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holders as other funds are distributed; or said office may be declared vacant 
by a vote of two-thirds of the board of managers, and the vacancy filled by 
a majority vote. 
exe 
Voting at the annual meeting of said association shall be by ballot, un- 
less that by uanimous consent of the stockholders it may be by acclamation. 
No stockholder shall have more than one vote. 
BAe 
At all meetings of the stockholders of said association not less than 
seven shall constitute a quorum. 
XI. 
The general managers of said association may appoint a secretary, whose 
business it shall be to keep a record of all the meetings of said association, 
and to do such other things in regard to the business of said association as 
the general managers may direct. 
xXee 
No person can become a stockholder in this association unless he is a 
producer of fruit, except the general manager. 
XIII. 
The constitution and by-laws may be altered or amended at a regular 
or special meeting called for that purpose, but such alteration or amendment 
must be presented in writing at a meeting held previous to the one upon 
which such vote is taken. 
XIV. 
All fruit delivered to the association shall have the grower’s number 
plainly stamped or marked on the end of each case, and all fruit shall be 
subject to examination by the general manager. 
XV. 
Any member who delivers to the association fruit inferior in quality or 
variety shall suffer the loss occasioned thereby. 
XVI. 
All fruit received on any one day from different growers of same grade 
shall be treated alike, shall be shipped to the most favorable market, irre- 
spective of who grew the same, and each day’s shipment shall be treated as 
an entirety. Every grower who contributed to such shipment shall be en- 
titled to his share of the proceeds of such day’s sale in proportion to the 
number of crates shipped by said grower; but one-tenth of each day’s pro- 
ceeds shall be retained by the association until the complete returns for the 
season are received. 
XVII. 
The expense of carrying on the business of the association shall be paid 
from the said ten per cent so retained, and the balance of said amount, if 
any, after paying such expense at the time of the settlement of the sales for 
the year, shall be divided among the members of the association in propor- 
tion to the amount of fruit each member has furnished. 
XVIII 
Each stockholder by the usual order may at least once each week during 
