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Sec. 5. The directors may refuse to receive for shipment any fruit not 

 considered prime for any cause. They may also refuse to receive fruit 

 for shipment from any person who has not shipped with the union regu- 

 larly heretofore during the shipping season for such fruit, when in their 

 judgment the receiving and shipment of the same would be detrimental 

 to the interests of the regular shippers of the union. 



Sec. 6. The duties of the secretary shall be to keep all books and 

 accounts and records of the corporation, and to keep the minutes of the 

 proceedings of the directors' and stockholders' meetings, and to carry on 

 all correspondence, and to perform such other duties as may be required 

 by the board of directors. 



* Sec. 7. The duties of the president and vice-president shall be the same 

 as are usually required of such officers. 



Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive and pay out all 

 funds of the corporation, and to keep a correct account of the same. 



Sec. 9. The annual meeting for the election of officers and the transac- 

 tion of other business of the corporation shall be held on the second Sat- 

 urday in November of each year, in the town of Hood River, Oregon, at 

 10 o'clock a. m. 



Sec. 10. The president shall instruct the secretary to call a meeting of 

 the stockholders whenever in his judgment the necessities of the union 

 I'equire it, by giving one week's notice through the local newspaper and 

 by posting notices in three conspicuous places. 



Sec. 11. A majority of the stock subscribed, upon which all legal calls 

 or assessments are paid in full, shall constitute a quorum at any stock- 

 holders' meeting, and no vote shall be counted which is not represented 

 by one share of stock upon which all calls or assessments have been paid. 



Sec. 12. These by-laws may oe amended by vote of a majority of the 

 stock upon which all calls or assessments have been paid in full, at any 

 regular or called meeting, provided that notice to amend by-laws shall 

 have been given in the call for the meeting. 



Sec. 13. The board of directors shall have the power to fill any vacancies 

 that may occur in their number. 



APPLE PACKAGES. 



Report of committee at Northwest Fruitgrowers' Association meeting 

 at Portland, February 5, 6, and 7, 1901: 



Your committee, to whom was referred the matter of uniform apple 

 packages, respectfully recommend that the apple boxes of the association 

 shall be of the following dimensions, inside measurements, namely: Eight- 

 een inches in length; eleven and one-half inches in width; ten and one- 

 half inches deep; containing two thousand one hundred and seventy-three 

 cubic inches, and to be known as "standard." We further recommend the 

 following size, to be known as "special": Length, twenty inches; width, 

 eleven inches; depth ten inches; and that the ends of said boxes be 



