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case, to the President of the General Association, who shall cite them, if members of 

 the Guild, to their section for trial. If members of the General Association only, to 

 the nearest member of the Executive Committee, who shall invite two members to sit 

 with him in the trial of the case, and who shall promptly report the result of their 

 investigations to the President for his approval. 



3. All charges against any member shall be made in writing, and shall be open to 

 inspection by the accused or his counsel. 



4. Whenever any member of the Guild is suspended or expelled, the Secretary of 

 the section of which he was a member shall immediately notify the Secretary of the 

 General Association, who shall forthwith notify every fruit shipper in the Association. 



5. All members of the General Association found guilty under these rules shall be 

 suspended, expelled, or otherwise punished, and each section of the Guild forthwith 

 notified of the action. 



6. Any member not satisfied with the result of any investigation herein provided 

 for; shall have the right to appeal to the General Association at its next annual meeting. 

 But if the sentence involves expulsion, the notice shall be given of the sentence and of 

 the appeal, the same as if final. 



7. Concealing rotten or gnarled fruit in the middle of a package, and covering the 

 outside with fair fruit, shall be considered prima facie evidence of dishonesty in all 

 investigations under these rules. 



8. Any section of the Guild may make such rules for its own government as a majority 

 of the members may desire, not in conflict with these rules, or the constitution and by- 

 laws of the General Association. 



9. All transactions of the several officers of this Association involving the expendi- 

 ture of njpney must first be ordered by the General Association, or by the Executive 

 Committee, unless it be in the discharge of the special duties of their offices. 



10. All fruit shipped by the members of this Association shall, as far as possible, 

 be strictly graded, as follows : First, " Good," which shall have none but sound fruit in 

 it, and shall be strictly of the same general grade throughout the package, provided that 

 some of the very finest may be denominated yrt«r('. The second grade shall be consti- 

 tuted of such fair fruit as will pay for shipment, but which is not guaranteed perfect, 

 although it is entirely sound. 



11. On all of first grade — " Good " and " Fancy " — the shipper's name is to be put 

 on each package in plain letters, and is a guarantee of its perfection, or the sale is invalid. 



12. All of second grade is to be sent into market without brand, and sold on its 

 merits. But in all cases all parts of the package are to be of the same class of fruit 

 throughout. 



With these special and general rules as a guide, or basis of action, 

 the Executive Committee met with twenty-four of the leading commission 

 firms of South Water street, and organized a Fruit Board of Trade, or 

 Guild, which the Association will indorse. It is proposed to organize 

 similar Boards in all the principal towns in the Northwest, as fast as the 

 officers appointed can accomplish their work. A list of these Boards, or 

 Guilds, with the names of the men composing them, together with the list 

 of members (fruit-growers) of the Association, will be published in 

 pamphlet form for the benefit of the members. We trust that every one 

 who is interested in fruit growing will forward to Mr. Garland, or hand 

 to one of the officers, the membership fee, only two dollars, with his 

 name. O. S. WILLEY, 



Benton Harbor, Mich. Recording Secretary. 



