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Board of Directors and payment made out of the money received for ini- 

 tiation fees and dues in the hands of the Treasurer. No officer of this 

 Association shall receive any salary; the actual outlays made by the Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer for printing and postage shall be paid out of funds 

 in the hands of the treasurer upon order only of the Board of Directors, 

 countersigned by the President. 



Article IV— Annual Meeting. 



Section 1. The annual meeting of this association shall be held at 

 such time and place as may be determined by the Board of Directors. 

 The arrangements and program of the annual meeting shall be in the 

 hands of the Board of Directors. A majority of the Board of Directors 

 present at any directors' meeting shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 

 action of business, and a lesser number in either case may adjourn to 

 some subsequent named date. 



Sec. 2. Vacancies in any office can be filled by a majority vote of 

 the Board of Directors. 



Sec. 3. This association may have an official seal and, certificate 

 which shall be in the custody of the Secretary. The seal shall be in 

 form thus: Each member shall be entitled to receive a certificate of 

 membership bearing this seal and sighed by the President and Secretary. 

 Members of the association shall be entitled to print or engrave upon 

 their business stationery the words: "Member of Illinois Seed Corn 

 Breeders' Association." 



Every member of this association upon ceasing to be such member 

 from any cause whatsoever shall forthwith surrender his certificate of 

 membership to the association, and shall discontinue to use or display 

 upon his business stationery or elsewhere the words: "Member of Illi- 

 nois Seed Corn Breeders' Association. ' 



Article V— Resignations and Expulsions. 



Section 1. Any member of this association may at any time resign 

 therefrom in writing, upon payment of all sums due the association and 

 surrender of the certificate of membership. 



Sec-. 2. If any person, firm or corporation, a member of this associa- 

 tion, shall at any time be deemed guilty of any act which is prejudicial 

 to this association or to the purposes for which it was formed, or shall 

 violate any of the rules and regulations thereof, such person, firm or 

 corporation shall be notified of the charges against him or it, and to 

 appear personally before the Board of Directors at a time and place to 

 be specified, not less than thirty days from the date of such notice, and 



