Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-06
CALIFORNIA FRUIT UNION.
THE BYLAWS AND REGULATIONS
OF THE ASSOCIATION,
nual Meeting Of the Stockhold-
ers held January 20, 1886.

The publication of the bylaws and regu-
lations of the California Fruit Union as
amended, and finally adopted at the first
annual meeting of the Association, held al
San Francisco January 20, and 81, 1886, is
of interest to all members and also to fruit.
growers in general. They are therefore
given below in full.
BYLAWS OF THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT UNION
We, the undersigned, owners of the number
of shares of stock in the California Fruit Union
set opposite our respective names, hereunto
attached, which number of shares constitutes a
majority OF all the subscribed capital stock OF
the said California Fruit Union, do hereby
adopt and publish the following Bylaws fol
the management and control of the California
Fruit Union:
TRUSTEES.
Section /. The powers and authorities peces
sary for the full management and care of the
affairs of the corporation shall be vested in a
Board OF Trustees, nine in number, who shall
be elected by the stockholders annually, on the
third Wednesday in January of each year Nc
person shall be eligible for the office of Trustee
who shall not hold, at the time of his election
five shares of the stock of the company. And
the office of any Trustee shall become vacant
whenever he shall cease to hold said minimum
quantity of stock, associated with equivalent
producing acreage. At the first meeting after
their election, which must be held within ten
days thereof, the Board of Trustees shall organ.
ize by the election of one of their number as
President and second as Nice-Presdcnt for
their term. They shah also eject a Treasurer
who may or may not be of their number, and
may be a corporation; and Secretary who
need not necessarily be stakeholder. They
shall also appoint a General Manager, who may
or may not be one of their number. to hold
Office during the pleasure of the Board, and to
perform such duties as the Board may, by vote
prescribe. They shall fix the salaries and amount
of bonds of the President, Vice-President,
secretary, Treasurer and General Manager
and see TO the proper filing of such
bonds and their maintenance in unim-
paired suficiency of security. They may fix
their own times and places of meeting for the
transaction of the business of the corporation,
their government and for the management OF
the affairs OF the corporation as they may deem
desirable, and not inconsistent with the provis-
ions OF these laws: Trustees shall receive no
compensation for their services to the CORPORA
ton as such, but shall be paid their actual trav.
cling expenses in attendance upon any meeting
OF the Board of Trustees
THE PRESIDENT
Section ,. The President shall be the execu-
tive officer of the corporation. and shall preside
at az meetings OF the stockholders and of the
Board of Trustees; shall sign, with the Secre-
tary, all certificates of stock, deeds, con
tracts, leases, and generally exercise all other
authorities and perform all other duties con-
site and appropriate to such Office He shall
receive such compensation as may be fixed by
the Board of Trustees for his services to the cor
poratlon as President and shall be allowed
actual travelling expenses in attendance upon
any business appertainiug to the affairs OF the
corporation.
THE yIcE-PREsIDENT.
Section 3. The Vice-President shall, in the
absence or other incapacity of the President
perform his dnties and exercise his power
being subject TO the same rules as to compensa-
ton and expenses when acting as such Presi-
dent.
MEETINGS.
Section 4. Special meetings-The President.
or i'll his absence the Nice-P President shall call
special meetings of the stockholders of the cor
poration, or the Board of Trustees whenever in
his judgment, the interests of the corporation
require. or at any time on the written request of
ten stockholders of the corporation causing in
the case of the stockholders, two weeks notice
of the meeting and its objects to be published in
some newspaper in the county in which the
corporations principal business Office is stu
ated and III the case of the Board OF Trustees
at least three days notice to each member of
the Board, personally or in writing addressed
10 his last known place of abode: provided,
that when all the stockholders oT the corpora
ton, or all the members of the Board of Trustees
shall be present at any meeting however
convened, and shall SIGN written
consent thereto in the minutes thereof,
business of any nature may be transacted
like effect, as if such meeting were
formally called. At each annual meeting
OF the stockholders. TO be held as before pro-
Hided on the third Wednesday of each year the
President shall submit report of the operations
OF the corporation for the year preceding, ac
mpanied by detailed reports from the General
Manager Secretary and Treasurer.
STOCKS.
Section s. Subdivision l. The capital stock of
this corporation shall be evidenced by certif-
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tary, consisting of two hundred and fifty thou
sanb {250000) shares, of the par value of one
dollar (Sll per share; and certificates may be
issued prior 10 the full payment of the par value
subject to the provisions of this bylaw. Each
subscriber must, upon the issuance of his GER
tifcate, pay to the Secretary % per cent of the
par value, and thereafter on the call of the
Board OF Trustees, must pay % per cent. of such
par value until the whole is fully paid.
Subdivision 2. No person shall be admitted as
a stockholder in this corporation, either by orig
inal subscription or by purchase transfer or
otherwise, nor shall any certificate of stock be
issued 10 any person. unless such person is the
owner of either one ~ acre of orchard, or one
~ acre of vineyard OF shipping grapes. or one
o. acre Of small fruits or vegetable, suitable
for shipping beyond the limits of the
State ofCaliforuia, for each share of stock which
he claims TO have issued or transferred to him
Subdivision s. The Secretary may require
from any person claiming the issuance of trans
fer of Il certificate of stock an affidavit show
the provisions of Subdivision hereof
Subdivision /. When any person, TO whom
stock has been issued in accordance with the
provisions of Subdivision hereof, shall cease
to possess the qualifications required by said
he shall jps1 fdcto TO the extent to
which he shall so have ceased 10 possess such
qualifications, cease to be or TO have any right
as stockholder of this corporation ereept that
he may transfer his stock to any person quail
fed to be admitted as stakeholder, or may sur
render the same TO the corporation, in accord
ance with the provisions hereof prOuided
ho1ccrer that the representative of the estate of
a deceased, insolvent or bankrupt stakeholder
may exercise ownership of the stock of such
deceased, insolvent or bankrupt stockholder, so
long as his estate shall continue to own the
orchard, vineyard or vegetable land necessary
to qualify the original owner to hold such stock.
Subdivision ). When any stakeholder shall
cease to be qualified as such, he may deliver up
TO the Secretary his certificate of stock, which
shall thereupon be caucele1, and ne shall be
repaid by the corporation the amount he shall
have paid thereon.
Subdivision 6. This bylaw shall be printed
in full on the back of each certificate.
GENERAL MANAGER.
Section 6. The General Manager shall by
authorization OF the Board OF Trustees, take
general supervision of the business of the cor
poratiOn, in preparing for the forwarding to
markets of sale and the selling in such markets
all the fruit and fruit products and other prod
uee under the control of the corporation. He
shall, by and with the assistance of the Secre-
tary, district the whole State into produce dis
tricts, grouped territorially with reference to
the natural common shipping point shall cause
to be prepared reliable returns of the number
and variety of trees and vines in each said dis
trict, their estimated yield each shipping sea-
ser, to the end that an approximately reliable
calculation may be made in advance of each
seasons shipping operations of the quantity
and varieties for which markets must be found
He shall collect, digest and tabulate all this in
formation. so that it may be seasonably and
periodically placed before the Trustees of this
corporation. In all arrangements for shipping
and marketing, he shall be clothed with sue b
powers and authority, by the Board of Trustees,
as shall be best calculated to make his disposi-
lions effective and result beneficially to the in
terests of the stockholders of this corporation.
SECRETARY
Section Z. The Secretary shall be the Gus
todian of the records of the corporation. He
shall keep full minutes of the proceedings at
all meetings of the stockholders and of the
Board of Trustees. He shall, jointly with the
President, sign all certificates of stock, always
strictly in accordance with Section hereof. reg
ulating stock issue and transfers, keeping
proper books of record thereof: shall make
in due form, in accordance also with Section
hereof, all transfers of stock, whenever
required, carefully csneelling all retired