THE DELAWAEE FEUIT EXCHANGE. 101 



in Dover, Delaware ; but said Committee shall continue 

 in office until a new one be elected, in case any delay 

 occurs in such election. Said Executive Committee shall 

 appoint a Distributor of ability and a Secretary and 

 Treasurer and pay them such salaries as it may deem 

 adequate. 



2. — The Distributor, and Secretary and Treasurer, 

 shall give bonds for the faithful performance of their 

 duties. 



3. — The Distributor shall have full authority to regu- 

 late the consignment of all cars of peaches of the mem- 

 bers of the Bureau, in the manner herein set forth, 

 and in accordance with such further regulations as may 

 become necessary. 



4. — ^The Distributor shall be located wherever the 

 headquarters of the Delaware Eailroad system is main- 

 tained. 



5. — The Distributor shall keep a map and list of all 

 towns or cities (within forty-eight hours' communication 

 by railroad) that can daily consume, at profitable prices, 

 one or more carloads of peaches. 



6, — The Distributor shall establish the quota of each 

 of said towns and cities. 



7. — When 300 baskets of fruit are loaded in a car {and 

 not iefore), and the Bureau's local agent has, on the day 

 of shipment, endorsed 0. K. on a telegram or message 

 to that effect, any member or members of the Bureau, 

 or his or their agent, shall forward said telegram or 

 message to "the Distributor, mentioning therein the num- 

 ber of the car, the owner's name, the consignee, and the 

 destination whither he or they desire said car to be 

 consigned. 



8.— The Distributor, on receipt of such communica- 

 tion, if the quota of the town or point thus selected be 

 not already filled, shall telegraph or reply to said mem- 

 ber or agent, "Your car, number , is consigned 



