A SPECIAL meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific S. D. A. Publishing Association will be held on Monday the 25th, April, 1881, for the purpose of considering and making the following amendments to the By-laws of the Association.
ART. 2, Sec. 2. Instead of, “The Directors shall be elected annually on the first Tuesday in April,” read, “The Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Stockholders in April.”
ART. 2, Sec. 3. Instead of, “All meetings of Directors shall be called by a written notice from the Secretary on the order of the President, or if there be none, on the order of two Directors, and all meetings of Directors must be held at the place of business of the Association,” read, “All meetings of the Directors must be called by a notification from the President, Vice President or Secretary.”
ART. 3, Sec. 3. Instead of, “The duties of the President shall be such as usually pertain to that office, and such as may be designated under other articles of these By-laws,” read, “The duties of the President and of the Treasurer shall be such as usually pertain to those offices and such as may be designated under other articles of these By-laws.”
ART. 3, Sec. 4. To omit this section entirely.
ART. 3, Sec. 5. To change the number of this section from “5” to “4,” and to omit the last (No. 3) clause of same. (1.) “The Secretary shall keep a faithful record of all the doings of the Association, both of the Stockholders and Directors. (2.) The Secretary shall also keep a Stock Book, in which shall be kept a record of all Shares taken, the names and residences of the Shareholders, and the number of Shares held by each. The Secretary shall submit at the annual meeting of the Shareholders a statement of the affairs of the Association for the preceding year.”
ART. 3, Sec. 6. To change the number of this section from “6” to “5.”
ART. 8, Sec. 4. Instead of, “The fourth item at an annual meeting will be a report from the Directors through the Secretary of the standing of the Association, containing the treasurer’s report for the term of his office verified by the certificate of the Auditor,” read, “The fourth item at an annual meeting will be a report from the Directors through the Secretary of the standing of the Association, verified by the Certificate of the Auditor.”
ART. 9, Sec. 1. All elections must be by ballot, and a majority of the subscribed Capital Stock, [To insert, “represented at the meeting,”] is necessary to a choice. All other voting may be done as the President may direct, only so that each member be entitled to as many votes as they have shares in the Corporation.
By order of the president,
W. K. VICKERY, Sec.
STATE QUARTERLY MEETING.
By Stephen Nelson Haskell
The California State quarterly meeting of the Tract and Missionary society will be held at Oakland, April 23 and 24. This will be an unusually important meeting, and a general attendance is expected. Matters of interest to the cause in this State will be considered, such as the distribution of labor in the Conference, and advance steps in the missionary work. All directors, and as many others as is consistent, are especially invited. Come in season for this meeting and then attend the annual meeting of the Publishing Association, to be held April 25. S. N. HASKELL, Pres.
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING.
By S. N. Haskell
PURSUANT to article 6, section 2 of the By-Laws of the Pacific S. D. A. Publishing Association, the sixth annual meeting of stockholders of said Association, will be held at the Pacific Press Office, corner of Castro and 12th streets, Oakland, Cal., Monday, April 25, at 9:30 A. M., for the purpose of electing a board of five directors, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting.
S. N. HASKELL, President.
SANTA ROSA
By S. N. HASKELL
Appointments.
SANTA ROSA.
PROVIDENCE permitting I will hold meeting in Santa Rosa on Sabbath and Sunday, April 16 and 17. Elder Waggoner will accompany me. S. N. HASKELL.
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