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SEC. 4. The representative of any club or society 

 must show by his credentials that said club or society 

 has held a regularly called meeting, as provided for by 

 its constitution and by-laws, within 1 yr. from the 

 date of the meeting of this association, in which he 

 seeks to take part, and a certified copy of said consti- 

 tution and by-laws must have been filed with the 

 secretary of the American Poultry Association at the 

 time of the filing of the application for membership. 



SEC. 5. In advance of each annual meeting the secre- 

 tary shall drop from the roll call all members of the 

 association who are 2 yr. in arrears in the payment of 

 their dues. 



SEC. 6. Fifty per cent, of each life, associate, or so- 

 ciety membership fee, coming to the secretary of the 

 American Poultry Association through any branch asso- 

 ciation, for membership in the American Poultry Asso- 

 ciation, shall, upon the election of the applicant, be re- 

 turned to the branch from which it came. 



REVISION OF THE AMERICAN STAND- 

 ARD OF PERFECTION 



Revision of the American Standard of Perfection is 

 governed by the following extract from the constitution 

 of the American Poultry Association: 



ARTICLE X 



Revision of Standard 



SECTION 1. A general revision of the American 

 Standard of Perfection shall take place once in 5 yr. 

 and not oftener. 



SEC. 2. No changes shall be made in any part of the 

 Standard of Perfection unless written notice, specify- 

 ing word for word the proposed change or changes, shall 

 have been filed with the secretary at least 90 da. 

 before the annual meeting at which the changes are to 



