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5. The settling of the accounts of those who may have withdrawn from membership 

 (4 o, 6, and e) or of their heirs takes place at the end of the business year. Their bal- 

 ance is, however, not paid over before six months. Also for two years from the day of 

 cessation of membership ex-members are liable for their share of any losses by the 

 company. 



6. Members have the right — 



(a) To take part in the general assembly and to vote there. This rightceases with the 

 day of declaration of resignation. Female members have neither the right to vote nor 

 admittance to the assemblies. 



(6) To forward to the dairy all milk which they produce and to claim their payment 

 monthly for the same from the company. 



(c) To draw their share of profits on the basis of section 30. 



Id) At any time to enter the dairy and take note of the conduct of its business. 



7. Members are required— 



(1) To pay an entrance fee of 10 marks, which sum forms at the same time their share 

 in the capital stock without interest. On withdrawal from the company (4 a, b, and c) 

 this sum is repaid. 



(2) To observe the existing regulations and subsequent resolutions of the association, 

 as well as to guard the interest of the company in all respects. 



(3) To be individually: responsible with their whole property in so far as the proper- 

 ty of the association may be insufficient to meet its obligations. 



(4) To forward daily a stated quantity of milk, which quantity shall be "fixed by the 

 superintendent in each case, in proportion to the number of the cattle; and particularly 

 to acquiesce in the following rules relative to the delivery of the milk: 



(a) The milch cows are to be well and regularly fed, as well as thoroughly milked. 

 The udders are to be washed before milking if necessary; care must also be taken that 

 there be sufficient straw and pure healthy air in the stable. 



(i) The milk is to be delivered immediately after milking in a clean vessel, which must 

 be properly cleaned alter each time it is used, and must not be used for any other purpose. 



l_c) It is forbidden to deliver the milk of cows which are diseased at the udder, or not 

 in good general health; the milk of fresh milch cows in the first five days alter calving; 

 the milk of bearing cows in the last four weeks before calving; the milk of cows newly 

 brought in from market and which have not been previously three times milked; thin 

 and poor milk, and in general all milk which in any of its conditions is not normal. 



(d) At any discussions arising relative to the quality of milk, the areometer ot 

 Miiller and the creamometer of Chevalier are to be applied as tests, and each member 

 must hold himself subject to the decision resulting therefrom. 



The milk is to be considered thin, when its specific weight — measured at 15° Celsius 

 by the areometer of lUiiller — ^falls under 1,029, and it is to be considered as devoid of 

 fat, when, after twenty- four hours of skimming, it yields less than 10 per cent, of cream, 

 according to Chevalier's creamometer, at a temperature of 10°-15° Celsius. 



(e) All milk which is intentionally altered by the owner to the prejudice of the asso- 

 ciation (skimmed, watered, &c.) is considered adulterated. If adulteration is proved, 

 the furnisher has for the firet offense to pay a stipulated fine of 100 marks, and in case 

 of repetition is to be expelled from the association. Should there be any suspicion of 

 adulteration of milk, the superintendent is to examine into the matter, and if necessary 

 to cause a chemical investigation of the milk. He has also the right at any time to have 

 the cows of the milk furnisher milked in order to compare the milk obtained in his pres- 

 ence with the milk furnished. 



8. The association is to conduct its business independently with equal rights to all its 

 members. Its directors are the executive committee and the general assembly. 



9. The committee consists of the superintendent of the association, a vice-superin- 

 tendent, an accountant, and two inspectors. The general assembly holds two separate 

 elections annually, at the firsli of which the superintendent, and at the second the other 

 four members are chosen. These officers are eligible for re-election. 



10. The committee distribute the business among its members according to its own 

 judgment. The vice-superintendent and the accountant are to be chosen from among 

 its members. 



11. The committee is responsible to the general assembly for its action. Its members 

 are personally answerable tor all losses resulting from negligence or malfeasance, and 

 may for this reason be released from their duties at any time. 



12. The executive committee assembles as often as the superintendent finds it necessary, 

 or upon the request of two of its members., 



13. The business of the executive committee is: (a) The discharge of current busi- 

 ness; (6) the arrangement and care of the books; (e) the directing and paying of the 

 cheese-maker and all hands required iu the busine.ss; {d) the purchase of the necessary 

 fuel and other articles required in the dairy; (e) the rendering of the yearly accounts 

 and the taking of the inventory. 



