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ANNUAL REPORT 1920 AND 1921 



After Dr. Coit's paper Dr. Hardin, the vice-president, was called to the 

 chair and presided during the balance of the morning session. A letter from 

 Mr. Wilson Popenoe addressed to the members of the association could not be 

 read on account of lack of time, but will be printed in the report. 



On Saturday afternoon the business meeting was thrown open to the public 

 and a goodly number attended in spite of the rain and the counter attraction in 

 the exhibit room. The meeting was called to order by President Wm. H. 

 Sallmon. The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and approved. 

 The Secretary's report was read, recounting the work accomplished during the 

 year, and the treasurer's report, showing receipts amounting to $3,235.00, expen- 

 ditures of $2,804.32 and a balance on hand of $2,013.44. 



The report of the Committee on Varieties, read by Mr. Adams, was 

 accepted and ordered printed. 



The report of the Committee on the Revision of the University of Cali- 

 fornia Correspondence Course on Avocados was presented by F. O. Popenoe and 

 approved. 



President Wm. H. Sallmon then read his Annual Address. 



The following amendments to the By-Laws were presented and carried: 



BY S. W. JAMIESON 



Art. v.. Sec. 3. The Secretary shall be the clerical officer of this Asso- 

 ciation 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 virture of his office, carefully account for 

 the same and promptly cover them into the treasury. He shall work under the 

 orders of the Board of Directors and at all times in close co-operation with 

 the President. 



Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall be the financial officer of this Association 

 and of the Board of Directors. He shall have charge of the funds of the 

 Association, paying them out only by voucher countersigned by the President. 

 He shall make a report of receipts and disbursements at meetings of the Board 

 of Directors and a complete report to the members at the annual meeting of 

 the Association. 



Art. IV, Sec. 2, line 4 change the word "Director" to "Directors." 



BY EDWIN G. HART 



Art. III., Section 1. Any person interested in the purposes of this Asso- 

 ciation may, upon appHcation and payment of required dues, be elected to either 

 active or associate membership in accordance with their application, by an affirm- 

 ative vote of two-thirds of the Directors present at a meeting of the Board of 

 Directors. 



Art. III., Section 3-a. The active membership fee shall be $1 6.00 per year, 

 payable in quarterly payments upon first days of January, April, July and October 

 of each year. Each new member shall pay the dues for the quarter in which 

 he is accepted as member. The associate membership fee shall be $5.00, pay- 

 able at the time the application for membership is made, and thereafter shall 

 become due and payable on January 1st of each year. Upon election the new 

 member shall be entitled to all publications of the Association for the calendar 

 year in which he is elected. 



