Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
Will. BE INCORPORATED.
Definite Action Taken Relative to Board
Of aTrade--Drive for Members to Be
Conducted

Definite Action Taken Relative to Board
Of aTrade---Drive for Members to Be
Conducted.
BY vote of the Brattleboro Chamber
OF Commerce in its rooms in the town.
hall building Tuesday night that. organi-
zation will become incorporated under
the name Brattleboro Board of Trade,
Incorporated. The decision was reached
after long discussion as to the adyan-
and an inforthaf vote showed that
nearly all present. wfre lin favor of in
cooperating, that being regarded as more
wSiSh wHs safTsstefAfa as ian
S' After r. Pfsrses}identv Gail stsHopkins had
called tile meeting and had the calf read
by ActiHg SeeretarylW. P, Frost, %. II.
Crane of the board of directors offered
ses iD the ea%heh W. IN Substance
that the Chamber ibf Commerca incor-
porate; that after the new organization
shall have secured at least 200 members
and shall have adopted bylaws similar
to those printed and distributed to the
9hf ami of IN Som members se JS S
solved that the treasurer be authorized
to turn oven the assets of the present
organization to, the new corporation;
that the dues paid by the present mem
bers be credited to them as members of
the Board of Trade; and that, mem
bership campaign be instituted.
The printed bylaws distributed June
provided for active memberships of So
a year and sustaining memberships of
$40 q year as at present, and it was this
proposition that caused most of tho dis
cussion. 1t was the sense of the meet
ing that the SO membership provision
be eliminated, and with that change Mr.
Cranes resolution was adopted without
opposition.
Following is the text of the resolu-
Whereas IT is proposed to change the
form of the organization of the Brattle-
boro Chamber of Commerce from tho
present voluntary association to an in
corporated body: and, ...
Whereas it is proposed that, in case
such new organization should be formed
the Brattlebore Chamber of Commerce
should turn over. to SAID new organiza-
ton its assetss
Therefore, be it resolved, that in case
the residents of Brattleboro and vicin-
ity shall organize q corporation Tor the
purpose of carrying out the objects spe-
cited in certain Articles of Association
heretofore printed and distributed to
the members of the Brattleboro Cham
Der of Commerce under date of june
3, 1921, and at..such, time as the organi-
cation of said corporation shall have
been completed with at least two hun
dred incorporators residing in Brattle-
boro, and shall have adopted bylaws
similar in form and substance to the
bylaws as printed and distributed to
the members of the Chamber of Com
merce as of June 8, 1921; as amended
at the meeting of. June 7, 1921: that
thereupon the Brattleboro Chamber of
Commerce is and shall be as of that
date dissolved
And be it further resolved, that at
such time the treasurer of the Bratt le
boro Chamber. tof. Commerce is hereby
authorized instructed and empowered
to turn over to the treasurer of such
new corporation all the assets. including
furniture, office fixtures, cash on hand
and in banks, accounts receivable, rea
estate and records; !. and the treasurer OF
said BrattlebDro Chamber of Commerce
is hereby nominated, constituted anc
appointed .to SO the agent of said Brat
tleboro Chamber of Commerce, for it
and in its name, to execute and deliver
veyances necessary to complete TIT
transfer of aforesaid property. r...
Upon condition that the corporation
to beg organized shall accept as mem
bers Of said corporation, such members
of THE present Chamber of Commerce
such new orabization, and upon con
ditions that the dues paid to the pres
emit Rrattleboros,. Chamber of Commerce
by any member thereof shall be credited
to such member in such new organiza
ton MP to the time covered by sale
dues so paid.
AndS be it further resolved, that tn
directors of the Brattleboro Chambe
of Commerce are hereby instructed ant
authorized to use such portion of tn
funds now in the treasury of SAT-
Chamber of Commerce as they ma!
deem advisable for. the purpose of insti
tuting7a membership campaign to secur
members for said proposed new corpora
ton, tand for defraying the expense
the formation of such corporations an
the treasurer of said Chamber of Com
merce is hereby directed to pay SAT
expenses as heretofore stated upon tn
presentation of usual orders and vouch
ors tEorafor