Membership
and Dues
Section
1: Application for membership must be made in writing.
Applicant to state name, age, address, and application must
be signed by an Active member of this organization. The Board
of Directors is allowed to limit the number of members in
the club.
Section
2: All applications to be referred to the Board of Directors
and House Committee, whose duty it shall be to inquire into
the fitness of the applicant The applicant shall be balloted
at the Board of Directors & House Committee meeting on
the first (1st) Tuesday of each month and taken to the General
Stated Meeting on the second (2nd) Tuesday of each month and
balloted for the second (2nd) time, applicant shall be declared
elected. If applicant be rejected, application fee and dues
shall be returned to applicant promptly.
Section
3: There shall be four classes of membership. Active Beneficial,
Active Non-Beneficial, Associate, and Life.
Section
4: The current initiation fee for joining the Cetronia
Fire Co #1 shall be twelve dollars ($12.00) for the first
year. Dues shall be six ($6.00) dollars for Active Beneficial
membership and five ($5.00) dollars for Active Non-Beneficial
membership thereafter. If maybe changed by a majority vote
at a general meeting as requested by the Board of Directors
and House Committee.
Section
5: Any citizen of the United States who is twenty-one
(21) years of age and has not attained his forty-sixth (46th)
birthday shall be eligible to apply for Active Beneficial
membership.
Section
6: Any citizen of the United States who has attained his
46th birthday shall be eligible to apply for Active Non-Beneficial
membership
Section
7: Any female citizen of the United States who is twenty-one
years of age or over and a member in good standing of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Cetronia Fire Company No. 1 shall
be eligible to apply for Associate membership. Females wishing
to obtain all Fire Company privileges can do so by application
for membership under ARTICLE VI, Section 4, 5, & 6. Dues
for Associate membership shall be Two Dollars and Fifty Cents
per year, payable annually in advance, with the provision
that their good standing in the Ladies Auxiliary organization
is maintained.
Section
8: All members present except Associate members shall
have the right to vote at all meetings.
Section
9: Any member expelled or dropped from the rolls wishing
to become a member thereafter must make application, pay the
fees and dues and be duly elected in the same manner as any
new member
Section
10: Dues in this organization shall run from the first
of January to the 31st of December of each current year.
Section
11: The annual dues of all members must be paid to the
Financial Secretary on or before the 28th day of February
of each current year. Any individual member failing to pay
his dues on or before said date shall automatically be dropped
as a member for nonpayment of dues.
Section
12: Life membership may be extended to any member of the
Cetronia Fire Company No. 1 who has attained 35 years of continuous
membership. The member being nominated for life membership
must first be proposed to the Board of Directors and the House
Committee. Upon the approval of the Board of Directors and
the House Committee said member shall be nominated for life
membership at a stated meeting of the Cetronia Fire Company
No. 1. A vote of the membership present at the next stated
meeting shall determine whether or not said member shall be
approved for life membership.
Section
13: The Cetronia Fire Company No. 1 holding a catering
license may sell any liquor or malt or brewed beverages to
any person who is an active fire fighter of any volunteer
fire fighting company and have the same rights and privileges
as members of such licensed club. The term "active "
fire fighter shall not include a social member.
| Membership
Dues |
| Initiation
Fee for New Members |
$12.00 |
| Active
Beneficial (Ages
21-45) |
$6.00 |
| Active
Non-Beneficial (Ages
46 and Over) |
$5.00 |
| Auxiliary
Dues |
$3.00 |
| Lady
Associate
(Must belong to the Auxiliary) |
$2.50 |
| Life
Membership Beneficial |
No
Charge |
| Life
Membership Non-Beneficial |
No
Charge |
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