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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



jects of the association, and tiic secretary shall 

 at aii times he subject to their directions. 



IX. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The president, vice-president and treasurer 

 shall be elected b.y ballot at each annual meet- 

 ing, and thev shall continue in office for the 

 term of one year, or until their successors are 

 elected and qualified to take their places. 



At the annual uieetius there shall be- elected 

 one director froni each state, whose term of 

 olHce shall be for two years; all other directors 

 shall be elected for one year. At all subsequent 

 annual meetings vacancies in the board of di- 

 rectors shall be filled for a term of two years. 



In liailoting for olflcers the secretary shall 

 call the roll by states of members in good stand- 

 ing, and members of each state shall separately 

 elect their own vice-president and director or 

 directors. Eacli member or firm shall have one 

 vote. A majority of all votes cast shall be 

 necessary to a choice. 



In case o:' vacancies in a directory or any of 

 the olliciMl positions the .same shall be filled by 

 the board of directors at any meeting. 



X. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 



llic president shall preside at all meetings 

 of tile association and shall be es-offlcio chair- 

 man of the board of directors and shall call 

 meetings thereof whene\-er requested to do so 

 bv a majority of the board in writing. 



"In the absence of the president the first viee- 

 pri'siilent shall perform the duties of the presi- 

 dent, or in the absence of both president and 

 tirst vice-president the board of directors shall 

 appoint one of the vice-presidents to preside. 



'I he treasurer sliall keep account of all moneys 

 received and exi"iiilid for the use of the asso- 

 ciation and sli.-ill niiJie disbursements only upon 

 vouchers issued by the secretary and approved 

 by the president. When his term of otflce ex- 

 pires he shall deliver to hi.? successor all moneys, 

 books, papers and other property in his posses- 

 sion, or in the absence of the treasurer elect 

 the same shall be delivered to the president. 



It shall lie the duty of the secretary to give 

 notice of and attcMid all meetings of the asso- 

 ciation and the board of directors; to keep a 

 record of .-ill their doings; to keep a li.st of all 

 the members of the association; collect all as- 

 sessments and pay them oyer to the treasurer; 

 to prepare, under the direction of the board of 

 direitnrs. an annual report of their transactions 

 and the conditions of the association; to prepare 

 and cause to be i)Ultlished every three months a 

 list of all members of this association and shall 

 mail the same to all manufacturers of hardwood 

 lundier. and perform any and all duties which 

 shall be required of him by the board of li- 

 rectors, and generally to devote his best efforts 

 to forward the interests of the association. 



XI. BUREAU OF IXSI'ECTION. 



The board of directors of this association shall 

 be authorized to make by-laws for the orderly 

 conduct of its own business and meetings and 

 those of the association, and for the furthering 

 of tlie interests ('oufided to its care. 



The board of directors may employ for the as- 

 sociation a chief inspector with one or more 

 assistants, who shall be located centrally as 

 regards the lumber market. No one shall be 

 eligible to the io-''it'"n of inspector who is 

 directl.v or indirectly engaged in contracting or 

 in building, or in any way interested in the 

 profits of the lumber trade. The chief inspector 

 shall be under the control of the board of di- 

 rectors and immediately under the control of 

 the secretary. 



XII. MEETINGS. 



There shall be an annual meeting for the elec- 

 tion of officers and the transaction of other 

 business in January of each year, exact date of 

 such meeting to be fixed by the board of di- 

 .pectors. notice of which meeting shall be 

 mailed to each member of the association at 

 least two weeks prior to the holding thereof. 



A semi-annual meeting for the transaction of 

 general liusiness shall be held in July of each 

 year, notice of which shall be given in the 

 same manner as for the annual meeting. Spe- 

 cial meetings of the association may be called 

 ■ by the president or by a majority of the board 

 of directors, but at least fifteen days' notice 

 shall be given of the time and place for holding 

 such meetings. 



XIII. BOARD OF ARBITRATION. 



The board of arbitration shall exercise all the 

 power of the board of directors at all times 

 when the board of directors is not in session, 

 subject to the instruction and approval of the 

 board of directors. 



XIV. AUDITOR. 



Immediately after his election at each annual 

 meeting the president shall appoint an auditor 

 who may or may not be directly connected with 

 any flrni or corporation a member of this asso- 

 ciation, who shall have general supervision of 

 the books and accounts of the association as 

 kept bv the secretary and treasurer. It shall be 

 the dti"tv of the auditor to sign each and every 

 voucher drawn by the secretary upon the treas- 

 urer which shall have been approved by the 

 president, the auditor certifying as to the cor- 



rectness and accuracy of the same. It shall 

 be the duty of the auditor to prepare from the 

 accounts of the association a statement of the 

 financial condition of the ass-ociation and pre- 

 sent same to the president at each annual and 

 semi-annual meeting, who shall cause the same 

 to be submitted to the members. 



XV. AMENDMENTS. 



These articles may be amended -at any annual 

 or semi-annual meeting of the association by a 

 majority of the votes cast; but no amendment 

 shall be considered at sucli_ a meeting unless 

 written notice of any change propo.sed shall be 

 given to the secretary at least thirty days pre- 

 vious to such meeting, and, giving the usual 

 notice to the membership of the holding nf 

 .such meeting, it shall be the duty of the secre- 

 tary to incoiporate such suggested amendments 

 in such call or notice. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. Order of business. 

 Roll call. 



Reading of minutes of last meeting. 



Enrollment of new members. 



Reports of secretary and treasurer. 



Reports of committers. 



General business. 



Election of otJicers (at annual meeting). 



Selection of location for next lueeting. 



2. The board of directors shall make such 

 additional by-laws and rules for the transaction 

 of the business of tliis association as they ma.v 

 deem its development to require, and five of such 

 directors shall constitute a quorum for ^he 

 transaction of business at any meeting. 



3. Absent members of the association are al- 

 lowed to be represented and vote by proxy 

 given in writing to any member of the' associa- 

 tion, of any employe of said firm or com- 

 pany, provided that no person shall vole more 

 than two proxies besides that of the firm«or com- 

 pany of w;hich he shall be a member or employe. 

 The secretary of any regular meeting shall make 

 a register of all those present entitled to vote, 

 with a record of the proxies held and the num- 

 ber of votes entitled to be cast by each indi- 

 viilual present. 



4. Tlie expenses incurred by the secretary 

 in investigating claims of members shall be paid 

 l>.v the association when the investigation sus- 

 tains the member, and the secretary shall report 

 such claims to the nremliers of the association. 

 The expenses shall be paid by the member when 

 his claim is not sustained. 



Provided, how-ever, that no claim shall be in- 

 vestigated under this provision unless the ship- 

 ment originated with a member of this associa- 

 tion and tmless that member shall have called 

 for such investigation. 



We. the undersigned firms, corporations and 

 individual manufacturers of hardwood lumber, 

 do hereby attach our signatures and agree to 

 abide by the conditions mentioned in this con- 

 stitution and by-laws as above set out. 



Henry Maley. Edinburg. Ind. 



I.,ove, Boyd & Co.. Nashville, Tenn. 



C. & W. Kramer, Richmond, Ind. 



Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, Coal Grove, 

 O. 



Kentuck.v Luml)er Company. Burnside, Ky. 



B. F. McMillan, McMillan. Wis. 



A. B. Nickey & Sons. Princeton. Ind. 



Prewitt-.Spurr Manufacturing Company, Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



Indiana Lumber Compan.v, Nashville, Tenn. 



S. T. Dering Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 Petersbtirg, Ind. 



C. Crane & Co.. Cincinnati. O. 



Murdock Veneer & Lumber Company. Wash- 

 ington. Ind. 



Benedict-I ove Company. Fort IIill. S. C. 



Vansant. Kitchen tS: Co.. Asliland. Ky. 



Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company. 



N. C. Foster Lumber Company, Fairchild, 

 Wis. 



Paepcke-Leieht Lumber Company, Chicago. 



Wapd Lumber Company. Chicago. 



Bovnton Lumlter Comi)anv, Cape Girardeau, 

 Mo. 



Rodes-Junk Lumb<'r Compan.v. Tateville. Ky. 



W. J. Cude, Kimniins, Tenn." 



^[oore & McFerran. Memphis, Tenn. 



Swann-Day Lumber Company. Clay City. Kan. 



Lielicrman, Loveman & O'Brien, Nashville, 

 Tenn. 



D. M. Rose & Co.. Knoxville. Tenn. 

 II. V. Hartzell. Greenville. O. 



The Loomis & Hart Manufacturing Company, 

 Chattanooga, Tenn. 



Davidson-Benedict Comiiany. Nashville, Tenn. 



John B. Ransom & Co., Nashvile. Tenn. 



C. II. Barnaby. Greencastle. Ind. 



F. W. Blair. Chattanooga. Tenn. 



,1. C. Ross. Millwood, W. Va. 



C. M. Carrier & Son. Sardis. Miss. 



S. S. Fair & Co.. Barfield. Ark. 



Noriuan Lumber Company, Lotiisville, Ky. 



T. J. Asher & Pons, Waseota, Ky. 



Frank F. Fee. Newark. O. 



W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus. O. 



Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company, 

 Morehouse, Mo. 



Malev & Wertz. Evansville, Ind. 



May.' Thompson & Thayer, Evansville, Ind. 



MofBtt-Bowman Lumber Company, Madison, 

 Ind. 



The election of officers was held and 

 resulted as follows: 



Vt'. M. Ritter, president. 



C. Crane, vice-president. 



F. C. Fiselier, treasurer. 



State Vice-Presidents— West Virginia. 

 II. B. Curtin; Indiana, C. H. Baruaby; 

 Illinois, C. A. Ward: Tennessee, .1. B. 

 Ransom; Ohio, Friedman; - Kentucliy, 

 Floyd Day: Wisconsin, Eugene Shaw; 

 South Carolina, C. T. Benedict: Missouri, 

 C. D. Boynton; Maryland, R. E. Wood; 

 Arliansas, S. S. Fair. 



On motion of Mr. Fischer, the Yellow 

 Poplar Manufacturers' Association was 

 merged with the Hardwood Manufactur- 

 ers' Association. 



On motion convention adjnurned until 

 8 p. in. 



At o'cloclc p. in. the meeting was re- 

 assembled and the grading rules commit- 

 tee, consisting of .John W. Love, Wm. 

 Threlkeld, F. C. Fischer. A. G. Wetmore, 

 E. J. Foster, E. B. Norman, J. H. Himmel- 

 Ijerger, R. M. Carrier and C. H. Moore, 

 presented the following repc«'t, which, af- 

 ter considerable discussion, was adopted. 

 (Rulings on dressed lumber not given.) 



RULES FOR INSPECTION OF LUMBER. 

 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 



1. The inspection of lumber is largely a matter 

 of judgment, and these rules are intended to de- 

 fine in a gentral way such inspection. 



2. Exceptions to the general rules of grading 

 will be found under the heading for each kind . 

 of lumber. 



3. Lumber must be inspected and measured as 

 the inspector finds it. of full length and widn. 

 He shall m:ike no allo\\'ance for the purpose of 

 raising the grade. 



In inspecting all Inuiber. both sides of the 

 piece shall be takin into consideration in mak- 

 mg the grade, bearing in mind that 90 per cj'ut 

 of all lumber only shows one face when linished. 



4. Lumber should be well inaiuifactured, of 

 even thickness, and have p;irallel edges, and all 

 ragged and bad ends shall be trimmed off. 



Properly n.anufactured lumber refers to the 

 sawing of the lumber as to thickness and gen- 

 eral workmanship, and not to the grade of the 

 lumber after it is manufactured. , 



5. Tapering lumber shall be measured one- 

 third the length cf the board from the narrow 

 end. 



6. All lumber shall be t:illicd surface or face 

 measure and the tally counted up. and the one- 

 quarter or one-half added tu the total where the 

 lumber is one and one-quarter or one and one- 

 halt inches thick, and two inches and thicker 

 to be multiplied by the thickness. All fractions 

 below Vb-fcot to be dropped and not counted. 

 All fractions above I'^-foot to be counted to the 

 next figure on the board rule, anil fractions ex- 

 actly on the V2-foot to be given alternately to 

 Ijuyer and seller. 



SV". All lumber less than 1-inch in thickness 

 shafl be measured face measure. 



7. The standaril lengths are 4 to 16 feet. 

 Standard thicknesses are %, V2, %, %, I, 1^4, Ha. 



2, 2Vi>, 3 and 4 inches when dry. 



LOG SCALE. 



T^2. Doyle and Scribncr rule. 

 Doyle. 27 inches and under. 

 Sci"il)ner, 2S inches and over. 



STANDARD DEFECTS. 



8. One knot 1% inches in diameter. 



9. Two knots not exceeding in extent one 

 standard knot. 



in. Worm holes, grub holes or ratting pin 

 holes not exceeding in extent (pr damage one 

 standard knot. 



11. Heart, shakes, rot or dote not exceeding in 

 extent or damage one standard knot. 



12. Splits are not 10 exceed 12 inches in length 

 in firsts, or one-sixt'n tin' length of the piece in 

 seconds. In the aggregate not more than 20 

 per cent of the whole in either quality may be so 

 split. 



13. Sap to one-fifth the widtli of the board 

 In the aggregate. 



14. One bark edge or wane not to exceed one 

 inch in tlu' aggregate ruiuiing not to exceed 

 one-third the length of the board, and show- 

 ing only on one .side, and to be measured. 



EXPLANATIONS. 



1.3. Ordinary season checks are not to be con- 

 sidered defects. 



