AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION
The annual business meeting of the Association was held at the State Library Monday afternoon, March 2, at 2:45. The Executive Council nominated twenty-two members and five life members, who were duly elected by the Association. The Council adopted the following resolution concerning the nomination of Fellows:
“Resolved, That the President shall appoint from among the Fellows of the Executive Council two members to act with himself as a committee on the nomination of Fellows. This committee shall examine the published work of the members whose election is proposed, and shall report thereon to the Council at the annual meeting.”
The following officers were elected: President, Judge Z. T. Fulmore; Vice-Presidents, Miss Katie Daffan, Mrs. A. B. Looscan, and Messrs. Beauregard Bryan and R. C. Crane; Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer, Charles W. Ramsdell; Members of the Executive Council, Judge John C. Townes and Professor S. H. Moore. Mr. E. C. Barker is ex-officio Recording Secretary and Librarian. The Publication Committee was re-elected without change. The Treasurer presented, duly audited, the report which appears below. It was the sense of the meeting that ex-presidents who withdraw from the Association thereby remove themselves from the Executive Council, and that Fellows similarly remove themselves from the list of Fellows.
For the information of members the Constitution is printed as it now stands, including, without designation, all amendments:
Article I.—Name.—This Society shall be called the Texas State Historical Association.
Art. II.—Objects.—The objects of the Association shall be, in general, the promotion of historical studies; and, in particular, the discovery, collection, preservation, and publication of historical material, especially such as relates to Texas.
Art. III.—Membership.—The Association shall consist of Members, Fellows, Life Members, and Honorary Life Members.
(a).Members.—Persons recommended by the Executive Council and elected by the Association may become Members.
(b).Fellows.—Members who show, by published work, special aptitude for historical investigation may become Fellows. Thirteen Fellows shall be elected by the Association when first organized, and the body thus created may thereafter elect additional Fellows on the nomination of the Executive Council. The number of Fellows shall never exceed fifty.
(c).Life Members.—Such benefactors of the Association as shall pay into its treasury at one time the sum of thirty dollars ($30), or shall present to the Association an equivalent in books, manuscripts, or other acceptable matter, shall be classed as Life Members.
(d).Honorary Life Members.—Persons who rendered eminent service to Texas previous to annexation may become Honorary Life Members upon being recommended by the Executive Council and elected by the Association.
Art IV.—Officers.—The affairs of the Association shall be administered by a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary and Librarian, a Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer, and an Executive Council.
The President, Vice-President, and Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected annually by the Association from among the Fellows.
The Professor of History in the University of Texas shall be ex-officio Recording Secretary and Librarian of the Association.
The Executive Council, five of which shall constitute a quorum, shall consist of the following: The ex-Presidents, the President, the four Vice-Presidents, the Recording Secretary and Librarian the Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer, the State Librarian, three Fellows, five Members.
The Association, immediately after organizing, shall elect three Fellows to serve on the Executive Council one, two, and three years, respectively, the term of each to be decided by lot. Thereafter, one Fellow shall be elected annually by the Association for the term of three years.
The Association, immediately after organizing, shall likewise elect five members to serve on the Executive Council one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, the term of each to be decided by lot. Thereafter, one Member shall be elected annually by the Association for the term of five years.
Art. V.—Dues.—Each Member shall pay annually into the treasury of the Association the sum of two dollars.
Each Fellow, on being elected, shall pay into the treasury of the Association the sum of five dollars as an initiation fee. The annual dues of Fellows shall be the same as those of Members.
Life Members and Honorary Life Members shall be exempt from all dues.
Members or Fellows may be dropped from the rolls of the Association at the discretion of the Council for non-payment of dues.
Art. VI.—Publication Committee.—A Publication Committee, consisting of five persons, shall have the sole charge of the selection and editing of matter for publication. The President and the Recording Secretary and Librarian of the Association shall be ex-officio members of this committee; the remaining three members shall be chosen annually by the Fellows from the Executive Council.
Art. VII.—Amendments.—Amendments to this Constitution shall become operative after being recommended by the Executive `Council and approved by two-thirds of the members present and voting at any regular meeting; provided, that notice of the proposed amendment shall be given in the announcement of the meeting.
How to cite:
"AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION", Volume 017, Number 4, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 432 - 435. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v017/n4/back_7.html
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