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That a new article to be known as Article 8 be added as fol- 

 lows: 



ARTICLE VIII. 



Forfeiture of Membership. 



Section i. Any member of Class A who shall, after com- 

 plaint has been made, be found by the executive committee to 

 have sold any seed in a package bearing the Tag of Purity and 

 Merit, which has not been inspected and approved by the com- 

 mittee on seed breeding, or to have sold under the tag seed not 

 equal in purity and merit to the samples inspected and ap- 

 proved, or to have sold seed under the pretense of its having 

 been inspected and approved by the committee on seed breed- 

 ing when such approval has not been officially obtained, shall 

 forfeit his membership in the association, and lose thereby all 

 rights and benefits accruing from such membership. 



Section 2. Any Class B member of the association who 

 shall in his advertising, correspondence, or in any other way, 

 seek to create the impression that seed which he sells has been 

 inspected, or is guaranteed or in any way vouched for by the 

 Maine Seed Improvement Association, shall thereby forfeit 

 his membership. The executive committee shall hear all com- 

 plaints and evidence and shall decide such cases. 



Voted, that the offers made by Dr. Twitchell and other par- 

 ties to place a certain amount of seed corn in the hands of the 

 association to be distributed to growers for purposes of im- 

 provement, be accepted, and that the thanks of the association 

 be extended to them. A committee for the proper distribution 

 of this seed was appointed as follows: C. S. Mclntire, J. P. 

 Buckley, H. G. Bell. 



In accordance with the suggestion made by Dr. Twitchell 

 in regard to dividing the State into zones for corn competition 

 and judging purposes, the following committee was appointed 

 to investigate the matter : Dr. Raymond Pearl, Leon S. Merrill, 

 Chas. L. Jones. 



