members present at any regular meeting after he shall have been served with a copy of the charges preferred against him, one month previous to taking action on the said charges. SEC. 2. When charges are preferred against an officer, the Board of Directors may, if they deem it for the best interests of the Association, suspend such officer pending the action of the Association. SEC. 3. Charges shall be considered as preferred when signed by three, members and delivered to the President. RULES OF ORDER 1. No member shall be interrupted while speaking, unless it shall be to call him to order, or for the purpose of explanation. 2. If any member while speaking be called to order he shall, at the request of the Chair, take his seat until the question of order has been determined, when, if permitted, he may proceed. 3. Each member, when speaking, shall be standing, respectfully address the Chair, confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid all personal, indecorous or sarcastic language. 4. If two or more members arise at the same time, the President shall decide which is entitled to the floor. 5. Appeals may be taken from the decision of the Chair, but a two-thirds vote is necessary to sustain such appeal. 6. The President shall be guided by the Congressional Manual in all his decisions. 7. No member shall speak more than twice, or longer than five minutes, on the same subject, unless by permission of the Association. 8. A member, if under the influence of liquor, will not be allowed to address the Chair and shall leave the hall at the request of the President. Any member refusing to comply with said request shall be fined one dollar ($1) for the first offense and expelled for the second offense. ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. Calling the meeting to order. 4. Report of relief committee. 9. Deferred business. II. Remarks for benefit of Asso- 12. Collection of dues. At a regular meeting, held February 21, 1903, Art. XXIV was amended to read as follows: "If any member leaves the employ of the American Sheet Steel Company at Scottdale, either voluntarily or by reason of his being discharged, his membership in the Association shall cease from the date of such cessation of employment, and the proportion of treasury funds attaching to his membership shall be returned to him." APPENDIX L MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION OF THE STUDEBAKER CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS ARTICLE I NAME SECTION 1. The Carriage Trimmers' Mutual Benefit Association of the Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co. of South Bend, Ind. ARTICLE 2 SECTION 1. The object of this Association shall be the mutual relief of members in case of sickness or accident when sufficient to unfit them for their daily labors, or when detained from their work by quarantine. ARTICLE 3 SECTION 1. Membership in this Association shall consist of one class, composed of full and half certificates. SEC. 2. Any person making application for membership in this Association shall pay an entrance fee of one dollar ($1) for a full certificate and fifty cents (50c.) for a half certificate. Any member changing from a half certificate to a full certificate shall pay a fee of fifty cents (50c.), and no changes or erasures from the roll of membership shall be made without the Secretary being duly notified. SEC. 3. A member shall not be allowed to hold but one full certificate. SEC. 4. All applications for membership must be made to the secretary in writing, and the person making the application must be in good health and have been thirty days prior to the date of making such applications. SEC. 5. Connections with this Association shall terminate when the member has been suspended or expelled by the order of the Board of Directors, or when the said member is in arrears for weekly or extra assessments. SECTION I. ARTICLE 4 The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, first and second Vice-Presidents, and six Directors; the President to act as the chairman of the Board of Directors. SEC. 2. The Board of Directors shall meet Friday of each week and at such other times as the President shall appoint. SEC. 3. All officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting and shall hold office one year, or until their successors have been elected. ARTICLE 5 SECTION 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association and Board of Directors and he shall cast a deciding vote. He shall call special meetings at the request of a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the written request of ten members of the Association; he shall sign all orders on the Treasurer for money or supplies. SEC. 2. Upon the notice of the Secretary of the sickness of a member, the President shall at once appoint a visiting committee of three members, whose duty it shall be to visit the members in question and report to the Secretary as soon as possible. The President shall enforce all rules of the Association and perform such other duties as may be required of him. SEC. 3. The Vice-President shall perform the duties of PresiIdent in the absence of the latter. SEC. 4. The Secretary may adopt any method for the collection of assessments as he may deem best, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors. He shall turn over all moneys to the Treasurer, and shall keep all records, blank forms and other printed matter, issue all notices of special meetings and perform such other duties as the office may require of him. He shall give a bond of twenty-five dollars ($25) subject to the approval of the Board of Directors and shall receive two dollars ($2) per year for his services. SEC. 5. The Treasurer shall receive and hold all moneys belonging to the Association, and shall pay it out only upon orders signed by the President and not less than four Directors, he shall invest the funds of the Association subject to the approval of Directors and shall make a quarterly report to the Board of Directors. He shall give a bond of five hundred dollars ($500) subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, and shall receive one dollar ($1) per year for his services. SEC. 6. The Directors with the President shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Association, they with the President shall decide who are entitled to relief and shall audit the books of the Association every six months or at any time they may deem it best. They with the President shall have the power to levy an assessment on the members of the Association to meet the contingencies of excessive demands for relief, provided such assessment shall not exceed fifty cents (50c.) for holders of a full certificate and twenty-five cents (25c.) for holders of a half certificate. They shall hear and decide all questions in dispute concerning members of this Association. SEC. 7. Any member having accepted office in this Association will be expected to serve the full term or pay one dollar ($1) on vacating his office; unless, on his excuse being accepted by the Board of Directors, he be allowed to retire from office. SEC. 8. All vacancies in the offices of this Association shall be filled by ballot at a special meeting called for that purpose and such meeting shall be called within four days after an office has become vacant. ARTICLE 6 SECTION 1. The regular meeting of this Association shall be held annually on the second Monday in July. SEC. 2. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and no business shall be transacted unless a quorum be present. ARTICLE 7 SECTION I. The funds of this Association shall consist of entrance fees, assessments, extra assessments, and voluntary contributions. SEC. 2. The weekly assessments for full certificates shall be ten cents and for half certificates shall be five cents per week, to be paid in advance to the Secretary every two weeks, on Saturday following pay day. SEC. 3. Arrears of assessments cannot be received after a lapse of four weeks except by order of the Board of Directors and after the payment of arrears the member becomes a member in good standing. SEC. 4. Whenever the funds of the Association shall reach the sum of five hundred dollars the Board of Directors shall cause the weekly assessment to be suspended until the sum in the treasury falls below three hundred dollars, when the Board of Directors shall cause the weekly assessment to be resumed. In the event of the fund falling below two hundred dollars the Board of Directors shall cause the assessment to be doubled until the sum of two hundred dollars is again reached. |