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fruit through the agency of or by means provided and 

 directed or by the agency or agents selected and employed 

 by this Corporation only, and no member shall be at liberty 

 to sell, market, or consign his citrus fruits through or by 

 any other agency than such as are directed and provided 

 or selected and employed by this Corporation. 



In case any member of this Corporation does otherwise 

 sell, market, or consign his said citrus fruits, his voting 

 power and interest in this Association is forfeited, and he 

 shall immediately pay to the Treasurer of this Corporation 

 the sum of twenty-five (25) cents for each and every packed 

 box of commercial weight so sold, marketed, or consigned 

 during the remainder of such fiscal year as liquidated dam- 

 ages ; it being impracticable and extremely difficult to fix the 

 actual damages suffered by this Corporation. 



Every member selling or shipping fruit through or by 

 means established or authorized by this Corporation shall 

 pay such brokerage per box as may be found necessary to 

 create such revenue as will defray all expenses necessarily 

 incurred in the conduct of the business of the Corporation. 



It shall be the duty of all members to see that their fruit 

 is picked and handled in as careful a manner as possible, 

 and all fruit shall be delivered to the packing house on con- 

 veyances with easy springs. Any fruit handled in a careless 

 manner or contrary to the above rule shall be subject to 

 rejection. 



And when by a majority of votes the members have 

 adopted cooperative picking of fruit, each member shall 

 have his fruit picked by the Association at such times and 

 in such quantities or proportion as the Board of Directors 

 may direct. 



13. Any member may withdraw his citrus fruit for any 

 year by filing a notice in writing with the Secretary of this 

 Corporation during the first fourteen days of September in 

 any year, stating that he withdraws his citrus fruits from 

 the control of the Corporation for the next ensuing year. 



14. Picking orders shall be given out pro rata as nearly 

 as possible. Each variety of fruit shall be graded according 

 to quality, and each member shall receive credit for the 

 number of pounds delivered of each variety and grade that 



