Stockholders' Special Meeting.
According to appointment in Signs, a special meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific S. D. A. Publishing Association was held, Tuesday, April 1, 1879, at 1.30 P. M., for the purpose of making some specified amendments to the By Laws of the Association. The proposed amendments were called for, and read by the Secretary. Voted, That a committee of two be appointed by the chair to present the Amendments for action. The chair appointed W. N. Glenn and J. E. White. Voted That the committee report the articles to be amended, item by item for action. Section 6, of article II, was reported to read as amended, (1) Immediately after the election of the Board of Directors, they must organize by the election of a President, and a Vice President, who must be of their number, a Secretary and a Treasurer. (2) They are also empowered to employ all other subordinate officers and fix the rate of their compensation or salary, and also the salary of the Secretary and the Treasurer. Adopted by unanimous vote. Section 1, of article III was reported to read, as amended, All officers of this Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and shall consist of a President, and a Vice President of their number, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and these shall be chosen at the first meeting of the Board of Directors after their own election. The board shall also appoint an auditor. Section 3, Article IX, was reported to read as amended, To vote by proxy it shall be necessary to sign a writing as follows: I——, of the town of——, in the State of——, owning——shares in the Pacific Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association, of Oakland, Cal., being desirous of voting in the meetings of the Association, hereby empower——, of the town of——, in the State of——, to cast my vote in any meeting of the Association he may attend until this proxy is revoked. Witness my hand this——day of——in the year of our Lord 18——. Section 4, Article IX, was reported to read, as amended, The member named in said writing, who appears at the meeting of the Association, bearing said writing, shall be fully empowered to vote as proxy. Section 1, Article XI, came up for consideration, but as any change in said section was found to be contrary to the Civil Code, no action was taken. Meeting Adjourned. JOHN MORRISON, President.
J. E. WHITE, Secretary.