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one Director for each Township
whereinSthere are members of this
Association.s
]. 10. It shall be the duty of the
President to preside over the meet
ings of the Association, and the
Board Of f"Directors, to sign all poll
cies, order Ml assessments through
the Treasurer,&order the payment
of all claims and losses after they
had been adjusted by the Director
and the General Agent, and, TO-
paether with the General Agent, he
may compromise or arbitrate dis
:puted claims# When litigation is
Ennav voidable, then he, together with
the GenersI Agent shall conduct
the suit for the Association. He
may also, in cases Of emergency,
perform thesduties of the General
Agent, provided said General
Agent is unable to discharge the
same. :.S III fs:2n
DUTIES OF GENERAL AGENT
1t shall be the duty of the Gen.
eral Agent to-:
1. Value all property, assisted
by Ditector, entering the Assocla
tion, and to sign all the policies
with the President and the insur-
ed.
II. He, or the proper Director,
shall adjust all claims against and
losses of the Association, and re-
port same 10 President:
III. He shall keep record of
all annual meetings of the Associa-
tion and all business meetings of
the Directors
". He shall notify any men,
ber whose policy may be lin any
way changed.
V. In cases of emergency, he
shall perform the duties OF the
President, provided the President
be unable to attend 10 same.
vi. He shall call q meeting of
the Board Of Directors when de-
manded by three OF more members
thereof ,
VII, He shall cause bylaws,
circulars, and policies to be. print
ed, and such advertising matter as
he may deem necessary, ,andito pay
for the same upon the order Of the,
President. 81 "
DUTIES OF TREASURER. ~
II. It shall be the. duty of the
Treasurer to estimate the loss on.
all property insured, and apportiony
the same to each mem Der who shall
have notice bys mail. He shsI
receive, receipt, and hold, subject
to order of TIE Preside dent; allIa
moneys accruing from such assess
mcnt, and submit report of same
to President. He shall also give sa3
bond sufficient to cover any assess-
mcnt that may occnf.
DUTY OF DIREcToRsaIs,!ss! Il
12. 1t shall be eiths duty of each
Direc tor to assist the Geheral1
Agent in valuing allprops cent ers|
ing the Association, and dnsting
ali losses in their respectiye town
ships. The Director may reduce
the value of any properly VIII hS She1
thinks is valued TOO high and
give the General agent nc 0ties ofI
same, who shall reduce the samesl
on his books; but the insured may
appeal to the Board Of p Dirse etpfs,
whose decision shall be { s M.
13. The Board of y piree egprs,
with the Preside shairsn anSI
and the General snts sa Seer
shall &constisute the Ilegis slativS1
BODY Of this Assoc citation Thsyff
may make;suchs laws, rules ansfII
regulations, as they find necessa
for the good of;the Associatio 81
REPRESENTATIVES. ssss3
II Each member shall haVeI
one vote, and those having as much |
as $4,000 insurance shall have two
votes, and an additional vote for
each additional thousand dollars
insured. b.. i..l -. it$
Is. The Directors shall each
have as many votes as there are
thousands OF dollars insurance in
his township. The Agent shall
determine from his books the num-
ber of votes to which each is en-.
titled.
16. When the General Agent
shall have sent written notice to
each Director, stating the time and
place of meeting, then, if there be
Directors present representing fifty
votes, they shall constitute Il
quorum.
e.. TERM OF OFFICER.
II. The President, General
agent, Treasurer, and Directors