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BETTER FRUIT 



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(k) Expulsion slijill (ifprivf Ihc ex- 

 pelled member frdiii ;ill his rislit, title 

 and interest in and to all the property 

 owned by the corporation, including its 

 franchise. 



Article IV. — Board of Trustees. 



Sec. 1. The Board of Trustees of this 

 corporation shall consist of not less 

 than eleven voting members, live of 

 whom shall be exclusively growers and 

 five of whom shall be exclusively sales 

 agents. The eleventh member of said 

 board shall be elected from the active 

 membership, and may be either a 

 grower or a sales agent. Whenever it 

 appears that the active voting member 

 is a partnership, an association or cor- 

 poration, the said partnership, associ- 

 ation or corporation shall, if a partner- 

 ship, select a member, if an association 

 or a corporation, an oHicer and shall 

 certify his name, and upon such certifi- 

 cation the same member or ollicer shall 

 be deemed eligible for the election to 

 membership on the Board of Trustees. 



Sec. 2. The Board of Trustees shall 

 exercise the general powers of the cor- 

 poration, and manage and control the 

 affairs thereof. They may make rules 

 not inconsistent with the laws of the 

 United States, the state, or with the 

 charter and by-laws of the corporation, 

 for the guidance of the oflicers, and 

 the management of its business. De- 

 mand fi'om any ollicer of any of the 

 books, papers, documents or records 

 pertaining to the business of the cor- 

 poration for examination or other pur- 

 pose, may be made by the Board of 

 Trustees at any time. 



Sec. 3. Within thirty days after in- 

 corporation is perfected, at a meeting 

 called for that purpose, the active mem- 

 bers shall elect from its eligible mem- 

 bership eleven persons who shall com- 

 pose the Board of Trustees. 



Sec. 4. 'I'he term of ollice of the 

 Board of Trustees shall be for the 

 period of one year from the date of the 

 annual meeting at which they are 

 elected; or in the event of the omission 

 or postponement (tf the annual meeting, 

 until their successors are elected and 

 have duly qualified. 



Sec. .'). Should a vacancy occur on 

 the Board of Trustees, the remaining 

 members thereof, as soon as practicable 

 thereafter, shall elect his successor to 

 fill the unexpired term, said successor 

 to be from the same geographical dis- 

 trict in which the vacancy occurs. 



Article V. — Officers 



Sec. 1. The oflicers of the corpora- 

 tion .shall be a President, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Treasurer and Executive Secre- 

 tary. The President nuist be a member 

 of the Board of Trustees, 'fhe Execu- 

 tive Secretary shall not be a member of 

 this corporation or of the Board of 

 Trustees, nor shall he be alliliated with 

 any individual, firm or corporation en- 

 gaged in the marketing of fruit and 

 produce, 'file President, Vice-Presideiil 

 or Executive Secrelaiy may also hold 

 the ollice of treasurer. 



.Sec. 2. The tiustees above named 

 shall be elected by the active members 

 at their annual meeting and shall hold 

 ofTice for a period of one >ear or unlil 



their successors are elected and quali- 

 fied. The oflicers above named shall be 

 elected by the trustees from among 

 their number at their annual meeting 

 and shall hold ollice for a period of 

 one \ear, or unlil their successors are 

 ([ualilied. 



Sec. 3. Any ollicer may be suspended 

 from oflice for neglect of or refusal to 

 perform his duties, or for ollicial mis- 

 conduct, by a three-fourths vote of the 

 Board of Trustees present at a regular 

 meeting, or at a special meeting called 

 for that purpose, provided that due 

 notice thereof, with opportunity for 

 hearing, shall have been given in writ- 

 ing to the delinquent at least twenty 

 (20) days prior to said meeting. 



Sec. 4. Oflicers, the Executive Com- 

 mittee, and the Board of Trustees shall 

 be paid for the actual expenses in- 

 curred while attending meetings. If 

 any ollicer or trustee render any special 

 service for the corporation at the 

 request or under the employment of 

 the board, he shall be paid therefor 

 such compensation as shall be ileter- 

 mined by the Board of Trustees, and 

 be reimbursed for necessary expenses 

 incurred by him while engaged in such 

 service. 



Sec. 5. Any vacancy caused by the 

 death, resignation or disqualification of 

 any oflicer shall be filled by the Board 

 of Trustees. In case of the temporary 

 absence or disability of any ollicer, the 

 board may ajspoint one of its members 

 to act in his stead until his return or 

 the disability is removed. 



Article VI. — Duties of Officers 

 Sec. 1. The President shall preside 

 at all meetings of the members and of 

 the Board of Trustees. As the execu- 

 tive head of the corporation, he shall 

 enforce its by-laws and execute the will 

 of the members and of the Board of 

 Trustees, and shall have general super- 

 vision and direction of the work of 

 each ollicer and committee. He shall 

 appoint, under the direction and sub- 

 ject to the approval of the Board of 

 Trustees, all committees not otherwise 

 provided for. He shall sign all instru- 

 ments necessary to be executed under 

 the seal of the corporation, and coun- 

 tersign all orders drawn upon the 

 Treasurer. 



Sec. 2. The Vice-President shall, in 

 the absence or disability of the Presi- 

 dent, or upon his request perform the 

 President's duties. 



Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall receive 

 and account for all mone\- which shall 



come into the possession of the corpo- 

 ration and disburse the same upon war- 

 rant of the Executive Secretary, coun- 

 tersigned by the President. The Treas- 

 urer shall furnish bond in such sum as 

 may be required by the Board of Trus- 

 tees, the exijcnse of same to be paid by 

 the corporation. 



Sec. 4. The duties of the Executive 

 Secretary shall be as follows: He shall 

 keep full and accurate records of the 

 transactions of the corporation, the 

 Board of Trustees and its committees, 

 conduct all correspondence relating to 

 his department and issue warrants 

 when countersigned by the President 

 ui)on the Treasurer for such expendi- 

 tures as are necessary in conducting the 

 business of the corporation. He shall 

 manage the affairs of the corporation 

 and carry out the policies and instruc- 

 tions of the Board of Trustees. Sub- 

 ject to the approval of trustees, he shall 

 have power to employ and dismiss all 

 specialists, experts and agents, the serv- 

 ices of whom may be re(|uired in con- 

 ducting the affairs of the corporation. 

 He also shall have power to employ and 

 dismiss all necessary clerical and mis- 

 cellaneous help. He shall be the cus- 

 todian of the books, papers and records 

 of the corporation and shall have 

 power to make, under direction of and 

 assuming that the Executive Secretary 

 is the Treasurer, subject to the ap- 

 proval of the President and the Board 

 of Trustees, any and all contracts for 

 and in the name of the corporation. He 

 shall give a satisfactory bond for the 

 faithful jjerformance of his duties, the 

 amount of which bond shall be deter- 

 mined by the Board of Trustees and 

 the expense of same paid by the cor- 

 poration. 



Continued in next issue 



The New York Produce men will 

 si)end ■'*.">OflO to entertain the Interna- 

 tional .\pple Shippers" .\ssociation mem- 

 bers in New York City in .\ugust.' 

 Among the fruit dealers who are taking 

 an important part in arranging the pro- 

 graiu are Messrs. E. N. Loomis, Joseph 

 H. Steinhardt, W. H. French, C. W. 

 Kimball, (ieorge W. Nix, P. F. Love and 

 .1. A. Melon. If any apple grower in 

 the Northwest can spare enough money 

 to pay his railroad fare to New York 

 City, meals and enlertainment will be 

 plentiful. By the way, these meetings 

 are the most business-like and the most 

 instructive of any meeting conducted 

 by any association in reference to the 

 fruit indiistr\. 



Fruit Sizing Machines 



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It does very accurate work in sizing apples, peaches, pears, pota- 

 toes and tomatoes. 



It has a great capacity and will not bruise. We are proud of this 

 new development and you will quickly understand why when you 

 have read our literature. 



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