RUKAL CO-OPERATIVE BAKEH'3USES 



Art. 17. — Nobody maj^ be a member of the Board of Management, 

 unless he is of age and in the enjoyment of citizen and civil rights. 



Art 18. — The Board of ^Management shall elect from among its mem- 

 bers, a President, two Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer 

 and a Secretar5^ 



Art. 19. — The Managers shall decide on any administrative action 

 necessitated by the business of the society, by a majority of the members pre- 

 sent. They shall represent the society in civil and legal business. They 

 shall buy and sell, estabHsh prices, make payments, and organize the baking 

 business. 



Art. 20. — In case of resignation or death of the President, the Vice Pre- 

 sident shall perform his duties until the next meeting of members. 



The President shall have the casting vote. 



Art. 21. — The General Meetings of the Society shall be held twice a 

 year, in April and in December. 



Art. 22. — All members of the society shall be summoned to the meeting 

 a week in advance, by means of posters which shall make known the place, 

 the date, and hour of the meeting, as well as the agenda. 



Art. 23. — In the April meeting, eight members shall be elected to form 

 the Council of Supervision. This Council will have the duty of examining 

 the books and the business of the Society. At the December meeting, it must 

 present a report on any defects and abuses which may be found in the 

 exercise and injure the good name of the society. 



Art. 24. — The members of the Board of Management cannot, while 

 exercising their functions, be also members of the Council of Supervision. 

 The period for which this Council is appointed and the conditions for 

 ehgibiht^^ for membership are the same as in the case of the Board of 

 Management. 



Art. 25. — The amount of the purchases made by each member are 

 proved by means of the orders or tokens. 



Art. 26. — The bread must be paid for in cash, or, as an exception, will 

 be delivered on presentation of orders. In the latter case, the orders must 

 be paid every week. 



Art. 27. — The society will also provide the co-operators either with 

 flour or refuse grain on the most favourable conditions, but at the rate of a 

 quintal at a time. 



Art. 28. — In the case of those supplying grain and wood to the society, 

 the price of their goods will be reckoned at that of the preceding Monday and 

 will be placed to their credit in their pass books or they will receive 

 payment in money. They may receive grain in exchange for a certain 

 amount of bread or flour. The wood will only be received at the rate 

 of 2 cartloads at a time, in turn. 



Art. 29. — The head bakers and bread porters, on entering on their work, 

 shall give security, the amount to be fixed by the Board of Management. The 

 Society shall pay them 3 % interest per year. The security shall be repaid 

 to them within a week from their leaving the society. 



