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At a large and respectable meeting If lie citizens o
Wilmington convened Al the Town HALL, al 3 o'cpck, ?
NJ Saturday the inst. pursuant to public Notice, io
the purpose uf forming IA Temperance socely, join
Bullock Jailed the Chair; and Robert Porter, chos
en- Secretary.


After which the meeting was addressed at considerable
length by Judge Hail. in which he took view Of the ex
tent Of the vice of ntempeance in this country ard the
means Which the temperate portion OF society possess
entirely to eradicate least very materially 70 crai
IFS baneful effects He then read to the Meeting form
of CONSTITUTIONS proposed for their government which
after being discussed, adopted and as folows
CONSTITUTION


Of the Temperance Society of Wilmington and 1T
vicinity.


Art !. This Society shall be denominated " The Tem
perance Sociey of Wilmington and its vicinity"


1t shall hold meeting on the Sd Monday of July every
year


Its officers shall be President, Vice Presidents
Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary Treas
and eight Directors. shall be the duty these Of
fcers meet the 4th Monday OF December, March,


June and September and they may hold occasional meet
ngs Any five of them shall constitute Board with pow
conduct all the concerns of the Society. They shall
each annual meeting lay before the society Report Of
its operations and concerns. .+


The officers shall be chosen Immediately this constu.
ton being established and at every annual meeting Of the
society Vacancies may be filled by the Board,


II The object this Society shall be osuppress intem-
perance.


Ill., The Members of this society believe that any use Of
sprituous liquors has tendency produce intempern
aud that no use these liquors can be considered safe
Otne temperance, Wncn dStreSSee the community there
rarely case hat has not arisen from what first
moderate and deemed prudent of arden spirits
he natural effect Of the of ardent spirits is to
come and destroy the very prudence, which, all admit
necessary to guard against the dangers arising from it.
Therefore the Members of this society regard SOL
emn duty to discountenance any of sprt liquors
and they hold themselves pledged to each other and to the
community, which they live abstain altogether from
the use ofsptuous liquors and not to suffer them in their
houses any establishments Of which they have the
trout excepting only the of these liquors medi
cine, when prescribed by physician.


Nv. This Society shall pond with Societies having
he object, in other paris Of the United States with
view to obtain all the information, which thus be &C.
quired to enable them more efecuay to promote their
object.


v. Each member shall annually pay to the Treasurer
cents fund to defrAy the expenses Of
and in dusng the information which shall deem proper
from time to time to lay before the public.


VI. Every person signing this Constitution shall be a
member of the Society, so long as he complies with the
fora uar1ic