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1994.SANGERFIELD
COUNTRY
CLUB
Sangerfieid, New YorkWATERVILLE TIMES PRINT,
WATERVILLE, N. Y.Officers,
Wm. Cary Sanger,
C. G. Brainard,
S. W. Goodwin,
W. C. Sanger,
C. G. Brainard,
S.	W. Goodwin,
W. G. Mayer,
G. Hyde Clarke,
R. Wilson Roberts,
C. M. Wickwire,
T.	R. Proctor, -
Dr. T. Z. Jones,
A. R. Eastman,
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Sangerfield, N. Y.
Waterville, N. Y.
Waterville, N. Y.
Waterville, N. Y.
Cooperstown, N. Y.
Waterville, N. Y.
Waterville, N. Y.
- Utica, N. Y.
Waterville, N Y.
Waterville, N. Y.
Waterville, N. Y.
Directors.
H. M. King,Committees.
House Committee.
W. G. Mayer, Chairman.
Arthur B. Maynard,	C. H. Oakes.
Good Roads Committee.
Wm. Pierrepont White, Chairman.
Stephen C. Clark,	Dr. Harry Wilson.
Edwin F.	Tennis Committee. W. S. Hawkins, Chairman. Torrey, Osborne A. Mayer.
	Golf Committee. C. M. Wickwire, Chairman.
A. C. Salisbury,
E. G. Locke.Certificate of Incorporation
of
The Sangerfield Country Club.
We, the undersigned, all being persons of full age,
and all citizens of the United States and a majority
resident of the State of New York, desiring to form
a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Bus-
iness Corporation Law of the State of New York, do
make, sign, acknowledge, and file this certificate for
that purpose as follows:
First. The name of the proposed corporation is
“The Sangerfield Country Club.”
Second. The purposes for which it is to be formed
are to encourage and promote, in the town of San-
gerfield and elsewhere, interest in the pleasures of
country life, and in out-of-door sports such as tennis,
golf, shooting at targets, fishing, riding and driving,
and other forms of wholesome activity and recrea-
tion; to encourage and promote the study of such
scientific questions as may bear directly upon the
profitable management of farms; to encourage and
promote generally the study of questions connected
with life in the country; to encourage and promote8
Certificate of
the study and protection of bird life, and the protec-
tion of trees in villages as well as their proper
care on farms; to encourage and promote the con-
struction and maintenance of good roads; to encour-
age and promote the breeding and owning of useful
live stock and poultry; and in furtherance of these
purposes to give, whenever it may seem wise to do
so, Horse Shows or such other Exhibitions or Fairs
as will advance the best interests of the farmers,
and of the breeders or owners of horses or other live
stock or poultry and to perform such other acts as
may be deemed wise or necessary to carry out the
purposes of the Club.
Third. The amount of the capital stock is Five
Hundred Dollars.
Fourth. The number of shares of which the capital
stock shall consist is one hundred, each of which is
five dollars, and the amount of capital with which
said corporation will begin business is five hundred
dollars.
Fifth. Its principal office is to be located in the
Town of Sangerfield, County of Oneida and State of
New York.
Sixth. Its duration is to be fifty years.
Seventh. The number of its directors is to be
eleven.Incorporation.
9
In Witness Whereof, we, the undersigned have
made, signed, asknowledged and filed this certificate
in duplicate.
Dated this 26th day of June, 1906.
Herbert Wadsworth,
W. S. Sanford,
M. D. Botsford,
L. W. Dean,
J. S. Sherman,
Joseph H. Choate,
Elihu Root,
Earl B. Putnam,
George E. Merrill,
Francis R. Appleton,
C. M. Wickwire,
George N. Dyer,
C. H. Oakes,
F.	G. Fincke,
Alexander W. Doolittle,
Chas. H. Childs,
Walter Jerome Green,
Carleton G. Lowery,
Stephen Carlton Clark,
G.	Hyde Clarke,
W. A. Wadsworth,
E. Prentiss Bailey,
John D. Kernan,
A. R. Eastman,
Geo. A. Frisbie,
Edward D. Brandegee,
Wm. Cary Sanger,
Otto A. Meyer,
C. Green Brainard,
Samuel W. Goodwin,
R. Wilson Roberts,
H.	M. King,
J. W. Candee,
Thomas R. Proctor,
Frederick T. Proctor,
Geo. E. Dunham,
W. G. Mayer,
T. Z. Jones,
Charles B. Rogers,
M. Woolsey Stryker,
Edwin Fuller Torrey, Jr.
P. W. Harter,
Wm. Pierrepont White,
Thomas Cary,
Lewis R. Morris,
Arthur B. Maynard,
Edward G. Randall,
A. Osborne Mayer.Constitution.
Article 1.
Name.
Section 1. The name of this club shall be “The
Sangerfield Country Club.”
Article 2.
Purposes.
Section 1. The purposes of the club are to encour-
age and promote, in the town of Sangerfield and else-
where, interest in the pleasures of country life, and
in out-of-door sports, such as tennis, golf, shooting at
targets, fishing, riding and driving, and other forms
of wholesome activity and recreation; to encourage
and promote the study of such scientific questions as
may bear directly upon the profitable management of
fjrms; to encourage and promote generally the study
of questions connected with life in the country; to
encourage and promote the study and protection of
bird life, and the protection of trees in villages as
well as their proper care on farms; to encourage and
promote the construction and maintenance of good
roads; to encourage and promote the breeding and
owning of the best horses for work on the farm and12
Constitution
for driving and riding, and to encourage and promote
the breeding and owning of useful live stock and
poultry; and in furtherance of these purposes to give,
whenever it may seem wise to do so, Horse Shows or
such other Exhibitions or Fairs as will advance the
best interests of the farmers, and of the breeders or
owners of horses or other live stock or poultry, and
to perform such other acts as may be deemed wise or
necessary to carry out the purposes of the club.
Article 3.
Capital Stock.
Section 1. The club may issue its stock to the
amount of five hundred dollars, to be divided into one
hundred shares of five dollars each, said stock to be
non-assessable.
Section 2. The certificates shall be numbered and
registered as they are issued. They shall exhibit the
holder’s name and number of shares. They shall be
signed by the President and Secretary.
Section 3. Transfers of stock may be made by the
holder in person or by his attorney, with the consent
of the directors, subject to the provisions of the law
relating thereto.
Section 4. No shares of stock shall be transferred
to any person unless such person shall previously
have been eleetel a member of the Club. When-
ever the holder of a share of stock ceases to be a
member of the club by reason of death, resignation,
or for any other reason, his stock shall be at once
transferred to the club.Constitution.
IS
Article 4.
Membership.
Section 1. Every person elected to membership in
the club must be at least 21 years of age.
Section 2. Names of candidates for membership
must be sent, with name of proposer and seconder, in
writing, to the Secretary. The proposed name shall
then be posted by the Secretary on the bulletin
board of the club for at least fifteen (15) days before
balloting and also entered in a book kept for that
purpose. Members may be elected at any meeting
of the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Each candidate elected, when notified
thereof in writing by the Secretary, shall, within thir-
ty (30) days of the mailing of such notice, qualify as
a member of the club by acquiring one or more
shares of the capital stock of said corporation.
Section 4. To constitute membership in the club,
a person must be first elected by a majority vote of
the directors present, at a meeting of the directors,
and then must become the owner of one or more
shares of stock in said corporation, and also sign the
Constitution and By-Laws.
Section 5. The total membership of the club shall
be limited to one hundred.
Article 5.
Administration.
Section 1. The club shall be under the manage-
ment of a Board of Directors, composed of elevenu
Constitution.
members of the club, four of whom shall constitute
a quorum.
Section 2. In case a vacancy shall occur in the
Board of Directors, or in any office, the same may be
filled by the Board of Directors, for the unexpired
term.
Section 3. The Board of Directors shall be elected
by a majority vote of the stockholders present in
person or by proxy, at the annual meeting.
Section 4. The Board of Directors shall have
power to make all necessary by-laws for the govern-
ment of the corporation and club.
Section 5. The Board of Directors are authorized
to elect from its members, as officers of the club, a
President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer,
who shall hold office for one year, or until their suc-
cessors are elected, and to appoint all committees.
Section 6. The Board of Directors, in addition to
the usual powers pertaining thereto, shall have power
and authority to make or amend any by-laws, rules
or regulations of the Club, at any meeting regularly
called.
Article 6.
Meetings.
Section 1. The annual meeting of the club shall
be held on the last Saturday of July in each year.
Section 2. At all meetings of the stockholders, all
questions properly before the meeting, shall be de-
termined by a majority vote of the stockholders pres-Constitution.
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ent, in person or by proxy, each share of stock being
entitled to one vote.
Section 3. Special meetings of the stockholders of
this company may be called at any time by the Pres-
ident or Directors, such meeting to be held at such
time and place as the President or Directors shall
determine.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the President or
Directors to call special meetings of the stockholders
whenever required in writing to do so by stockhold-
ers holding at least 10 per cent, of the capital stock.
Section 5. Notice of such meetings shall be given
by mailing notices thereof at least five (5) days be-
fore the meeting, to each stockholder, addressed to
him at his postoffice as designated on the books of
the company.
Section 6. At all meetings for the election of offi-
cers, two inspectors of election shall be first elected
by a majority vote of the stockholders present. Such
inspectors shall qualify as required by law.
Article 7.
Duties of Officers.
Section 1. The President, Vice President, Secre-
tary and Treasurer shall perform the duties which
usually devolve upon such officers.
Article 8.
Annual Statement.
Section 1. The Board of Directors shall present at
the annual meeting a report as required by law, and16
Constitution.
also a detailed report, showing the amount received
and expended during the year; the objects or persons
to or for which such expenditures and receipts have
been made; the names and residences of persons
who have been admitted to membership during the
year, which report shall be filed with the records
of the corporation and an abstract thereof entered in
the minutes of the proceedings of the annual meet-
ing.
Article 9.
Amendments.
Section 1. This Constitution may be amended at
any meeting of the club by a majority vote of the
stockholders present, in person or by proxy, due no-
tice of such amendment having been given to each
stockholder at least two weeks previous to such meet-
ing.By-Laws
Article 1.
Section 1. The Board of Directors shall have gen-
eral management and control of the Club and its
property, subject to the constitution and laws of the
State of New York.
Section 2. Special meetings of the Board shall be
called upon the request in writing of any three (3)
members of the Board. When candidates for mem-
bership in the Club are to be voted upon, notice of
such proposed action shall be embodied in the notice
of the meeting.
Article 2.
Committees.
Section 1. Executive Committee—The Board of
Directors shall appoint an Executive Committee of
not more than three (3) members of the Board. Such
Executive Committee shall have charge of and author-
ity over all matters relating to the internal regulation
of the Club. It shall audit all bills and make report
to the Board of Directors.
Section 2. House Committee—The Board of Di-
rectors shall appoint a House Committee of not more
than three (3) members of the Club. Such commit-18
By-Laws.
tee shall have charge of all that concerns the inter-
ests of the Club in connection with the use, by the
members, of the Club house and shall act under the
general direction of the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Tennis Committee—The Board of Di-
rectors shall appoint a Tennis Committee of not more
than three (3) members of the Club. Such commit-
tee shall have charge of all that concerns the inter-
ests of the Club in connection with the game of tennis
and shall act under the general direction of the Board
of Directors.
Section 4. Golf Committee—The Board of Direct-
ors shall appoint a Golf Committee of not more than
three (3) members of the Club, Such committee
shall have charge of all that concerns the interests
of the Club in connection with the game of golf and
shall act under the general direction of the Board of
Directors.
Section 5. All committees shall hold office sub-
ject to the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The
President of the Club shall be ex-officio member of all
committees.
Article 3.
Order of Business.
Section 1. At all meetings of the Club and of the
Board of Directors, the order of business shall be:
(1) Calling the roll; (2) Reading the minutes; (3)
Report of Secretary; (4) Report of Treasurer; (5)
Report of Standing Committees; (6) Report of SpecialBy-Laws.
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Committees; (7) Election of officers or new members;
(8) New business; (9) Miscellaneous business.
Section 2. This article, or any portion thereof,
may be suspended at any of such meetings, by a ma-
jority vote of the stockholders or Directors present.
Article 4.
Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended at any
regular or special meeting of the Directors of the
Club, by a majority vote of the Directors present, in
person, due notice by mail of such amendment hav-
ing been given to each Director at least one week
previous to such meeting.House Rules.
1.	Any person not residing within ten miles of the
Club House, may be introduced to the Club, as a visi-
tor, for not more than one day at a time, upon hav-
ing his or her name entered in the Visitor’s Book,
together with the name of the member introducing
him or her, but no visitor shall be admitted under
this rule more than five times in any calendar year.
2.	Any person residing within ten miles of the
Club House, may be introduced to the Club, as a vis-
itor, for not more than one day at a time, upon hav-
ing his or her name entered in the Visitor’s Book, to-
gether with the name of the member introducing him
or her, but no visitor shall be admitted under this
rule more than two times in any calendar year.
3.	The ladies and minors of the immediate family
of any member shall have the privileges of visiting
the Club and of using its property, and the said ladies
shall have the privilege of inviting visitors.
4.	Any member introducing a guest, shall be re-
sponsible for any and all indebtedness to the Club
incurred, and for all acts committed, by such guest.
5.	Visitors and guests shall be entitled to the use
of the Club House and grounds, but shall not have
the privilege of introducing non-members, resident or
non-resident.
6.	Bed rooms may be engaged for not more than
one night at a time, unless otherwise arranged withHouse Rules.
the House Committee. The charge will be $1.50 for
one person per night;for two persons occupying one
room, the charge will be $2.50 per night
7.	In order to insure the serving of meals as de-
sired, members are requested to give notice to the
stewardess as long in advance as possible. A meal
as per the bill of fare can be obtained by giving suf-
ficient notice. Eggs, toast, milk, coffee and tea can
be obtained without giving such notice.
8.	No member or visitor shall be allowed to give,
under any pretense whatsoever, money or any gratui-
ty, to any one in the service of the Club. The Club
servants shall be employed, exclusively, upon the
Club premises, unless otherwise ordered by the
House Committee.
9.	Smoking is prohibited in the dining room and
the reception room adjoining thereto.
10.	No wines, malt or spirituous liquors shall be
sold on the Club premises.
11.	No game of hazard or chance shall be played
for a stake upon the Club premises.
12.	No subscription paper, except for Club purposes,
and then only with the consent of the House Com-
mittee, shall be posted or circulated in the Club.
13.	The Club will not, under any circumstances, be
responsible for articles lost or mossing in the Club
House or on the premises.
14.	The House Committee invites suggestions, in
writing, as to the service or internal management of
the Club.A Sportsman’s Platform,
Fifteen Cardinal Principles Affecting Wild
Game and Its Pursuit.
Proposed by William T. Hornaday, April 17, 1908.
1.	The wild animal life of to-day is not ours, to
do with as we please. The original stock is given to
us in trust, for the benefit both of the present and
the future. We must render an accounting of this
trust to those who come after us.
2.	Judging from the rate at which the wild creat-
ures of North America are now being destroyed, fifty
years hence there will -be no large game left in the
United States nor in Canada outside of rigidly pro-
tected game preserves. It is therefore the duty of
every good citizen to promote the protection of for-
ests and wild life, and the creation of game preserves,
while a supply of game remains. Every man who
finds pleasure in hunting or fishing should be willing
to spend both time and money in active work for the
protection of forests, fish and game.A Sportsman's Platform.
3.	The sale of game is incompatible with the per-
petual preservation of a proper stock of game; there-
fore it should be prohibited, by laws and by public
sentiment.
4.	In the settled and civilized regions of North
America, there is no real necessity for the consump-
tion of wild game as human food; nor is there any
good excuse for the sale of game for food purposes.
The maintenance of hired laborers on wild game
should be prohibited, everywhere, under severe pen-
alties.
5.	An Indian has no more right to kill wild game,
or to subsist upon it all the year round, than any
white man in the same locality. The Indian has no
inherent or God-given ownership of the game of
North America, any more than of its mineral re-
sources; and he should be governed by the same
game laws as white men.
6.	No man can be a good citizen and also be a
slaughterer of game or fishes beyond the narrow lim-
its compatible with high-class sportsmanship.
7.	A game-butcher or a market-hunter is an unde-
sirable citizen, and should be treated as such.
8.	The highest purpose which the killing of wild
game and game fishes can hereafter be made to serve
is in furnishing objects to overworked men for tramp-
ing and camping trips in the wilds; and the value of
wild game as human food should no longer be re-
garded as an important factor in its pursuit.A Sportsman’s Platform.
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9.	If rightly conserved, wild game constitutes a
valuable asset to any country which possesses it;
and it is good statesmanship to protect it.
10.	An ideal hunting trip consists of a good com-
rade, fine country, and a very few trophies per hunter.
11.	In an ideal hunting trip, the death of the game
is only an incident; and by no means is it really
necessary to a successful outing.
12.	The best hunter is the man who finds the most
game, kills the least, and leaves behind him no
wounded animals.
13.	The killing of an animal means the end of its
most interesting period. When the country is fine,
pursuit is more interesting than possession.
14.	The killing of a female hoofed animal, save
for special preservation, is to be regarded as incom-
patible with the highest sportsmanship; and it should
everywhere be prohibited by stringent laws.
15.	A particularly fine photograph of a large wild
animal in its haunts is entitled to more credit than
the dead trophy of a similar animal. An animal that
has been photographed never should be killed, unless
previously wounded in the chase.Members
Wood, Lieut. Thomas, Christmas Hill, Clinton, N. Y.
West, Wm. M„ Hamilton, N. Y.
Allen, Herbert, Clinton, N. Y.
Pierson, A. M., Albany, N. Y.
Bailey, L. H., Ithaca, N. Y.Members,
Allen, George, Sangerfield, N. Y.
Andrews, Wm. S., Syracuse, N. Y.
Appleton, Francis R., 26 East 37th St., New York,
N. Y.
Racot, W. S., Utica, N. Y.
Bailey, Prentiss E., Utica, N. Y.
Baldwin, C. C., Waterville, N. Y.
Bennett, C. H., Waterville, N. Y.
Bishopp, Walter, Waterville, N. Y.
Bissell, S S., Waterville, N. Y.
Bissell, Willard, Waterville, N. Y.
Botsford, M. D., Sherburne, N. Y.
Brainard, C. G., Waterville, N. Y.
Brandegee, Edward D., Utica, N. Y.
Butler, Nicholas Murray, Columbia University, New
York, N. Y.
Cary, Thomas, 184 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
Childs, Chas. S., Utica, N. Y.
Choate, Jos. H., 8 E. 63rd St., New York, N. Y.
Church, Chas. T., New York, N. Y.
Clark, Stephen C., Cooperstown, N. Y.
Clarke, G. Hyde, Cooperstown, N. Y.
Conger, DeWitt, Waterville, N. Y.
Davenport, F. M., Clinton, N. Y.
Dean, L. W., Utica, N. Y.Members.
Doolittle, Alexander W., Utica, N. Y.
Dunham, Geo. E., Utica, N. Y.
Dyer, Geo. R., Brookville Farm, Roslyn, L. I., N. Y.
Eastman, A. R., Waterville, N. Y.
Fincke, F. G., Utica, N. Y.
Foster, A. O., Utica, N. Y.
Frisbie, Geo. A., Utica, N. Y.
Goodwin, S. W., Waterville, N. Y.
Grant, A. R., Utica, N. Y.
Green, Walter Jerome, Utica, N. Y.
Hart, M. K., Utica, N. Y.
Harter P. W., Utica, N. Y.
Hatch, Chas. T., Waterville, N. Y.
Hawkins, W. S., Waterville, N. Y.
Hovey, George I., Deansboro, N. Y.
Jones, T. Z., Waterville, N. Y.
Jones, Henry, 301 W. 107th St, New York, N. Y.
Jones, W. R., Utica N. Y.
Kelly, Arthur, Utica, N. Y.
Kernan, John D., Utica, N. Y.
Kernan, Francis J., Utica, N. Y.
King, H. M., Waterville, N. Y.
Lawrence, B. G., Waterville, N. Y.
Livermore, Harry, Sangerfield, N. Y.Members.
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Locke, E. G., Waterville, N. Y.
Lowery, Carleton G., Utica, N. Y.
Mason, Chas. B., Utica, N. Y.
Mayer, W. G., Waterville, N. Y.
Mayer, Osborne A., Waterville, N. Y.
Maynard, Arthur B., Utica, N. Y.
Maynard, J. F., Utica, N. Y.
McLean, W. G., Waterville, N. Y.
McLean, J. W., Utica, N. Y.
Meyer, Otto A., Utica, N. Y.
Miller, Curtis, Deansboro, N. Y.
Morris, Lewis R., 155 W. 58th St., New York, N. Y.
Murray, Clinton, Utica, N. Y.
Oakes, C. H., Troy, N. Y.
Proctor, Thos. R., Utica, N. Y.
Proctor, Frederick T., Utica, N. Y.
Putnam, Earl B., 1926 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Putnam F. W., Waterville, N. Y.
Randall, E. G., Waterville, N. Y.
Ridings, H. L., Waterville, N. Y.
Roberts, R. Wilson, Waterville, N. Y.
Rogers, Chas. B., Utica, N. Y.
Root, Elibu, Clinton, N. Y., and U. S. Senate.
Rudd, Jos., Clinton, N. Y.
Salisbury, A. C., Waterville, N. Y.
Sanford, W. S., Sherburne, N. Y.30
Members.
Sanger, Wm. Cary, Sangerfield, N. Y.
Sherman, Jas. S., Utica, N. Y.
Stafford, Wm. Fred, 6 East 79th St., New York, N. Y.
Stryker, M. Woolsey, Clinton, N. Y.
Terry, Markins, Waterville, N. Y.
Terry, Orrin, Waterville, N. Y.
Terry, P. A., Waterville, N. Y.
Torrey, Edwin F., Clinton, N. Y.
Tower, Charlemagne, Waterville, N. Y.
Wadsworth, Herbert, Avon, N. Y.
Wadsworth, W. A., The Homestead, Genesee, N. Y.
Wardwell, Henry L., P. O. Springfield Center, Otsego
County, N. Y.
White, W. Pierrepont, Utica, N. Y.
Wickwire, C. M., Waterville, N. Y.
Wilson, Harry, Stockbridge, N. Y.
Deceased Members.
Candee, Julius W., Waterville, N. Y.
Merrill, Geo. E, Hamilton, N. Y.
Van Rensselaer, W. B., Albany, N. Y.