Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-09-20
WILL LAUNCH
TRADE BOARD
ON THURSDAY
Entire City Urged to Get Back
of Organization at Noon-
Day Luncheon
LIONS ONLY SPONSORS
Will Be City-Wide Civic Body
Application Blanks Are
Now Being Signed

Membership application cards for
the new Board of Trade or Chamber
of Commerce which is to be formed
next Thursday in the grill of the
New Packer House. are now ready
for distribution. and although they
will be given out at the meeting.
they may now be obtained from
members of the committee consist
Ing of Leo Goldberger, chairman:
Louis P. Booz. Jr.. or William Oh
sen. Although the meeting has
been called by the officers of the
Lions Club the city in general Is
invited to attend and it is pointed
out that the forming of the organi-
cation is not Lions Club PROPOSE
ton. but was started by the club in
order to further such an organization
here. The Board of Trade will be a
separate organization with its own
officers. board of directors and men,
bership.
Other Board of Trades and Cham
ber of Chamber of Commences have
failed In this city, 1t is said. because
of the impression created. whether
Z Just or unjust. that a certain clique
have been ia control of them. The
scommittee in charge of the forming
--of the new organization intends to
do away with situations of this kind.
andtto this end have drafted a set of
bylaws to be presented at the meet
Ing on Thursday. that are similar to
those of the Newark Chamber of
Commerce
A feature of the bylaws will be
that the merchants belonging to the
organization will have to form a
trade division and from among their
-. to xxrfl ha IN
pick chairman who will become a
member of the board of directors of
the larger organization. Where there
are five. or merchants dealing in
the same line of goods. for example,
five dry goods merchants. or five
shoe merchants. they will form their
own division. with their own by
laws. directors and chairman. The
board of directors of the main organ
ization will consist of the president
of the organization. the chairman
of each of the subdivisions and
three directors to be elected at large,
not more than one of whom shall
belong to any trade division.
According to the membership ap-
plications the dues for the year will
be $40. The application reads as
follows:
"The undersigned hereby applies
for membership in the Chamber of
Commerce of the City Of Perth AM
boy, N. j., and agrees to conform
with its constitution and bylaws"
On the back of the application ap-
pears the following:
ELECTION to membership will re-
quire vote of endorsement of the
membership committee and there
after a majority vote of the board
of directors at any regular or special
meeting thereof; and no election
shall be valid until the applicant
shall have qualified by the payment
of the sum assessed for annual dues.
"All designations shall be made In
writing to the board of directors,
but if any resignation be made af-
ter a payment Is due, the member
presenting 1t shall not be relieved
from liability for the dues of the
period entered upon"
A conference of the committee
named to arrange the organization
was held yesterday afternoon.
Announcement will be made next
week of the Lour the organization
meeting in the New Packer House
will be held.