﻿CONSTITUTION 
  

  

  Article 
  I 
  

  

  Name. 
  This 
  society 
  shall 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Grow- 
  

   ers 
  Association. 
  

  

  Article 
  II 
  

  

  Object. 
  Its 
  object 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  nut-bearing 
  

   plants, 
  their 
  products 
  and 
  their 
  culture. 
  

  

  Article 
  III 
  

   Membership. 
  Membership 
  in 
  the 
  society 
  shall 
  be 
  open 
  to 
  all 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  who 
  desire 
  to 
  further 
  nut 
  culture, 
  without 
  reference 
  to 
  

   place 
  of 
  residence 
  or 
  nationality, 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  rules 
  and 
  

   regulations 
  of 
  the 
  committee 
  on 
  membership. 
  

  

  Article 
  IV 
  

  

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

   tary-treasurer, 
  who 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  by 
  ballot 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  

   meeting; 
  and 
  an 
  executive 
  committee 
  of 
  five 
  persons, 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  president, 
  two 
  last 
  retiring 
  presidents, 
  vice-presi- 
  

   dent 
  and 
  secretary-treasurer 
  shall 
  be 
  members. 
  There 
  shall 
  

   be 
  a 
  state 
  vice-president 
  from 
  each 
  state, 
  dependency 
  or 
  

   country 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  membership 
  of 
  the 
  association, 
  

   who 
  shall 
  be 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  president. 
  

  

  Article 
  V 
  

  

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

   at 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  nominating 
  officers 
  

   for 
  the 
  following 
  year. 
  

  

  Article 
  VI 
  

  

  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. 
  

  

  Article 
  VII 
  

  

  Quorum. 
  Ten 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  association 
  shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  quorum, 
  

   but 
  must 
  include 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  or 
  

   two 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  elected 
  officers. 
  

  

  