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Constitution of Plainsboro Township, New Jersey.[105]

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE 1.--NAME

The name of the organization is the Community Association of Plainsboro Township.

ARTICLE 2.--OBJECT

The object of this Association is to carry out the Declaration of Purposes as subscribed to by the residents of Plainsboro Township, New Jersey.

ARTICLE 3.--MEMBERSHIP

Every resident of Plainsboro Township has the right to membership in this association and to participation in discussion at its meetings, and every citizen has a vote.

ARTICLE 4.--COMMUNITY COUNCIL

A council of seven members shall be elected to carry out the will of the community as expressed in open meetings and to act for the community in minor matters and all emergencies. But all decisions affecting the material welfare should be made in open meetings of the community.

The council shall designate one of its members as president, another as secretary, and another as treasurer, and these persons shall serve respectively as community president, secretary and treasurer.

The members elected at the first community meeting shall serve until their successors are elected at the first meeting in the month of January, and thereafter members shall be elected for one year and serve until their successors are elected.

ARTICLE 5.--MEETINGS

There shall be an annual meeting in the month of January, ten days' notice of the date being given by the council.

At this meeting reports shall be made by all township officers of their respective duties.

At this annual meeting, and at all other meetings when requested, the council shall make report of its proceedings.

A regular community meeting shall be held at a date conforming to the law respecting the nomination of candidates for Township offices.

Other meetings shall be held upon call of the council, or upon notice signed by ten citizens and posted at the usual place of meeting ten days prior to the date of meeting.

Twenty voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

ARTICLE 6.--DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL

The council shall advise with all township officials in the performance of their duties. It shall determine and initiate matters concerning health, thrift, home ownership, community protection, village improvement, coöperation with outside organizations, and all other matters of community interest.

It shall prepare and propose township and community budgets from time to time for consideration.

It shall suggest a ticket for nominees for township offices, posting the same ten days prior to meeting of community when nomination shall be made.

It shall also make provision for posting of nominations that may be made by groups of ten or more citizens.

The council shall faithfully carry out the will of the community as determined in public meeting.

ARTICLE 7.--DEFINING "CITIZENS"

The word "citizen" and "citizens" as used in this constitution, shall be interpreted as referring to any person and persons who would have the right of suffrage if equal suffrage prevailed.

ARTICLE 8.--AMENDMENTS

This constitution may be amended at any community meeting by a three-fourths vote of the members present, provided an exact copy of the proposed amendment has been properly posted at the usual place of meeting ten days prior to the date of meeting.

FOOTNOTE:

[105] As given by Alva Agee in the National Stockman and Farmer, July 26, 1919.

INDEX

Adams, Bristow, 105

Adams, H. B., 199

Adams, Thos., 228

Advertising, community, 66

Age of community's people, 31

Agricultural colleges, 107;
extension, 108

Agriculture, goal of, 61;
in schools, 98-99

American Farm Bureau Federation, 115

Americanization, 30

Amusements, commercial, 158

Angell, Norman, 70

Associations and organizations, 212

Athletic leagues, 162

Atkeson, T. C., 170

Atkinson, H. A., 163

Atwood, M. V., 104

Automobile, influence of, 41, 50, 157

Bands, 176

Banker-farmer, 50

Belleville, N. Y., 34

Beloved community, 136

Bengtson, Amalia M., 147

Bidwell, P. W., 68

Boardman, John R., 17

Boys' and girls' clubs, 119, 163;
organizations, 162

Boy Scouts, 163

Brunner, E. DeS., 136

Burritt, M. C., 109

Butterfield, K. L., 2

Business, farm, community aspects, 58-66

Camp Fire Girls, 163

Capital, local, 50

Cemetery association, 179

Centralization of buying power, 73

Chamber of commerce, county, 56

Childhood, play and, 155

Child placing, 190;
welfare boards, 191

Church and health, 138;
play, 163;
recreation, 133;
federation, 127;
rural, 121-136;
social program of, 132

Cities, 54;
health, 137

City, effect of, on farm, 68-70;
vs. country, 70

Claghorn, Kate Holladay, 186

Clock System Rural Index, 231

Communication, 37-45

Community activities, 217;
association, Plainsboro Township, N. J., constitution, 247;
buildings, 165-167;
legislation for, 204;
center, 7

Community chests, 215;
churches, 127-129;
councils, 6, 215, 220;
defined, 7, 9, 10;
etymology, 37, 77;
experience, 65;
forests, 230;
incorporation, 204;
mapping, 6;
organization, 89, 209-221;
of extension service, 116;
people, 29-33;
planning, 222-233;
pride, 57, 223;
school districts, 203;
score card, 116;
service, 245;
vs. home, 24-25

Competition, dogma of, 49

Conflict and progress, 48

Collective bargaining, 74

Coöperation and community, 77-90;
business democracy, 86;
Danish, 87;
in farm operations, 77;
strengthens community, 87

Coöperative buying, 51, 79-81;
companies, essentials of, 78;
credit, 81;
educational League, 98;
manufacture, 63;
marketing, 74;
selling associations, 83;
stores, 53, 54, 80

County agent movement, 109;
boards of public welfare, 191;
health officer, 146;
library, 102;
manager, 202

Country church, 123;
life commission, 110;
weekly, 105

Dadisman, A. J., 33

Dane Co., Wisconsin, 30

Daniels, John, 30

Darwin, Charles, 49

Decentralization of industry, 54

Defectives, 183

Delinquency, 185-186

Democracy, 207, 239

Demonstration agent, 109;
method, 110

Denominational rivalry, 127

Dependent, 181-195

Dewey, Evelyn, 165

Disadvantaged, 181

Doctors, country, 141

Douglas, H. Paul, 204

Dramatics, 27, 160

Dutchess Co., N. Y., health survey, 140

Education, 91-105;
objectives of, 95;
religious, 99

Educational methods of extension work, 116

Exchange of goods, 68

Exploiter, 58

Extension movement, 107-120;
service, of schools, 95-96;
work, methods, 116

Family, 15;
life, 23

Farm bureau, 112-115

Farmers clubs, 174;
coöperative demonstration work, 110;
institutes, 107;
organizations, 170-174;
union, 174

Farming types, effect of, 61

Farm loan act, 82;
management, 65

Federated church, 129

Feeble-minded, 184

Fire companies, 177

Fiske, John, 155, 196

Fernandis, Sarah Collins, 245

Follett, M. P., 238

Frame, Nat T., 116

French Creek, W. Va., 32

Gale, Zona, 179

Galpin, C. J., 6, 135

Gibbons, C. E., 186

Gillette, J. M., 62

Girl Scouts, 163

Government, rural, 196-208, 214

Grange, 170;
buildings, 166

Grading in marketing, 71-72

Gross, Karl, 155

Halsey, Abigail F., 161

Harvey, Mrs. M. T., 165

Hatch Act, 107

Hayes, A. W., 93

Health centers, 151;
community, 137-152;
economics of, 139;
farmers attitude on, 138;
officials, 145;
surveys, 140, 143, 147

Hieronymous, R. E., 234

High schools, 94;
Danish, 100

History, community, 33;
local, 34-35

Hoag, Emily F., 34

Home bureau, 118

Home bureau creed, 119;
demonstration work, 118;
economics, 24;
farm, 14-28;
play in the, 156;
project, 25, 98-99

Hospitals, 149-150

Husbandman, 59

Industries in villages, 54

Insects, a community problem, 64

Justice of peace, 188

Juvenile courts, 188

Kidd, Benj., 27

Kile, O. M., 115

Kingdom of God, 135, 238

Kirkwood, W. P., 103

Knapp, S. A., 109

Kolb, J. H., 30, 91

Kropotkin, P., 49

Leadership, 117, 218, 241;
church, 126

Lee, Joseph, 155

Lewis, Sinclair, 101, 222

Library, 45;
public, 100

Lindeman, E. C., 169, 220, 239

Lodges, 174

Lowell, G. J., 172

Loyalty, community, 234-245

Lumsden, L. L., 144

Maciver, R. M., 245

Macklin, Th., 63, 85

Mann, A. R., 194

Markets, effect of, 67-76

Martin, O. B., 109

Maternal mortality, 142

Mormons, 121, 197

Morrill Act, 107

Moving pictures, 45, 158

Nason, W. C., 167

Nasmyth, George, 49

Nationalities, 29

Neglected, the, 186

Neighborhood areas, 91;
defined, 9;
social center, 92

Newspaper, country, 103-106

Nourse, E. G., 68

Numbering farms, 231

Nurses, rural, 147-149

Organization, rural, difficulty of, 44

Organizations of rural community, 169-180

Orchestras, 177

Overchurching, 125

Pageants, 36, 161

Parent-teachers associations, 97-98

Parks, 230

Park, R. E., and Miller, 236

Patrons of Husbandry, 170

Personality and play, 154

Physical education, 162

Plainsboro, N. J., incorporation, 205, 247

Play and recreation, 153-168;
festivals, 156

Plunkett, Sir Horace, 12, 87, 88

Poe, Clarence, 81, 202

Poor officer, 187

Population, changes, 32;
density of, 31

Postal service, 43

Poverty, 181, 182

Powell, G. Harold, 84

Pratt, Edwin A., 80

Provincialism, value of, 240

Public speaking contest, 96

Public welfare boards, 191

Race problems, 29, 30

Railroad, effect of, 39;
stations, 224

Rankin, W. S., 145

Recreation, 153-168;
church and, 133

Red Cross, 151;
home service, 134, 191-192;
nurse, 149

Religious life of the community, 121-136;
education, 99, 130

Renville Co., Minn., health survey, 147

Roads, 40, 225, 227

Rochdale system, 79

Rodent control by communities, 64

Royce, Josiah, 238, 240

Rural organization, 89;
planning committees, 230, 231

Russell, Geo. Wm. ("A.E."), 63, 75, 89

Ryder, E. H., 202

Sandy Spring, Md., 35

Sanitation, 143-144

School, 91-100;
consolidation, 93-95;
nurses, 147;
play in the, 161;
social center, 96, 165

Settlement of community, 38

Shaw, Albert, 197

Sims, N. L., 218

Smith-Gordon and Staples, 88

Smith-Hughes Act, 94

Smith-Lever Act, 111

Smith, Ruby Green, 119

Social center, 8;
organization, 209;
work, agencies for rural, 187;
of minister, 134

South, community in the, 4, 10

Specialization in agriculture, 61-63

Standardization in marketing, 71

Stewart, C. L., 60

Stores, country, 50-52

Sunday school, 123-124, 130-131

Telephone, 43

Tenancy, 59

Tompkins Co., N. Y., churches, 125

Town planning, 223

Township, 196

Transportation, effect of, 39, 67

Union church, 128

Values of rural life, 16, 17, 61

Vienna, 69

Village communities, 3, 235

Village and farm, 46-57

Village, incorporated, 199;
plan, 224;
square, 225

Visiting teacher, 189

Waugh, Frank A., 223

Warren, G. F., 65

Wilson, Warren H., 58, 121

Woman, farm, position of, 19-22

Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 178

Young Men's Christian Association, 162

Young Woman's Christian Association, 162

THE FARMER'S BOOKSHELF

Edited by

KENYON L. BUTTERFIELD THE FARMER'S BOOKSHELF

Edited by DR. KENYON L. BUTTERFIELD, President, Massachusetts College of Agriculture. Each $1.25, by mail, $1.35.

The changing conditions and new problems in rural life are known in a general way through newspaper and magazine articles, but few books have appeared which show what a force the farmer is and will continue to be in national and international life. This series is to contain books by men who know the farmer as well as the subject; while written primarily for rural leaders and progressive farmers they are interesting also to anyone who wants to keep up with contemporary history.

THE GRANGE MASTER AND THE GRANGE LECTURER

By JENNIE BUELL

An account of the origin and ideals of the Grange and of what this organization has done and is doing. It also gives practical suggestions for future development. Miss Buell had been active in the work of the Grange for 36 years. From 1890 to 1908 she was State Secretary of the Grange in Michigan, then lecturer until 1915, when she was again elected State Secretary.

"We have never read a book on The Grange which contains more practical information. Every member should read this book, and we should like to have it read by town and city people, too."--_Rural New Yorker_.

THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND THE FARMER

By HAYES ROBBINS

The labor question of factory and town crowds in upon the farm on every side--in the price of almost everything the farmer buys, in the freight he pays, in the higher wages and shorter hours he must bid against for help. This book gives us the labor movement as it actually is, and what it proposes, as it affects especially the farmer.

For twenty years Mr. Robbins has been studying industrial problems. At one time he was connected with the New York Central Railroad, and in 1905 he undertook organization of the Civic Federation of New England, devoted to the betterment of relations between employers and employees. During the war he assisted in the organization of the Committee on Labor Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense.

THE COUNTY AGENT AND THE FARM BUREAU

By MAURICE CHASE BURRITT, Vice-Director Extension Department, New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University.

Despite its prominence during the past few years, the county agent farm bureau movement is not fully understood or appreciated either by the general public or by farmers themselves. This book describes in detail the work of the county agent and farm bureau and gives an historical sketch of their development.

THE FARMER AND HIS COMMUNITY

By DWIGHT SANDERSON, Head of the Department of Rural Social Organization, New York College of Agriculture, Cornell University.

The rapid spread of the rural community idea, due in part to the recent work of county agents and county farm bureaus, calls for a book which describes in plain terms just what this idea means and just how important it is in rural progress. This book does these two things in a way that promises to make it an important contribution to the farmers' thinking.

THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC

By HONORABLE ARTHUR CAPPER

An authoritative review of the difficulties and economic changes that led to the present situation in the United States Senate and an account of the present program among agricultural leaders. Senator Capper is the recognized leader and proper spokesman of this movement.

IN PRESS

COUNTRY PLANNING

By FRANK A. WAUGH, Head of the Division of Horticulture and Professor of Landscape Gardening, Massachusetts Agricultural College.

Country Planning is not a fad involving the expenditure of sums of money for useless "frills" but is a practical means of getting better results with money that must be expended in such changes as disposition of lands, the location of roads, the furnishing of playgrounds, forests, and school grounds, etc. How these changes may be wisely directed is told in this book.

IN PREPARATION

OUR SOIL WEALTH

By DR. J. G. LIPMAN, Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.

THE FARMER AND THE WORLD'S FOOD

By A. E. CANCE

THE FARM MOVEMENT IN CANADA

By N. P. LAMBERT

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