and was not intended to be
/ used for a ballot. Only those pres.
ent at the meeting will be entitled to
vote for officers and directors.
To Hear New Charter.
"As soon as the officers and direc.
tors are elected, the report of the
Charter Committee will be in order
and this committee will present the
form of charter which it has prepared
and which has already been submit
ted to the executive bodies of both
organizations and been approved by
them Upon the adoption of this re-
port and the amended form of char
| ter, the officers should be authorized
and directed to present same to the
proper government officials for their
| approval and acceptance.
This will complete the full organ
ization of the Chamber of Commerce
of Honolulu. Two calls have been
issued for the meetings. The meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce has
been called for p. m. and it is an
ticipated that it will take but few
| minutes to accept the amendment to
the bylaws proposed and formally
and finally adopt same, which will
complete the amalgamation.
| THE meeting at sis p. m. will
| then be the continuation of the fore
going meeting for election of officers
and directors and amendments to
the charter and transaction of any
other business"