Third Annual and Sixth Semi-Annual Meeting of the 

 California Avocado Association 



Held in Chamber of Commerce Rooms, 128-132 South Broadway, 

 Los Angeles. May 17 and 18, 1918 



Thos. H. Shedden, President 

 Wm. H. Sallmon, Vice-President 

 H. J. Webber, Secretary and Treasurer 



MINUTES OF THE THIRD ANNUAL AND THE SIXTH 

 SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CALIFORNIA 

 AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



AFTERNOON SESSION, FRIDAY, MAY 17 

 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING 



Meeting called to order by President Thomas H. Shedden, who 

 gave an opening address on matters of general interest to the Association. 



Minutes of the Second Annual Meeting read and on motion ap- 

 proved. 



The first order of business taken up was the consideration of the 

 revised By-laws of the Association, prepared by a special committee, con- 

 sisting of Messrs. Wm. H. Sallmon, W. L. Hardin, and C. D. Adams, 

 and approved by the Board of Directors. This report was presented and 

 read by Mr. Sallmon. On motion the By-laws were taken up section by 

 section, read, discussed, and adopted ; after which, on motion by Popenoe, 

 seconded by Sharpless, the By-laws, as read, were adopted as a whole by 

 unanimous vote. The revised By-laws, as read and adopted follow: 



BY-LAWS OF CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 

 Revised by Special Committee of Board of Directors, 



Wm. H. Sallmon, Chairman, C. D. Adams, W. L. Hardin. 

 Approved by Board of Directors' Meeting at Riverside, March 8, 1918. 



Article I. 

 Name 



The name of this Association shall be California Avocado Asso- 

 ciation. 



Article II. 

 Purpose 



The purpose of this Association shall be to improve the culture, pro- 

 duction and marketing of the avocado. 



