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shall be his further duty to advise local agents to whom to ship the fruit 

 in their hands belonging to the members of the association and to notify 

 said agents every morning the prices received for the fruit sold by him 

 the day preceding. He shall also furnish said information to stockholders 

 who are not affiliated with any local association. It shall be his duty to 

 satisfy himself that fruit passing through his hands is properly graded, 

 and given the correct brand. He shall refuse the association brand to 

 fruit which in his judgment does not come up to the standard fixed by the 

 board of directors. The books of the general manager shall be open at 

 all times for the examination of the members of the association. 



Sec. 9. Subject to the direction of the general manager, the general 

 inspector shall have full charge of the local inspectors, and instruct them 

 in their duties. The local inspectors are responsible to him for the cor- 

 rectness of the grading, packing, and the branding of the fruit. It is his 

 duty to require the grading, packing, and branding to be done in con- 

 formity to the rules and regulations agreed upon by the board of directors. 

 He shall report any delinquency or inefficiency on the part of any in- 

 spector direct to the general manager. It shall be his further duty to 

 require all local agents and individual stockholders not affiliated with any 

 local association to pack their fruit in packages of standard size. During 

 the shipping season, at the discretion of the board of directors, he shall 

 visit each local agent or individual stockholder not affiliated with any 

 local association at least once each month or oftener if in his judgment 

 it is necessary to do so, or upon the suggestion of the general manager. 



Sec. 10. All local inspectors shall be appointed by the general man- 

 ager. Under the supervision of the chief inspector they shall inspect all 

 fruit packed by local agents or individual stockholders not affiliated with 

 any local association, and attach or cause to be attached the association 

 brand, and the grower's and packer's number, on all fruit graded and 

 packed according to the rules formulated by the board of directors. They 

 are authorized to refuse the association brand to any fruit not up to 

 said standard. They shall report the names of any packer or packers 

 who are inefficient, careless, or undependable to the local agent. If said 

 local agent does not require said packer or packers to grade and pack the 

 fruit properly, he may refuse to receive all fruit packed by said packers 

 on the account of the association. 



Sec. 11. Before any fruit grower may become a member of this asso- 

 ciation he shall make application to the secretary of this association. 

 Said application must be accompanied with a draft for the purchase of 

 at least one share of stock, and said application must be approved by 

 the board of directors. 



Sec. 12. Whenever ten or more stockholders of the Southeast Ne- 

 braska Fruit Growers' Association, representing at least three hundred 

 dollars ($300) worth of stock in said association, shall desire to or'i^anize 

 a local association, they shall first make application to the board of 

 directors to organize an auxiliary to the Eastern Nebraska Fruit Growers' 

 Association. If the board of directors give assent then the said stock- 

 holders shall, as soon therafter as possible, meet and organize by electing 



