Village Improvements and Farm VillagesWaring, George E. (George Edwin)
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Village Improvements and Farm Villages
Waring, George E. (George Edwin)
Civic improvement; Farm life
Every person over fourteen years of age who shall plant and
protect a tree under the direction of the Executive Committee, or
who shall pay the sum of one dollar annually, and shall obligate
him or herself to pay the same for three years, shall be a member
of this Association; and every child under fourteen years of age,
who shall pay or shall become obligated to pay as before the sum of
twenty-five cents annually for three years, shall be a member of
this Association.
ARTICLE XI.
The payment of ten dollars annually for three years, or of
twenty-five dollars in one sum, shall constitute a person a member
of this Association for life.
ARTICLE XII.
The autograph signatures of all members of the Association shall be
preserved in a book suitable for that purpose.
ARTICLE XIII.
An annual meeting of the Association shall be held at such place as
the Executive Committee may direct, on the fourth Wednesday of
August, at two o'clock, P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted
on each of the churches and at the post-office at least seven days
prior to the time of holding said meetings, and a written notice
shall be sent to all non-resident members. Other meetings of the
Association may be called by the Executive Committee on seven days'
notice as above prescribed.
ARTICLE XIV.
At the annual meeting, the Executive Committee shall report the
amount of money received during the year, and the source from which
it has been received; the amount of money expended during the year,
and the objects for which it has been expended; the number of trees
planted at the cost of the Association; the number planted by
individuals, with the location, the kind of tree, and the name of
the planter; and generally all of the acts of the Committee. This
report shall be entered on the record of the Association.
ARTICLE XV.
Any person who shall plant a tree under the direction of the
Executive Committee, and shall protect it for five years, shall be
entitled to have such tree known forever by his or her name.
ARTICLE XVI.
This Constitution may be amended by the Executive Committee with
the approval of the majority of the members present at any annual
meeting of the Association, or at any special meeting, the notice
of which shall have been accompanied by a copy of the proposed
amendment, with the statement that the amendment is to be voted on
at such meeting.
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