SMALL FRUITS. 83 
CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS AND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 
OF THE FRUIT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION OF RIPON, WIS. 
(This is a regularly organized corporation under the laws of the 
State of Wisconsin.) 
CONSTITUTION. 
The name of this Corporation shall be “The Ripon Fruit Growers’ 
Association,’ and the location of said Corporation shall be in said 
City of Ripon, County of Fond du Lac, and State of Wisconsin. 
This corporation shall have no capital stock, and no dividends or 
pecuniary profits shall ever be made or declared by such corpora- 
tion to its members. 
The general officers of this corporation shall be a President, a 
Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Board of five Direct- 
ors. 
The Directors elected on the organization of this corporation shall 
be elected to hold their offices until the first annual meeting; and 
thereafter all Directors elected shall be elected for the term of one 
year, except when elected to fill a vacancy. 
The duties of the President shall be to preside at all meetings of 
the corporation; to sign all orders or warrants drawn on the Treas- 
urer; and to perform, generally, such duties as devolve upon the 
President of similar organizations. 
The Vice-President shall, in the absence of the President, perform 
all the duties devolving upon the President. 
The Secretary shall keep a true, full and accurate record of all the 
proceedings of the corporation; shall draw and sign all orders or 
warrants on the Treasurer; and shall perform such other duties as 
may be prescribed by the By-Laws of this corporation. 
The Treasurer shall be the custodian of the moneys of the corpora- 
tion; shall keep full and true books of accounts of all moneys that 
shall come into his hands; he shall pay out no moneys of the cor- 
poration except on an order or warrant signed by the President and 
Secretary; he shall, at each annual meeting, and at such other times 
as the Directors may require, make a full and true report of his do- 
ings as such Treasurer, and shal] perform such other duties as may 
be prescribed by the By-Laws. 
The Directors shall have the management and control of all the 
property of the corporation; shall audit all bills against said cor- 
poration; and shall perform suchother duty as may be prescribed 
by the By-Laws. 
All applications for membership shall be in writing subscribed 
by the applicant, and giving his or her name, occupation, and num- 
ber of acres of each kind of fruit grown. The election of members 
shall be by ballot, and six negative votes shall reject the applicant. 
Any member may be expelled from the corporation, at any 
regular meeting, by a two-thirds vote of all the members present; 
but no member shall be expelled without first having had a full 
hearing on the matter complained of. 
This corporation may adopt such By-Laws as may from time to 
to time be necessary; but no By-Law shall be adopted unless the 
same shall be presented to the corporation in writing at least one 
