Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-14
THE FRUIT GROWERS.
ANOTHER MEETING HELD AT
GRANGERS' HALL YESTERDAY.
Laws of the California Fruit
Union Unanimously Adopted.

ties was held at Changers Hall, in this city,
yesterday, to complete the revision of the
bylaws of the California State Union as
it will be proposed to amend them at the
next meeting of the Union, to be held the
present month in San Francisco. DR.. w.
A. Hughson presided, and E. Greer was
chosen secretary.
Printed copies of the entire bylaws as
they would be modified to conform to the
amendments made at the last meeting,
were submitted by Senator Reuter- for the
committee appointed to make the revision.
Mr. Reuter- and R. D. Stephens explained
in detail the revision. The object of the
amendments have already been fully ex-
planned in the columns of the RECORD
| UNION in connection with the preceding
| meetings OF fruit-growers upon the subject
| The principal amendments were changes
in Section 10 of the original, for which
Section 9, below, is substitute, and per-
| hitting shippers TO become stockholders,
! as given in Section 5, subdivision .. Under
these changes the Manager and most of the
expenses of the corporation are to be dis
| posed OF, and much of the revision is to
| bring the remaining portion of the by
! laws into harmony with these changes
| At the meeting yesterday the number of
! shares which fruit shippers are to subscribe
| to become members was reduced from three
| hundred to fifty, with view to prevent any
| considerable voting strength upon stock in
the meetings of the Union from being in
the hands of the shippers, and to retain
| entire control of the organization by the
| fruit-growers.
| PPOpGSED pIrVrSrON IL uv-r
The bylaws, as revised and amended and
now completed, are as follows:
We the undersigned owners of the number
of shares of stock III the California Fruit Union
| set opposite our respective names bereunto
| attached which number of shares constitutes q
| majority of all the subscribed capital stock of
| the said California Fruit Union, do hereby
adopt and publish the following Bylaws for
the management and control of the California
| Fruit Union:
Section l. The powers and authorizes neces-
| sGry for the full management and care of the
| affairs of the corporation shall be vested in Il
| Board of Trustees, nine in number, who shall
| be elected by the stockholders annually on the
| third Wednesday in January Of each year. No
person shall be eligible for the Office of Trustee
who shall not hold, at the time of his election.
! flve 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
| lZe by the election of one of their number as
President and second es Vice-President for
| their term. They shall also elect a Treasurer
who may or may not be of their number and
may be corporation. They shall also elect a
| secretary, VINO may or may not be one of
| their number, who shall, in addition to his
4 duties as Secretary. be eX offcio General
Manager and hold office during the pleasure of
Inc Board, and perform such duties rs the
shall fix The Salaries Hss a PdfSet amount lhe 9
bonds OF the Secretary and Treasurer,
ana see to the proper filing of such
| bonds and their maintenance in unim-
| paired sufhciency of security. They NAV fix
their own times and places of meeting, for the
transaction of the business of the corporation
| and may adopt such rules and regulations for
| their government and for the management of
| the affairs of the corporation as they may deem
desirable, and not inconsistent with the Drovis-
| IONS OF these laws. Trustees shall receive no
compensation for their services to the c3rpora-
ton rs such, but shall be paid their actual tray
| 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 all meetings of the stockholders and of the
| board of Trustees; shall sign, with the Secre-
| tary, all certificates of stock notes deeds con
| tracts, leases, and generally exercise all other
authorities and perform all other duties CON
| neeted with the affairs of the corporation reGui-
site and appropriate to such Office He shall
receive such compensation as may be fixed by
the Board Of Trufee5 for his services TO the cor
porallon as President, and shall be allowed
| actual travelling expenses in attendance upon
any business appertaining to the affairs of the
\ corporation.
THE vICE-PIEsIDENT.
| Section g. The Vice-President shall. in the
| absence or other iDcapacity of the President
| perform his duties ard exercise his power
Deln9 SUBJECT 70 the same rules as to compensG-
! tIon ana expenses when acting as such Presi-
| dent
MEETINGS.
Section 4. Special meetings-The President.
| or in his absence the Vice-President shall cali
special meetings of the stockholders of the cor
poratlOn, or the Board of Trustees whenever in
his Judgment, the interests of the corporation
require or at any time on the written request of
the 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
corporation's principal business horse is sim
| ated; andin the case of the Board of Trustees
at least three days notice to each member al
the Board, personally or i'll writing addressed
TO his last known place of abode: provided
that when all the stockholders os the corpora
ton, ofsa the members of the Board of Trustees
sna1i be present at any meeting, however
consent thereto in the minutes t hciseef
business OF any nature may be transacted
tthereat, in like manner and with
oral fee Called e such on mee5ng mesa
OF the stockholders. to be held as before pro,
yided on the third Wednesday of each year. the
President shall submit report of the OPERATIONS
of the corporation for the year preceding, ae-
companied by detailed reports from the Secre-
tary and Treasurer.
STOCKS.
section 5. Subdivision l. The capital stock of
this corporation shall be evidenced by certif |
Gates duly signed by the President and Secre-
tary, consisting of two hundred and fifty thou
sanp lH5V;VOOl shares, sof the par value of one
dollar I'D per share; and certificates NAV be
issued prior to the full payment of the mar value
subject to the provisions of this BYLAW Each
subscriber must, upon the issuance of his oar |
tlhcate, 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. Noperson shall be admitted as |
st9ekholder in this corporation, either by orig
inal subscription or by purchase, transfer or
otherwise, nor shall any Certificate of stock he
issued to any person, unless such person IS the |
owner of either one % acre of orchard or one |
q acre of vineyard of shipping grapes or one
acre e; OF SINAI, fruits or vegetable suitable
state ofCaliforDia, for each share of stock which
he claims TO have issued or transferred TO him:
proi7ded that persons or firms engaged in
frut-shipping may become members Without
being growers of fruit, by subscribing for 80 |
shares OF stock each; and paying the regular |
assessments prescribed in these by-laWs for nay
ment by all other stockholders.
Subdivision 3. The Secretary NAV reouirc
from any person claiming the issuance of trans |
fer of a certificate of stock an affidavit show
ing tina! he is qualified to own the same under
the provisions of Subdivision hereof
Subdivision 4. When any person, to whom |
stock has been issued in accordance with the |
provisions of Subdivision hereof shall cease
10 possess the qualifications required by said |
subdivision, he shall ipso fdcto to the extent to
which he shall so have ceased to possess such |
qualifications, cease to be or TO have any right |
as stakeholder of this corporation, ercept that
he may transfer his stock to any person quali- |
he'd TO be admitted as a stockholder or NAV snr- |
render the same to the corporation, in accord |
ance with the provisions hereof: prorided. |
hotcertT, that the representative of the estate of
deceased insolyent or bankrupt stockholder
may exercise ownership of the stock of such /
deceased, insolvent or bankrupt stakeholder. so
long as his estate shall continue to own the l
orchard, vineyard or vegetable land necessary |
10 qualify the original owner to hold such stock:
GnG pror1ded, that persons or firms who are not
irultgroWers shall cease to be qualified or elipi-
bic to hold stock VIXEN they cease to be shippers
OF truit: and prorided further, that any stockhoId-
er OF this Union, upon delivering to its Secretary
all certificates of stock held by him. and stand
ing IN his name upon the books of the Union
ana forieiting all payments made upon said
stock, snail cease TO be a member and stock
holder OF the pnion, and in no sense shall he be
held responsible for any part of any debt or liza
biiitles contracted after he has so surrendered |
ms stock All stock surrendered under this sinh
division shall be at once cancelled hv tho sao,o