The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-04-21
ALBERT LILLY NAMED
SECRETARY BY BOARD
Stockholders Choose Directors
and Apply to Court for
Charter.

original stockholders, and the remain
ing officers were elected. Mayor Kage,
after his election, announced that Joel
T. Num- will be appointed superinten-
dent of the fair.
The officers and directors named are
as follows:
President, F. A. Rage, Mayor.
Vice-president, William f. Berg
mann, merchant on Broadway.
Secretary, Albert Lilly, grain man.
Treasurer, Samuel NJ. Carter, secre-
tary of the Southeast Missouri Trust
Company.
Directors
Edward D. Hays, Judge of the Pro-
bate Court and attorney.
w. F. Bergman.
Mayor Rage.
w. +. Schade, of Jackson.
A. NJ. Tinsley, manager of the Pub
lie Utilities Company.
WASH Odh UGtIlhcI.
G. w. Setback, West End grocer.
Clay Lutz, proprietor of st. Charles
bar.
Joel T. Mum, president Cape Build
ing & Loan Association and insurance
agent.
An application for a charter also
was signed by more than a score of
the original incorporators of the new
fair association who were present at
the meeting last night, and it will be
sent to the Circuit Court next Monday,
bearing the names Of many more mar
chants, farmers and business men who
wish to be charter members of the
new association.
The stockholders or incorporation
meeting was called last night by A. NJ.
Tinsley, who was chairman of the
committee of the Commercial Club
which made the tentative plans for the
fair associations formation.
Mr.. Tinsley named a nominating
committee composed of S. NJ. Carter,
L. f. Conner and J. w. Phillips, who
retired to draft list Of names which
should be placed in nomination for the
board of directors.
They reported the directors just as
they were selected by the stockholders,
and likewise reported q tentative
ticket for the officers of the new
organization.
Judge Hays was named on this
ticket for president of the fair. I'M
mediately after the report of the COM
mittee had been read, Judge Hays
withdrew his name as a candidate for
the position as president, and at the
same time a motion was passed put
ting the election of the officers in the
hands of the board of directors.
After the election of the directors
the stockholders signed the applica-
ton for a charter, which will go be-
fore the Circuit Court. The names of
all who wish to become charter men,
bers Of the fair association have to
be placed on this application before it
is filed in the court. In order that all
those who have signed petitions cir
culated by Mr.. Tinsley, Mr.. Num- and
others, and who were not present at
the meeting last night, may have
chance to sign the application to the
court, the list will be kept at Mayor
Kage's office where members may
affix their signatures and be sworn by
the Mayor.
1t is expected that considerably
more than a hundred names will be
affixed to the application when it final
ly is presented to the court. Three
days after it has been filed in the Cir
cult Court the application will be
taken up by the court and either ap-
proved and a, pro forma decree of
incorporation issued, or it will be re-
jected. There is no reason why the
application should be turned down by
the Circuit Court.
When the pro-forma decree of in
corporation has been issued, then the
stockholders and directors may adopt
a constitution and set of bylaws.
simultaneously transcript of the
court record and Of the decree will be
forwarded to the Secretary of State,
who will issue the charter to the new
ly formed association.
The application asks for a charter