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10. To irrigate our land. 



11. To prevent adulteration of food and marketing the same. 



12. To own real estate, build, maintain and operate ele- 

 vators, storage houses, stock yards, railroads, ship lines, etc., 

 as may be deemed wise and expedient. 



13. To promote social intercourse. 



14. To settle disputes without recourse to law. 



15. To borrow and loan money and do a banking business. 



16. To do an insurance business, both life and fire. 



17. To establish similar societies in foreign countries. 



Article IV. Incorporators. 



J. A. Everitt, Eli A. Hirshfield, 



Mark P. Turner, A. D. McKinney, 



H. W. Miller, Sid Conger. 



Article V. Place of Business. 



The principal offices of this society shall be located and 

 maintained in Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, with 

 such branch societies elsewhere as may be necessary to carry 

 out the purposes of the society. 



Article VI. Term of Existence. 



This society shall have and is incorporated for a term of 

 fifty (50) years' existence. 



Article VII. Seal. 



The likeness and imprint of the official seal of this society 

 is hereto attached. (See page 233.) The seal is the regular em- 

 blem of the society, with the word "Seal" added. 



Article VIII. Election. 



The officers of this society shall be a President, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Treasurer, Secretary, Organizer, General Counsel and 

 Board of Directors, and each and all shall be elected by popu- 

 lar vote of the members at the annual meeting of the society 

 al Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, on the first Monday 

 in October of each year. Members who can not be present 

 can vote by proxy through their Secretary. (The date of the 

 annual meeting for 1903 has been changed to the first Monday 

 in December.) 



Article IX. Management. 



The business and prudential concerns of this society shall 

 be managed by a Board of Directors, consisting of seven or 

 more persons, including the President, Secretary and Treas- 

 urer; who shall be members of this society in good standing. 



