﻿CONSTITUTION 
  AND 
  RULES 
  OF 
  THE 
  NORTHERN 
  NUT 
  

  

  GROWERS 
  ASSOCIATION 
  

  

  Name. 
  The 
  society 
  shall 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers 
  

   Association, 
  

  

  Object. 
  The 
  promotion 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  nut-producing 
  plants, 
  their 
  

   products 
  and 
  their 
  culture. 
  

  

  Membership. 
  Membership 
  in 
  the 
  society 
  shall 
  be 
  open 
  to 
  all 
  persons 
  

   who 
  desire 
  to 
  further 
  nut 
  culture, 
  without 
  reference 
  to 
  place 
  

   of 
  residence 
  or 
  nationality, 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  

   committee 
  on 
  membership. 
  

  

  Officers. 
  There 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  president, 
  a 
  vice-president, 
  and 
  a 
  secre- 
  

   tary-treasurer; 
  an 
  executive 
  committee 
  of 
  five 
  persons, 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  president, 
  vice-president 
  and 
  secretary 
  shall 
  be 
  

   members; 
  and 
  a 
  state 
  vice-president 
  from 
  each 
  state 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  the 
  membership 
  of 
  the 
  association. 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  Officers. 
  A 
  committee 
  of 
  five 
  members 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  

   at 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  nominating 
  officers 
  

   for 
  the 
  subsequent 
  year. 
  

  

  Meetings. 
  The 
  place 
  and 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  shall 
  be 
  

   selected 
  by 
  the 
  membership 
  in 
  session 
  or, 
  in 
  the 
  event 
  of 
  no 
  

   selection 
  being 
  made 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  

   shall 
  choose 
  the 
  place 
  and 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  holding 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  

   convention. 
  Such 
  other 
  meetings 
  as 
  may 
  seem 
  desirable 
  may 
  

   be 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  president 
  and 
  executive 
  committee. 
  

  

  Fees. 
  The 
  fees 
  shall 
  be 
  of 
  two 
  kinds, 
  annual 
  and 
  life. 
  The 
  former 
  

   shall 
  be 
  two 
  dollars, 
  the 
  latter 
  twenty 
  dollars. 
  

  

  Discipline. 
  The 
  committee 
  on 
  membership 
  may 
  make 
  recommen- 
  

   dations 
  to 
  the 
  association 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  discipline 
  or 
  expulsion 
  

   of 
  any 
  member. 
  

  

  Committees. 
  The 
  association 
  shall 
  appoint 
  standing 
  committees 
  of 
  

   three 
  members 
  each 
  to 
  consider 
  and 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  

   topics 
  at 
  each 
  annual 
  meeting: 
  first, 
  on 
  promising 
  seedlings; 
  

   second, 
  on 
  nomenclature; 
  third, 
  on 
  hybrids; 
  fourth, 
  on 
  mem- 
  

   bership; 
  fifth, 
  on 
  press 
  and 
  publication. 
  

  

  