ARTICLE III 

 Membership 



Section 1. Individuals, firms or corporations who are 

 bona fide producing manufacturers of hardwood lumber or 

 other hardwood forest products (including also such pro- 

 ducers of cypress lumber and cypress forest products) shall 

 be eligible to membership in the Institute. Every member 

 shall be entitled to one vote, voting shall be in person, prox- 

 ies shall not be permitted. 



Section 2. Applications for membership (except at the 

 initial organization meeting) shall be made to the Secretary 

 in writing, and be accompanied by the initiaton fee. All 

 such applications for membership shall be referred to the 

 Membership Committee, and if approved, shall be acted upon 

 by the Board of Directors at its next meeting. A majority 

 vote of the Board of Directors shall be sufficient to elect an 

 applicant to membership. 



Section 3. Any member may be suspended or expelled 

 for cause, by a majority vote of the Board of Directors but 

 no member shall be expelled without being given thirty days 

 written notice of the charges preferred and an opportunity 

 to appear before the Board and present his defense. 



ARTICLE IV 

 Departments 



Section 1. The activities of the Institute may be con- 

 ducted by and through such appropriate departments, div- 

 isions or bureaus as may from time to time be determined 

 upon by it. 



Section 2. Until and unless the Institute at a regular 

 meeting (or special meeting called for the purpose) acts in 

 the creation of said departments, divisions or bureaus, the 

 Board of Directors shall have full authority to act in the 

 premises, in the creation and setting up said departments, 

 divisions or bureaus and defining their duties and the scope 

 of their activities. 



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