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Title: Constitution of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Author: United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Publisher: [Atlanta, Ga.? : s.n., 1895?].
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CONSTITUTION OF THE United Daughters of the Confederacy
Article I.
NAME.
Section I. The name or title of the Association
shall be The United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Sec. II. Each State Organization shall be known
as a Division, and designated by the name of the
State in which it is located, and each local organization in that State, as a Chapter of the said Divis-
ion, to be numbered consecutively, and any name selected by such Chapter.
Article II.
OBJECTS.
The objects of this Association are educational,
memorial, literary, social and benevolent; to collect
and preserve the material for a truthful history of
the war between the Confederate States and the
United States of America; to honor the memory of
those who served and those who fell in the ser-
vice of the Corlfederate States, and to record the
part taken by Southern women, as well, in t&e-untir-
ing- effort after the war in the reconstruction of the
South, as in patient endurance of hardship and
patriotic devotion during- the strug-g-le; to cherish
the ties of friendship among- the members of the
Society, and to fulfill the duties of sacred charity to
the survivors of the war and those dependent upon
them.
Article III.
ORGANIZATION OF CHAPTERS.
Section I. Those women entitled to member-
ship are the widows, wives, mothers, sisters, nieces
and lineal descendants of such men as served honor-
ably in the Confederate Army, Navy and Civil Ser-
vice, or of those persons who loyally g-ave material
aid to the cause. Also, women and their lineal de-
scendants, wherever living-, who can g-ive proof of
personal service and loyal aid to the Southern cause
during- the war.
Sec. II. Each State Division shall furnish blank
applications for membership to be used throughout
that Division. These blanks may. differ in form,
but must not conflict with the qualifications of
membership as set forth in this Constitution. The
mode of electing- and admitting- members may also
vary with each Division, provided, ag-ain, the quali-
fications for membership be not inconsistent with
this Constitution.
Sec. III. Seven or more women in any State in
which no Division exists, may organize a Chapter
and be chartered on application to the United
Daug-hters of the Confederacy, and all Chapters sub-
sequently formed in that State shall apply throug-h
the first Chapter to the United Daug-hters of Con-
federacy for their Charters. A fee of three dollars
shall be paid to the United Daug-hters of the Con-
federacy for each Charter. Each Chapter shall re-
port annually to the United Daug-hters of the Con-
federacy, and shall on the first day of each succeed-
ing February pay into the Treasury of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy the sum of ten cents
for each and every member who may at such date
be in good standing- on the roll of such Chapter.
Provided, however, that nothing in this Constitu-
tion contained shall be construed as preventing any
Division or Chapter from becoming legally incor-
porated under the laws of the State in which it is
located, should it desire to do so.
Sec. IV. The United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy suggest that the annual meeting of all Chapt-
ers be held on Gen. Lee's birthday, January 19th,
or if that day falls on Sunday, then on the day
following.
Article IV.
ORGANIZATION OF STATE DIVISIONS.
Section I. When three or more Chapters shall
be organized in any state, it shall be the duty of
the first or Charter Chapter to call a Convention for
the purpose of organizing a State Division. Such
Convention shall be held at a time and place to be
designated by the Charter Chapter, at which Con-
vention each Chapter shall be entitled to one vote
for every twenty-five members or fraction thereof if
such fraction be not less than seven.
Sec. II. &ach State Division shall be organized
by the adoption of a Constitution and By-laws,
none of which shall be inconsistent with any of the
provisions of this Constitution, and by the election
of a president and other proper officers. Any one
or more representatives from any Chapter shall be
authorized to cast the full vote to which such Chap-
ter may be entitled. In case a Chapter is unable to
send a delegate its vote may be cast by proxy.
Sec. III. From and after the organization of
such State Division, all Chapters in such State shall
be organized upon proper application for their Char-
ters to the United Daughters of the Confederacy,
through the Division.
Article V.
CONVENTIONS OF U. D. C.
Section I. Conventions of United Daughters of
the Confederacy shall be held annually on the
second Wednesday of November, at* such place as
designated by the preceding* Convention.
Sec. II. Each Chapter shall be entitled in all
Conventions of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy to one vote for every twenty-five members
or fraction thereof not less than seven, provided
that when a Chapter has less than twenty-five mem-
bers it shall be entitled to one vote. ~Any one or
more representatives from any such Chapter shall
be authorized to cast the full vote to which such
Chapter may be entitled* Any Chapter not able to
send a delegate may send the vote by proxy.
Article VI.
OFFICERS.
The officers of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy shall be a President who shall preside at
all meetings.
A Vice President, who shall preside in the absence
of the President.
A Recording Secretary.
A Corresponding Secretary.
A Treasurer.
All these shall be elected to serve for one year, or
until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
In case of a tie, the President has power to cast
the deciding vote.
Article VII.
FINANCE.
A Committee on Finance shall be composed of
five members, to whom shall be referred all matters
of receipts and expenditures.
Article VIII.
CERTIFICATES OF MEMBERSHIP.
Certificates of membership shall be furnished by
each Chapter to all members in good standing.
Such certificates shall be supplied by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy with their seal at-
tached. These Certificates must be signed by the
President of the United Daughters of the Confeder-
acy, the President of the State Division and the
President and Secretary of the local Chapter.
Article IX.
BADGES— INSIGNIA— SEALS.
Section I. The badge to be worn by the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy shall consist of a represen-
tation of the Confederate flag (stars and bars) in
white, blue and scarlet enamel, surrounded by a
laurel wreath with the monogram, D. C. under the
flag, and dates '61- , 65 on loops of bow tieing wreath.
Divisions and Chapters may use in addition a badge
of their own.
Sec. II. The seal of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy shall be a reproduction of the great
seal of the Confederate States of America, with the
addition of the inscription, Daughters of the Con-
federacy, on the outer rim
Sec. III. The seals for all State Divisions shall
be of the same design with the addition of the name
of the Division.
Sec. IV. All official documents emanating from
the United Daughters of the Confederacy shall bear
the impress of its great seal.
Sec. V. The use of the name, seal and badge of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy for busi-
ness purposes other than the business of this Asso-
ciation is expressly prohibited.
Article X.
AMENDMENTS.
This Constitution may be amended by a two
thirds vote at any Convention of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, provided notice of such in-
tention to amend be filed with the Secretary at
least thirty days before the day fixed for the Con-
vention. Upon the filing of such notice the Sec-
retary shall forthwith extend the same to each of
the officers of the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, and to the representative of each Chapter in
direct connection with the United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
We, the Committee appointed March 30, 1895, to
revise the Constitution of the National Association
of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and reap-
pointed November 8, 1895, and empowered to put it
with its amendments into proper shape for printing",
hereby certify this paper to be in every clause a
true copy of that passed on by the Convention of
November 8, 1895, with the exception of a few
grammatical and clerical corrections made neces-
sary by the amendments.
Signed, Mrs. Jno. P. Hickman,
Mrs. Wm. M. Parsley,
Louisa McC. Smythe.
Atlanta, November 9, 1895.