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CALIFORNIA CURED FRUIT ASSOCIATION. 



duly adopted by the Directors and entered upon their minutes. No 

 notice of the meetings of the Directors, as established by these by-laws 

 or as may be established by the resolution of the Directors, need be given. 



ARTICLE XIV. Qualification of Membership.— No person shall 

 be eligible to membership in this Association unless he shall have paid 

 the membership fee of five dollars, and is the owner, or tenant of the 

 owner, of an orchard which produces deciduous fruits or nuts, and as 

 such is the owner, or entitled to the possession of an interest in a growing 

 crop of deciduous fruits or nuts. All persons above the age of eighteen 

 (18) years, regardless of sex, and any and all co-partnerships, associa- 

 tions, and incorporations shall be eligible to membership if otherwise 

 qualified as herein provided. If at any time any person who is a mem- 

 ber in good standing shall cease to possess the qualifications necessary 

 to entitle him to become eligible as a member of this Association, the 

 Board of Directors, upon notification thereof, may, by resolution duly 

 adopted, declare such a member no longer a member of the Association, 

 and thereupon he shall cease to be a member; notification of such reso- 

 lution to be forthwith sent to such member by the Secretary of the 

 Association by notice thereof, inclosed in an envelope, postage prepaid, 

 and addressed to the member's last known residence or place of busi- 

 ness, and deposited in the postoffice at San Jose. The Board of 

 Directors shall have power from time to time, upon application and 

 petition of any such member who shall by resolution have been declared 

 to be, no longer a member of this Association, 'to rescind, change, or 

 modify any such resolution, and reinstate such member. 



ARTICLE XV. Appraisal of Interest in Membership.— Upon a 



resolution being duly passed by the Board of Directors hereof, cancel- 

 ing any membership as hereinbefore provided, any member so expelled, 

 and whose certificate shall have been canceled, shall have the right to 

 have the Board of Directors appraise his interest in the Association in 

 either money, property, or labor, as the Directors shall deem best, and 

 to have the money, property, or labor so awarded him paid, or delivered, 

 or performed, within forty (40) days after expulsion; and the Board of 

 Directors shall, upon application therefor, appraise the expelled mem- 

 ber's interest as hereinbefore provided, and shall thereupon pay or deliver 

 to the expelled -member the money, property, or labor so awarded to him. 



ARTICLE XVI. Bonds.— Bonds shall be required by the Board of 

 Directors of this Association of the Treasurer, and all other officers and 

 employes of this Association, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, 

 in such an amount and containing such provisions as may be deemed 

 best by the Board of Directors. All bonds shall be executed by the 



