Proposition for Membership. (When filled out, to be mailed at any time to the Secretary, P. O. Box 3672, Boston, Mass., for action by the Board of Government, at least one week before a meeting of the Association.) The undersigned certifies that the above statements are co agrees that, if elected to the Association, he will be governed b as long as his connection with it shall continue. Date,.. 1912. signa REMARKS: It is desired that the proposer will supply such add tion as will aid in determining the eligibility of the applican inay thia sha at upern to ARTO, and ton fa meetdred to meetAssociaction of withdra INDEXED TRANSACTIONS OF The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, SUCCESSOR TO New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, ORGANIZED AS THE HAMPDEN COUNTY COTTON SPINNERS' ASSOCIATION. Founded 1854. Incorporated Dec. 1, 1894. NO. 91.✓ SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING, Held at Equinox House, Manchester, Vermont, SEPTEMBER 27-30, 1911. ✓ Office of the Association: Room 501, International Trust Building, 45 Milk Street, BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COTTON MANUFACTURERS, AT WASHINGTON. By vote of the Board of Government, the price of the Transactions is $5.00 per copy to non-embers. The price of this issue and those subsequent to Volume 60 is $1.00 each to members, and the prices of copies previous to Volume 61, is 50 cents to members, but each member is entitled to a copy as a part of the privilege of membership. No. 6091. CHARTER. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. BE IT KNOWN, That whereas, EDWARD W. THOMAS, C. J. H. WOODBURY, WILLIAM J. KENT, F. M. MESSENGER, HARRY T. WHITIN, Arthur H. LOWE, ALBert F. Knight, ALFRED M. GOODALE, FRED C. MCDUFFIE and GEORGE W. BEAN have associated themselves with the intention of forming a corporation under the name of the NEW ENGLAND COTTON MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, for the purpose of encouraging scientific investigation and experiment as to the methods of manufacturing cotton; collecting and imparting information relating to this industry, promoting social intercourse among its members; and establishing and maintaining a library of works on textiles in the city of Boston, and have complied with the provisions of the Statutes of this Commonwealth in such case made and provided, as appears from the certificate of the President, Treasurer and Directors of said corporation, duly approved by the Commissioner of Corporations, and recorded in this office. Now, Therefore, I, WILLIAM M. OLIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that said EDWARD W. THOMAS, C. J. H. WOODBURY, WILLIAM J. KENT, F. M. MESSENGER, HARRY T. WHITIN, ARTHUR H. LOWE, ALBERT F. KNIGHT, ALFRED M. GOODALE, FRED C. MCDUFFIE and GEORGE W. BEAN, their associates and successors, are legally organized and established as and are hereby made an existing corporation under the name of the NEW ENGLAND COTTON MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, with the powers, rights and privileges, and subject to the limitations, duties and restrictions which by law appertain thereto. Commonwealth of Seal of the Witness my official signature hereunto subscribed, Massachusetts. and the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed this first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four. WILLIAM M. OLIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Acts of 1895, Chap. 163-) AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE NEW ENGLAND COTTON MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION TO HOLD ITS MEETINGS WITHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association is hereby authorized to hold its meetings in any state or territory of the United States and in the District of Columbia: provided, however, that its annual meeting shall be held in this Commonwealth at least once in five years. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved March 23, 1895-1 No. 252. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. BE IT KNOWN that whereas NEW ENGLAND COTTON MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, a corporation organized under the laws of this Commonwealth and subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Laws has complied with the provisions of chapter one hundred and nine of the Revised Laws, as appears from the certified copy of the order of the Commissioner of Corporations, authorizing said corporation to change its name and adopt the name of THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COTTON MANUFACTURERS, and the certificate of the Vice-President and Acting President, Treasurer and Directors of said corporation duly filed in this office pursuant to the provisions of section ten of the aforesaid chapter one hundred and nine of the Revised Laws. NOW THEREFORE, I, William M. Olin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the name which said corporation shall bear is THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COTTON MANUFACTURERS, which shall hereafter be its legal name. Seal of the Commonwealth of WITNESS my official signature hereunto subscribed, and Massachusetts. the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed this twenty-fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six. WM. M. OLIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth. |