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tion. Each year a primary election was held to select one delegate 

 for every million, or majority fraction of a million, pounds of tobacco 

 delivered during the preceding year by the members in that county. 

 The directors were chosen by the delegates at the annual meeting 

 held each May. Prior to the general election at which the directors 

 were elected, the districts were reapportioned if such action was 

 necessary to maintain equality of representation. 



The directors, who met monthly in regular meetings, received no 

 compensation for their services as directors, other than their travel- 

 ing expenses and an allowance of $10 per day for time spent at, and 

 while traveling to and from, meetings. 



Provision was made for the appointment of a president, two vice 

 presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the board 

 might deem necessary, and for the necessary compensation of such 

 officers ; a general manager could also be appointed at the discretion 

 of the board of directors. 



The board of directors had the power to appoint an executive com- 

 mittee of five from among its members. The president and the two 

 vice presidents were ex officio members, and two other members, one 

 of whom could be a public director, were chosen. Two advisory mem- 

 bers could be appointed on the executive committee. The directors 

 could, at their discretion, provide reasonable compensation for mem- 

 bers of the executive committee of the board, plus all expenses. 



DEPARTMENTS 



Besides the administrative office at Richmond, Va., there were four 

 major departments — the warehouse and the leaf departments located 

 at Richmond, Va., and the field service and the legal departments 

 located at Raleigh, N. C. (Fig. 9.) 



The warehouse department was placed "under the control of a 

 director of warehouses, who was assisted by an assistant director and 

 several district directors. The function of this department was to 

 take care of the physical handling of the tobacco. The acquisition of 

 warehouse property through purchase or lease and the collection of 

 liquidated damages were among its tasks. It was in charge of the 

 tobacco from the time it was received until it was disposed of by the 

 leaf department through sale. 



The leaf department was divided into two subdepartments, the 

 dark leaf and the bright leaf, each under a separate and independent 

 general manager, who was responsible directly to the executive com- 

 mittee. Upon the death of the general manager of the dark-leaf de- 

 partment, both these departments came under the direction of the 

 general manager of the bright-leaf department. These general man- 

 agers were each assisted by one or more assistant managers, and by a 

 staff of graders, supervising graders, and factory inspectors. 



The functions of this department were to grade all tobacco as it 

 was delivered by members, and later to sell the tobacco in the green 

 or redried state. The negotiation of contracts for the redrying of 

 tobacco was placed in the hands of the general managers of the two 

 subdivisions of the leaf department. The relationship between the 

 leaf and warehouse departments was necessarily very close. Ware- 

 house officials were responsible for the acceptance, weighing, and ad- 

 vance payments on tobacco delivered by members, whereas leaf-de- 



