Organization of an Association 53 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 



OP THE 



ASSOCIATION 



OF 



, CALIFORNIA. 



We, the undersigned, a majority of whom are citizens and 

 residents of the State of California, have this day voluntarily 

 associated ourselves together as an incorporation under the laws 

 of the State of California providing for the incorporation of 

 Agricultural and Horticultural non-profit cooperative associa- 

 tions, and we hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorpora- 

 tion : 



FIRST, The name of the said incorporation shall be = 



ASSOCIATION. 



SECOND, The purpose for which it is formed is without profit 

 and without capital stock to transact the business of receiving, 

 curing, packing, and marketing oranges, lemons, and other citrus 

 fruits grown by or under the control of the members of this as- 

 sociation in the vicinity of and tributary to the packing-house 

 of this association at , California ; and inciden- 

 tally thereto to buy, own, mortgage, sell, or lease sufficient real 

 estate for the proper transaction of its business, to erect thereon 

 a packing-house and all other buildings appurtenant thereto : 



To acquire, own, hold, sell, assign, or hypothecate any stock or 

 bonds of any other incorporation which may operate in connec- 

 tion with this corporation or its members either in furnishing 

 orchard or packing-house supplies ; marketing its products or 

 affiliated in packing operations. 



And after deducting actual cost of operation to distribute the 

 net proceeds of all fruit received, handled, and sold among its 

 members pro rata according to the amount, variety, and grade 

 of fruits furnished by its members respectively under such system 

 of pools as may be from time to time established by the Directors. 



THIRD, The place where its principal business will be trans- 

 acted is , California. 



