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BY-LAWS OF THE PERSHING COUNTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Article I.         Name

                        The name of this organization shall be the Pershing County Alumni Association.

Article II.        Object

                      The object of this organization shall be to keep its members together by a periodical 
                     discussion of its problems and interests and to further strengthen the organization 
                     by holding a banquet each year in connection with a formal ball.

Article III.      Membership

                     Section I.       Membership in this organization shall be limited to those persons who have
​                                           graduated from Pershing County High School with a diploma.

                     Section II.      Each member of the Pershing County Alumni Association shall have one (1) vote.


Article IV.       Officers

                    Section I.       President

                                              It shall be the duty of the President to conduct and call meetings whenever 

                                              deemed necessary; to countersign all checks drawn on the accounts of this 
                                              organization.

                   Section II.      Vice-President

                                              It shall be the duty of the Vice-President to assist the President in any and 

                                             every way possible to further the aims of this organization and in the case of 
                                             the President’s absence from meeting the Vice-President is authorized to preside.

                   Section III.     Secretary

                                               It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of the business 

                                               transactions and a record of the meetings of the Pershing County 
                                               Alumni Association

                    Section IV.     Treasurer

                                                It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep the funds of this organization 

                                                in a local bank and to collect all moneys due the Pershing county Alumni 
                                                Association.

                    Section V.      Historian

                                               It shall be the duty of the Historian to keep an accurate record of the 

                                               Graduates of the Pershing County High School.

                     Section VI.     Trustees

                                               It shall be the duty of the Trustees of this organization to act in an 

                                              advisory capacity.

Article V.        Meetings and Quorums

                       Section I.       All meetings of the Pershing County Alumni Association shall be 
                                                called by the President at a time and place convenient to the members 
                                                that will attend.

                        Section II.      The attendance at the Annual Banquet shall constitute a quorum.

                        Section III.     All Pershing County Alumni Association meetings shall be open to 

                                                   the entire membership of the Association.

Article VI.       Elections

                        Section I.       The officers of the Pershing County Alumni Association shall be 
                                                  elected by voice vote after nominations have been made from the floor.

                        Section II.      Those candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be duly elected.

                        Section III.     Election of officers shall be held at the Annual Banquet of the Pershing 

                                                   County Alumni Association.  The vote shall be by voice and a majority 
                                                   shall elect.  Proxy votes shall be void.

                         Section IV.     Officers shall not serve for more than one (1) consecutive year in the same office.


Article VII.     Parliamentary Authority

                          Roberts Rules of Order, revised, shall be authority in all questions of Parliamentary Law.

                         Section I.       Valedictorian Scholarship in the amount of no less than $500.00 shall be 

                                                   presented to the Valedictorian of the Graduating Class of Pershing County 
                                                  High School each year, except that the alternate recipient shall be the 
                                                  Salutatorian if just cause is established for denying the scholarship to the 
                                                  Valedictorian.  The just cause to be established by the Officers and Trustees 
                                                  of the Association.

                         Section II.      Two (2) Trade School scholarships in the amount of no less than $350.00 

                                                   each shall be presented to deserving Seniors of Pershing County High 
                                                   School each year with an alternate.  Basis of selection shall be need and 
                                                  scholastic standing established by written application provided by the 
                                                  Association.

                       Section III.     All Scholarships shall be awarded one-half (1/2) for the first semester 

                                                  or quarter and one-half (1/2) for the second semester or quarter at the 
                                                  institution of choice of the recipient.

                        Section IV.     Each year a deserving graduating Senior of Pershing County High 

                                                   School will be presented a Leadership Plaque.  Selection of the recipient 
                                                   shall be by the faculty of Pershing County High School with approval of 
                                                   the Officers and Trustees of the Pershing County Alumni Association.  
                                                   Basis of selection for the Leadership Plaque shall be:  Leadership of the 
                                                   potential recipient in motivating his or her fellow students to socially 
                                                   accepted values of the society in which he or she lives; and the expression 
                                                  of those values by the potential recipient.

Article XIII.       Amendments

                                                The By-Laws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Pershing County 
                                                Alumni Association by a Two Thirds (2/3) votes of its members present.

Article IX.        Attendance at the Alumni Banquet

                       Section I.       Only members and their spouses of the Pershing County Alumni 
                                                 Association shall be permitted to attend the Annual Alumni Banquet.

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