CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



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Section 6. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors when the 

 development of the industry makes it desirable and necessary, to provide 

 for the co-operative marketing and distribution of the avocado crop. 



Article V. 

 Duties of Officers 



Section 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the mem- 

 bers and of the Board of Directors. In event of the absence of both the 

 President and the Vice-President, the members of the Board of Directors 

 may elect a presiding officer for such meeting. The President shall submit 

 to the annual meeting a report of the doings of the Board of Directors and 

 of the affairs and operations of the Association during the preceding year. 



Section 2. The Vice-President shall, in the absence or disability of 

 the President, perform the duties of the President. 



Section 3. The Secretary, or Secretary and Treasurer, shall be the 

 clerical officer of this Association and of the Board of Directors, and 

 shall have charge of the general correspondence. He shall collect the 

 dues of the members and receive all moneys that may be paid to him by 

 virtue of his office, carefully account for the same and promptly cover them 

 into the treasury. He shall pay out such moneys only by voucher counter- 

 signed by the President. He shall make a report of receipts and disburse- 

 ments at meetings of the Board of Directors and a complete report to the 

 members at the annual meeting of the Association. 



Article VI. 

 Meetings 



Section 1. The annual meeting of the members of the Association 

 shall be held at some convenient period during May of each year; the 

 time and place of such meeting to be designated by the Board of Directors, 

 and ample notice of the meeting shall be given to the membership of the 

 Association. 



Section 2. Special meetings of the Association may be called by the 

 President with the approval of the Board of Directors, as occasion may 

 require. 



Section 3. Twenty-five members entitled to vote shall constitute a 

 quorum at any meeting of the members of the Association for the trans- 

 action of business. 



Article VII. 

 The fiscal year of the Association shall close on April 30th. 



Article VIII. 

 Amendments 



These By-Laws may be changed or amended at any regular meeting 

 of the Association by a two-thirds vote of all members present at such 

 meeting. 



During the discussion of the By-laws, considerable had been said 

 regarding the desirability of holding a mid-winter meeting in order to have 

 an exhibit of winter maturing fruit. A motion was made and seconded 

 that the Directors be instructed to arrange for a mid-winter meeting of the 



