114 BULLETIN 110 6, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
In another case 76 it was said : 
The San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board is a voluntary association. 
The members had a right to associate themselves upon such terms as they saw 
fit to prescribe, so long as there was nothing immoral or contrary to public 
policy or in contravention of the law of the land in the terms and conditions 
adopted. No man was under any obligation to become a member unless he saw 
fit to do so, and when he did and subscribed to the constitution and by-laws, 
thereby accepting and assenting to the conditions prescribed, he acquired just 
such rights, with such limitations and no others, as the articles of association 
provided for. 
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS IN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS 
It has been previously stated that an unincorporated association 
may prescribe the qualifications of members. It can not be com- 
pelled to admit as members persons whom it chooses to exclude. 77 
In other words, the whole matter of the admission of members rests 
with the association. This is well illustrated in the case of farmers' 
telephone lines. The question of whether membership can be sold 
with the farm in such instances has arisen. It is held that an asso- 
ciation has the right to control its membership, and a purchaser of 
a farm merely by virtue of his warranty deed does not become a 
member of such telephone company. 78 
MEMBERSHIP NONTRANSFERABLE 
Membership in an unincorporated association is not transferable 
unless the constitution or by-laws provide that it shall be. 79 The 
interest of a member in such an association is not devisable or trans- 
missible, and his estate receives nothing therefrom on his death 80 
in the absence of a contractual or statutory provision to the contrary. 
CONTROL OF AN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION 
In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, within the scope 
of the objects for which an association was formed, whether such 
objects are mentioned in the constitution or other paper defining the 
objects of the association or necessarily implied therefrom, a ma- 
jority of the members possess authority to control the action of the 
association. 81 The majority controls only while it is doing those 
things for which the association was organized. If it is desired to 
have the association do something different from that for which it 
was formed, unanimous consent is necessary. 82 
NOTICE OF MEETINGS 
If the constitution or by-laws provide how members shall be noti- 
fied of meetings, they must be followed. 83 In general, all members 
are entitled to notice of all meetings and of the matters to be con- 
sidered at such meetings. If matters of an unusual character are 
78 Hyde v. Wood, 94 U. S. 523. 
77 Richardson v. Francestown Union Cong. Soc. 58 N. H. 187. 
78 Cantril Telephone Co. v. Fisher. 157 Iowa 203, 138 N. W. 436. 
79 Moore v. Hillsdale County Telephone Co., 171 Mich. 388, 137 N. W. 241 ; McMahon v. 
Rauhr, 47 N. Y. 67. 
i0 Sommers v. Reynolds, 103 Mich. 307, 61 N. W. 501 ; Mason v. Atlanta Fire Co., 70 
Ga. 604, 48 Am. Rep. 585. 
a 4 Cyc. 310; Goller v. Stubenhaus, 134 N. Y. S. 1043. 
82 Abels v. McKeen, 18 N. J. Eq. 462. 
83 Kuhl v. Meyer, 42 Mo. App. 474. 
