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Ap PENDIX I . 



BY-TAWS OF THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY TOBACCO GROWERS, 

 INCORPORATED. 



Article I. 

 Name and Membership. 



Section 1. The name of this corporation shall be the Hampshire 

 County Tobacco Growers', Incorporated. Its principal office shall be 

 located at Hadlej^ Mass. 



Section 2. I'he voting membership of this corporation shall be con- 

 fined to persons actually engaged in tobacco production at points tributary 

 to the shipping stations of the corporation, who sell their products through 

 the corporation, who have been approved as eligible candidates for mem- 

 bership by a majority vote of the directors, and who have paid their 

 membership fees in full and agreed to conform to the provisions of the 

 by-laws. No one who in the opinion of the directors is a professional 

 buyer of tobacco shall be eligible to membership. 



Section .3. Any member who in the opinion of the board of directors 

 ceases to be a producer shall be dropped by a majority vote of the directors, 

 but such action shall not invalidate any legitimate charges or accounts 

 which the corporation has against the member so dropped. Such charges 

 shall be a hen on any funds due the member from the corporation and on 

 any loan notes required of the member by the by-laws of the corporation. 

 A member dropped in this manner shall forthwith lose voting privilege in 

 the corporation. 



Section 4. Any member who violates his contract with the corpora- 

 tion may be expelled from membership in the corporation by a two-thirds 

 majority vote of those present at any regular called meeting of the corpo- 

 ration, provided that notice of such proposed action was mailed to the 

 person so dropped at least five days before date of such meeting, and 

 provided that opportunity was given to the accused member to defend 

 himself personally or by counsel and witnesses before such vote is taken. 

 The financial conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph shall also 

 apply in the case of a member expelled from the corporation. 



Article II. 



Purposes. 



Section 1. The purposes of this corporation shall be to produce, sort, 



grade, pack, manufacture, sell, transport, store, market and otherwise 



handle for sale tobacco and other farm products; to secure and employ 



