CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



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BY-LAWS OF CALIFORNIA AVOCADO ASSOCIATION 



Revised and adopted at Annual Meeting of California Avocado Associa- 

 tion. May 7, 192L 



Article I 

 Name 



The name of this Association shall be California Avocado Association. 



Article II 

 Purpose 



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

 and marketing of the avocado. 



Article III 



Membership and Dues 



Section 1 . Any persons interested in the purposes of this Association may, 

 upon application and payment of required dues, be elected to either active or 

 associate membership in accordance with their application by an affirmative vote 

 of two-thirds of the Directors present at a meeting of the Board of Directors. 



Section 2. The Secretary shall notify a member of his election and send 

 him a copy of the By-Laws of this Association. 



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, payable at 

 the time the application for membership is made, and thereafter shall become 

 due and payable on January 1 st 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. 



Section 3~b. Every active member in good standing, when present in per- 

 son or by proxy, shall have a vote upon all matters coming before the Associa- 

 tion in its meetings, is eligible to act as an officer of the Association, and shall, 

 subject to other rules and regulations, be allowed to market his fruit thru the 

 Association. Every associate member in good standing, when present in person 

 or by proxy, shall have a vote upon all matters coming before the Association 

 at its meetings, and shall be given the benefit of all literature and information 

 available to active members, but shall not be eligible to act as an officer in the 

 Association or be allowed to market any fruit thru the Association. 



Section 3-c. An associate member may become an active member at any 

 time by payment of the difference in membership fee, the difference to be calcu- 

 lated from January 1 st of the year in which the change is made. 



Section 4. No person shall be enrolled as a new member of this Associa- 

 tion until his dues have been paid as herein provided. 



