Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1883 — THE DRAINING ASSOCIATION. [ARTICLE]

THE DRAINING ASSOCIATION.

The meeting fcr th« purpose of completing the organization of The Jasper < ouuty Drain! «g Assooiittion W s held at the Coert House Saiur day i fteraooo In i.eoor tan e with pre vi ms notice, tt. P. Thompeo i was chosen president and Granville Moody, Sec’y. pro tern. By a vote o f the meeting, the * bjects and purposes cf the Association were limited to simply acquiring and removing the m 11 dnm and race way across the Iroquois at Rensselaer. One of ‘he articles of asß «L’iou adopted a the meeting r q r d the el c‘f<n, at tba r meeting, of a botrd of fl» directors wiu should have conud of the business of t *e Association, aud vtho could appoint one of their r.um ber to Berve|as president of the board, another us secretary, noother as su perintendent, and another as* solicitor. The directors are elected for one year and elections o’ directors ■are to be held on the second Saturr day in April, or oach year as lon ; as the associatto n exists. After the consideration and adoption of articles of association, the -meeting proceeded to elect a board of Directors. The following being chosen unanimously: Alfred Thompson, Addison Parld (l , S. r. Tho apson. S. H. Loughlidge, and Granville Moody. X t . i tire adjournment of the stockholder*' meetiug, the board of Direct ors held a session, and made tiro following apportionment of the officers r*f the hoard: President, Addison i’.irkison; Secretary, Alfred Tlij'npson; Suparentendent, J. HLoughridge; Solicit* r, S. P. Thompson.