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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

CERTIFICATE OF RESOLUTION - CORPORATIONS ONLY

(For Use by Incorporated Handlers)

At a duly convened meeting of the Board of Directors of

held at on the day of in 20 ,

RESOLVED, That

shall become a party to the marketing agreement regulating the handling of tart cherries 

produced in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and 

Wisconsin, which was annexed to and made part of the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture, 

and it is 

further, RESOLVED that

(Name) (Title)

and be, and

(Name) (Title)

the same hereby are, authorized and directed severally or jointly to sign, execute, and deliver 

counterparts of the said agreement to the Secretary of Agriculture.

I, , Secretary of do hereby certify this 

is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted at the above named meeting as said resolution 

appears in the minutes thereof.

(Signature)

(Address of Firm)

(Corporate Seal; if none, so state)

(Date of Execution)

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