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REPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



OAMFOKSIA 



Vine Growers" and Wine and Brandy Manufacturers"' 



ASSOCIATION, 

 BY THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 



This Association was organized on the twenty-first of February, 

 eighteen hundred and seventy-two. and the following Constitution was 

 adopted: 



- tion 1. This Association shall be known as the " California Vine 

 Growers. Wine and Brandy Manufacturers' Association." 



Sec. 2. The objects of this Association are: encouragement and 

 improvement in all departments of the wine industry. 



. 3. The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, 

 two Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and Treasurer, who. Together with 

 four Trustees, shall constitute a Board of Directors. 



. 4. The officers and Trustees of the Association shall be elected 

 annually, on the fourth day of the Annual Fair of the State Agricultural 

 Society, and shall hold their offices for the term of one year from the 

 first day of the succeeding month, at which time all memberships shall 

 expire, unless renewed by payment of the annual dues. 



. 5. The office of the Association shall be at the Capital of the 

 State. 



- . G. The Board of Directors of the Association shall have the 

 general management of its affairs, and shall provide for an annual exhibi- 

 tion of the products c: the vine, in connection with the Annual Fairs of 

 the State Agricultural Society, and may offer such premiums as they 

 may deem necessary to bring out a full exhibition. They may make 

 "such rules and regulations to govern the same as they shall find expedient. 

 They shall make an annual report to the Association at each annual 

 meeting, such report to include the facts and statistics collected, and 

 general information gained, on the subjects for the encouragement of 

 which the Association exists, together with such suggestions as the 

 situation of the industry may seem to require; also, including the receipts 

 and expenditures of the year. 



Sec. 7. The Secretary shall receive all funds of the Association and 

 pay the same over to the Treasurer, and keep a correct account of the 



