Sulphur Springs Cemetery

Preservation Association

ARTICLE I

Section 1. The name of this Association shall be the Sulphur Springs Cemetery Preservation Association.

ARTICLE II

The object of this Association shall be to help improve and beautify and maintain the Sulphur Springs Cemetery at Sulphur Springs, Yell County, Arkansas and to this end shall have the right to raise funds for this work. 

ARTICLE III - Board of Directors

Section 1. The officers shall consist of a President; a Vice-President; a Secretary, who may also serve as the Treasurer; and two (2) Directors. They shall be elected annually by a majority vote of the interested persons present at the Annual Meeting of the Association.

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all regular and special meetings of the Association and call special meetings whenever thought necessary - and shall be Chairman of the Board of Directors and may attend committee meetings when advisable and shall discharge all such duties as usually pertains to the office of president.

Section 3. The Vice-President shall assist the President in the discharge of his or her duties and in his or her absence, the next in rank shall assume such duties.

Section 4. The Recording Secretary/Treasurer shall keep a minute book in which shall be entered accurate accounts of the proceedings of all meetings of the Association and Board of Directors. The corresponding Secretary/Treasurer shall conduct any correspondence under the direction of the Association or Board of Directors. The Secretary/Treasurer shall receive and safely keep all monies belonging to the Association and receipt for same and pay it out by order of the Board of Directors.

Section 5. The officers of this association shall constitute the Board of Directors who shall be authorized to make all contracts for work and pay for same by order of the President and the Secretary.

ARTICLE IV - Meetings

Section 1. The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held on the third Saturday in the month of October each year, and at a place to be determined by the President and Board of Directors. Fourteen (14) days notice by mail shall be given to each recorded interested person stating the time and place of such meeting and published in the local newspaper.

Section 2. Special Meetings may be called by the President, upon request of five (5) or more members, on at least seven (7) days notice.

ARTICLE V - Amendments

Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended or revised at any ANNUAL MEETING or SPECIAL MEETING of the Association by a majority vote of the members present, provided the notice of the meeting specifies the proposed amendment to the Constitution and By-Laws are listed on the agenda of the meeting.