70 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE WEST MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWERS" 



SOCIETY, ADOPTED MAY 28, 1884. 



Article I. 

 This society shall be known as the West Michigan Fruit Growers' Society. 



Article II. 



The officers of this society shall consist of a president, five vice presidents, a secre- 

 tary, a treasurer, and an executive board of seven, two of whom shall be the president 

 and the secretary; all the above officers to be elected by ballot at the annual meet- 

 ing, and to perform their duties until their successors are elected and qualified. 



Article III. 



The object of this society shall be to promote the best methods of cultivating and 

 marketing fruit. 



Article IV. 

 This society shall be limited to twenty thousand dollars' worth of property. 



Article V. 



Every person who shall subscribe to these articles and pay to the treasurer the^ 

 annual fee of fifty cents,* shall be entitled to membership. 



Article VI. 



The district embraced in this organization shall be the counties of the lower peninsula 

 of the state of Michigan lying west of the principal meridian. The counties divided 

 by said line not to be included. 



Article VII. 



All disbursements of money shall be made on orders made by vote of the society and 

 signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. 



Article VIII. 

 The treasurer b.!:tll give such security as the by-laws of this society may require. 



Article IX. 



The annual meeting of this society shall be on the third week of December, at sucb 

 hour and place as shall be named by the executive board. 



Article X. 



By-laws may be made or amended by a iwo-thirds vote of members present and 

 voting at any regular mepting of the society, provided notice, in writing, shall have 

 been given at the last previous regular meeting. 



Article XI. 



These articles may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the membcrc present and 

 voting, at any regular meeting of the society, provided notice, in writi-ig, shall have- 

 been given at the last previous regular meeting. 



Amended. December, 1888, to one dollar. 



