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by-laws, with slight change, are the ones suggested in 

 Farmer's Bulletin 718, and without doubt these have been 

 widely adopted by most associations. 



PROPOSED BY-LAWS FOR CO-OPERATIVE SHIPPING ASSOCIATIONS 



Article I. Delivery for shipping. The shipment of stock in this 

 association shall be made regardless of membership, and the delivery of 

 stock to the manager and the acceptance thereof by him binds the 

 shipper to the rules and by-laws of the association. All who desire to 

 ship stock with the association shall report to the manager the kind of 

 stock, the number of each kind, and the approximate weight of each, 

 when it is ready to be marketed. When a sufficient amount of live 

 stock has been reported to be ready for shipment to make a full car-load, 

 the manager shall order a car for making the shipment, and shall notify 

 each party having stock listed, and state at what time the stock is to be 

 delivered for loading. In case of non-delivery of stock listed for ship- 

 ment, the consignor should be assessed for the loss to the association, 

 and in event of his not paying the same, should be debarred from all 

 future privileges. 



Article II. Section 1. Duties of the manager. The manager shall 

 be at the yard on the day the shipment is to be made, unless he shall 

 have secured a competent substitute, and shall receive all the stock, 

 and weigh, mark and load the same on the car. He shall have charge 

 of and direct the sale of all shipments, and receive all money therefor, 

 and pay the same to the shippers, less his commission and all other 

 expenses incurred in making the shipments, or when so directed send 

 the money by mail to the shippers. He shall furnish a statement to 

 every shipper, showing net weights, prices received, and expenses of 

 shipment. He shall keep on file a complete statement of settlement, 

 together with returns. from the commission firm selling the live stock 

 for the association or from the purchaser of the stock. In a book kept 

 for that purpose, he shall keep a record showing the number of cars 

 shipped, and the amount of stock in such cars, during the year. He 

 shall also keep an account of all disbursements and receipts for the as- 

 sociation. At the annual meeting he shall furnish a detailed statement 

 of all business done during the year. 



Section 2. Compensation of manager. The manager shall receive 



as compensation for his services the amount of cents per 



hundred pounds of stock sold by him, and no other compensation from 

 the association, except that he shall have the right to charge for any 

 outlay for materials needed in making partitions to separate the stock 

 in the car and for bedding, said amount to be charged to the expense of 

 the shipment for which it was incurred. In by-laws suggested by the 

 Wisconsin University* we have the following on this subject: "The 

 manager shall receive as compensation for his services (a) the sum of 

 five cents a 100 pounds for cattle; seven cents a 100 pounds for hogs and 

 ten cents a 100 pounds for sheep. Should there be two or more cars in 

 said shipment, the rate on additional cars shall be three cents a 100 

 pounds for cattle, three and one-half cents a 100 pounds for hogs, five 

 cents a 100 pounds for sheep, or (B) a flat rate of six or seven cents a 100 

 pounds on all classes of live stock; or (C) a certain amount on each car 



*Bulletin 314. Wisconsin Live-Stock Shippers' Association, August, 1920. 



