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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



January 



absence of all of them, a President pro 

 tern, shall be elected by the meeting. 



Article VIII. 



The Secretary. 

 The Secretary shall keep a record of 

 the proceedings of the Association and 

 of the Board of Directors, shall have 

 the custody of the corporate seal of 

 the Association and of all documents, 

 books, and collections ordered to be 

 preserved; shall conduct the corre- 

 spondence of the Association, and keep 

 a list of members with their addresses, 

 notify members of the time and place 

 of all meetings, and shall perform such 

 other duties "as may be assigned him 

 by the Board of Directors. 



Article IX. 

 The Treasurer. 



The Treasurer shall have the cus- 

 tody of all moneys received. He shall 

 deposit and invest the same in such 

 manner and to such extent as the 

 Board of Directors shall direct, and 

 shall not expend any money except 

 under the direction or approval of the 

 Board of Directors. The financial year 

 of the Association shall close on De- 

 cember 31 of each year. 

 Article X. 

 Meetings. 



Section 1. The annual meeting for 

 the election of officers and the transac- 

 tion of such business as requires to 

 come before the entire Association 

 shall be held on the second Wednesday 

 in January, at such hour and place as 

 the Board of Directors may determine. 



Sec. 2. A quorum shall consist of 

 thirty (30) members of the Associa- 

 tion (Patrons, Life Members, or Ac- 

 tive Members), as specified in Section 

 5 of Article III. 



Sec. 3. Special meetings may be 

 called by the Board of Directors. The 

 Secretary shall give to all members at 

 least seven days' notice of all meetings. 



Article XI. 



Dues. 



The annual dues for Active Mem- 

 bers sball be two dollars ($2), pay- 



able in advance on the first day of Jan- 

 nary. The Board of Directors shall 

 have the power to remit the annual 

 dues of any member. 



Article XII. 

 Amendments. 



These By-laws may be amended by 

 a three-fourths vote of the members 

 present and entitled to vote at the an- 

 nual meeting of the Association. 



Report of the Committee on 

 Resolutions. 



The following resolutions were then 

 unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the need of estab- 

 lishing national forest reserves in the 

 Southern Appalachian and White 

 Mountain regions grows more urgent 

 day by day. We therefore urge the 

 prompt passage through Congress of 

 a bill which shall create these reserves, 

 and thereby not only preserve the nat- 

 ural resources of two exceedingly im- 

 portant regions, but at the same time 

 contribute largely to the stability of 

 the national prosperity. 



Resolved, That the American For- 

 estry Association again recommends 

 an increase of opportunities for gen- 

 eral forest education in schools and 

 colleges, and for professional training 

 in post-graduate schools ; and we earn- 

 estly request Congress to take favor- 

 able action at its present session upon 

 the bill now pending which appropri- 

 ates funds for the promotion of forest 

 education and forest experiment work 

 in the agricultural colleges and experi- 

 ment stations of the United States. 



Resolved, That we urge upon Con- 

 gress the repeal of the timber and 

 stone act, so long a source of fraud 

 and loss to the government ; the imme- 

 diate withdrawal from entry of all 

 public timber land, and the sale of the 

 timber thereon at its market value un- 

 der proper regulations. 



Resolved. That this Association 

 again protests against the attempt to 

 reduce the area of the Minnesota Na- 

 tional Forest Reserve, and against any 



