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CONSERVATION 



extension of the forests of the United States ; 

 its means are agitation and education ; it 

 seeks to encourage the application of forestry 

 by private owners to forest holdings large 

 or small ; and it favors, especially, the estab- 

 lishment and multiplication of National and 

 state forests, to be administered in the highest 

 interests of all. 



ARTICLE III 

 Members and Dues 



Section i. Any person may become a 

 member of this Association, as hereinafter 

 provided. 



Sec. 2. Members shall be divided into five 

 classes : Patrons, Life Members, Sustaining 

 Members, Annual Members, and Honorary 

 Members. 



Sec. 3. Any person contributing at one 

 time the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) 

 to the permanent fund of the Association 

 shall be a Patron. Any person may become 

 a Life Member by the payment of one hun- 

 dred dollars ($100) at one time. Patrons 

 and Life Members shall not be liable for 

 annual dues. Sustaining Members shall be 

 those who pay annual dues of twenty-five 

 dollars ($25). Any forestry association or 

 other organization approved by the Board 

 of Directors may become a Sustaining Mem- 

 ber. Annual Members are those who pay 

 annual dues of two dollars ($2). Honorary 

 Members shall be the officers of state, terri- 

 torial, provincial, or other forestry associa- 

 tions, or the delegates from such associa- 

 tions, or the delegates of any government. 



Sec. 4. Applications for membership shall 

 be referred to and voted upon by the Board 

 of Directors at any regular or called meet- 

 ing therefor. 



Sec. 5. All members except Honorary 

 Members shall be members of this corpora- 

 tion and shall be entitled to vote and hold 

 office in said corporation. 



Sec. 6. Dues are payable when any mem- 

 ber is elected, and for each succeeding cal- 

 endar year on or prior to January ist of 

 said year. 



Sec. 7. When any member is elected after 

 October ist of any year the dues then paid 

 include those for the following calendar year. 



Sec. 8. The Board of Directors shall have 

 the power to remit the annual dues of any 

 member. 



ARTICLE IV 

 Officers 



Section i. The officers of this Association 

 shall be a Board of Directors, a President, 

 ten or more Vice-presidents at large, not 

 exceeding twenty-one; a Vice-president from 

 each affiliated organization, as hereinafter 

 provided ; a Treasurer, a Secretary, an As- 

 sistant Secretary, and two Auditors, neither 

 of whom shall be otherwise officers of the 

 Association. 



Sec. 2. The Board of Directors, Presi- 

 dent, Vice-presidents at large, and Treasurer 

 shall be elected by ballot at the Annual 



Meetings of this Association and shall serve 

 one year, or until their successors are elected. 

 Provided the full number of Vice-presidents 

 are not so elected at the Annual Meetings, 

 the vacancies so occurring in making up the 

 full number authorized by these By-Laws 

 may be filled as provided in Article V of 

 these By-Laws. The Auditors shall also be 

 elected by ballot at the Annual Meetings of 

 the Association, as follows : 



Two shall be elected at the Annual Meet- 

 ing in January, 1909, one for a term of one 

 year, and one for a term of two years ; and 

 after said meeting in 1909, one Auditor shall 

 be elected for a term of two years in place 

 of the one whose term is about to expire, 

 said Auditors to hold their positions until 

 others are elected to serve in their places. 

 The duty of said Auditors to be to audit the 

 books and accounts of the Association at 

 least annually and at such other times as 

 may be required by the Directors. 



The Secretary and Assistant Secretary 

 .'hall be elected by the Board of Directors at 

 the first meeting following the Annual Meet- 

 ing of the Association, to serve at the option 

 of the Board. 



Sec. 3. Any forestry or other organiza- 

 tion which may become a Sustaining Mem- 

 ber shall be entitled to delegate as advisors 

 of this Association three of its members, one 

 of whom shall be elected by the Board of 

 Directors a Vice-president of the Associa- 

 tion. The advisers so elected from the va 

 rious organizations shall constitute the Ad- 

 visory Board of this Association. 



ARTICLE V 

 The Board of Directors 



The Board of Directors shall consist of 

 fifteen (15) members, of whom eight (8) 

 shall constitute a quorum. It shall elect its 

 own Chairman, and have the power to fill 

 any vacancies in the offices of the Associa- 

 t:on, whether occurring from non-election at 

 time provided in these By-Laws, or for any 

 other cause, the one so elected to serve until 

 the next Annual Meeting of the Association. 

 The Board of Directors shall have the con- 

 trol and management of the affairs, funds, 

 and property of the Association. It shall 

 take, receive, hold and convey such real and 

 personal estate as may become the property 

 of the Association for the purposes of the 

 Association set forth in the certificate of 

 incorporation in Article II above. The Board 

 shall meet at 4 p. m. on the day preced- 

 ing that of the Annual Meeting of the Asso 

 ciation ; and the new Board, as soon as con- 

 venient thereafter. Also at such other times 

 as may be determined by vote or as it may 

 be called together by its chairman, or three 

 members - of the Bonrd. 



The Board of Directors shall designate 

 seven of its members to act as an Executive 

 Committee of the Association, to which 

 Committee the Board shall from time to time 

 entrust such duties as it will deem best in 

 the interests of the Association. 



