Africa before the irruption of the Barbarians, Effects of the Colonization Scheme on the slave trade, with a Page. Society. ART. I. This Society shall be called "The American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States." ART. II. The object to which its attention is to be exclusively directed, is to promote and execute a plan for colonizing (with their consent) the free People of Colour residing in our country, in Africa, or such other place as Congress shall deem most expedient. And the Society shall act, to ef fect this object, in co-operation with the General Government, and such of the States as may adopt regulations upon the subject. ART. III. Every citizen of the United States who shall subscribe these articles, and be an annual contributor of one dollar to the funds of the Soeiety, shall be a member. On paying a sum of not less than thirty dollars, at one subscription, he shall be a member for life. ART. IV. The officers of the Society shall be, à President, Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Recorder, and a Board of Managers, composed of the above named officers, and twelve other members of the Society. They shall be annually elected by the members of the Society, at their annual meeting, on the third Monday in January, and continue to discharg● their respective duties till others are appointed. ART. V. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Managers, and to call meetings of the Society, and of the Board, when he thinks necessary, or when required by any three members of the Board. ART. VI. The Vice-Presidents, according to seniority, shall discharge these duties in the absence of the President. Aar. VII. The Secretary shall take minutes of the proceedings, prepare and publish notices, and discharge such other duties as the Board, or the President, or, in his absence, the Vice-President, according to seniority, (when the Board is not sitting,) shall direct. And the Recorder shall record the proceedings and the names of the members, and discharge such other duties as may be required of him. ART VIII. The Treasurer shall receive and take charge of the funds of the iety, under such security as may be prescribed by the Board of rs; keep the accounts, and exhibit a statement of receipts and exAres at every annual meeting, and discharge such other duties as may uired of him. ART. IX. The Board of Managers shall meet on the first Monday in January, the first Monday in April, the first Monday in July, and the first Monday in October, every year, and at such other times as the President may direct. They shall conduct the business of the Society, and take such measures for effecting its object as they shall think proper, or shall be directed at the meetings of the Society, and make an annual report of their proceedings. They shall also fill up all vacancies occurring during the year, and make such by-laws for their government as they may deem necessary, provided the same are not repugnant to this constitution. ART. X. Every Society which shall be formed in the United States, to aid in the object of this Association, and which shall co-operate with its funds for the purposes thereof, agreeably to the rules and regulations of this Society, shall be considered auxiliary thereto; and its officers shall be entitled to attend and vote at all meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Managers. Notices. Copies of this and several preceding Reports can be forwarded by mail to any individuals who may apply for them to the Secretary. Auxiliary Societies are earnestly requested to forward, as early as may be, their annual contributions to the Treasurer, Richard Smith, Esq. of this City, that the Society may be enabled to fit out expeditions for the Colony in due season. Annual Meeting of the Society on the third Monday of January. The African Repository & Colonial Journal. THIS work is published monthly, by order of the Managers of the American Colonization Society. It contains thirty-two octavo pages the number, at two dollars a year, payable in advance. It is designed to comprise a history of the proceedings of the Society and the African Colony; essays on the subject of Colonization; intelligence concerning the operations of Institutions throughout the world, aiming to abolish the Slave Trade, and improve the African race; and in fine, all such information as may conduce to the accomplishment of the great objects of the Society. Any person who shall obtain five subscribers, and remit 10 dollars, will receive a copy gratis, which will be continued as long as the remittance shall be annually made. All communications relating to the Editorial Department of the Repository, should be made to the Rev. R. R. Gurley, Secretary of the Society, Washington City; such as relate to its pecuniary concerns, to Mr. James C. Dunn, Georgetown, D. C. To suitable persons, disposed to travel for obtaining subseribers to this work, liberal terms will be allowed. Form of a Constitution of an Auxiliary Soc 1st. This Society shall be called and shall be ate." iliary to the State Colonization Society, (where such exists) or to the American Colonization Society. 2d. The object to which it shall be exclusively devoted, shall be to aid the parent Institution at Washington, in the colonization of the Free People of colour of the United States on the coast of Africa-and to do this not only by the contribution of money, but by the exertion of its influence to promote the formation of other societies. 3d. An annual subscription of shall constitute an individu al a member of this Society; and the payment, at any one time, of a member for life. 4th. The officers of this Society shall be a President, Vice-Presidents, -Managers; Secretary and Treasurer, to be elected annually and by the Society. 5th. The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer, shall be ex-officio members of the Board of Managers. 6th. The Board of Managers shall meet to transact the business of the Society 7th. The Treasurer shall keep the accounts of the Society, as well as take charge of its funds, and hold them subject to an order of the Board of Managers, 8th. The Secretary of the Society shall conduct the correspondence under the direction of the Board of Managers, both with the parent Institution and other Societies. |