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appeal to the Board of Directors.
whose decision shall be final.
II. The Board of Directors,
with the President as Chairman,
and the General Agent as Secretary
shall constitute the Legislative
body of this Association. They
NAV make such bylaws, rules and
regulations, as they find necessary
for the good of the Association.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
II Each member shall have
one vote, and those having rs much
a. $4,000 insurance shall have two
votes, and an additional vote for
each additional thousand dollars
insured.
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-
bcr of votes to which each is cn.
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 a
quorum.
TERM OF OFFICER.
II. The President, General
Agent, Treasurer, and Directors
shall be elected by majority vote
of the members in conven<io an d
shall continue in Office for q eriod
of one year.
.19. Should the Office of Presi-
dent become vacant, the, General
Agent shall call meeting Of the
Directors, who shall elect bis sue
cessor. Should he office of Treas
urer become vacant, the President
shall appoint his successor.
Should the office of Director be-
come vacant, the General Agent
may appoint a substitute until IN j
the next general election, which
shall invariably occur annually.
19. The President or any Off GERS
of this Association may be removed
by a majority vote of the members.
PROPERTY INSURED.
20. No property should be tax.
en- for more than three.fourths OF
its full value. No steam mill shall
be insured in this Association. If
gin house or other buildings be
taken into this Association in
which at intervals machinery is
operated by steam, the insurance on
snch building, or buildings adjacent
and endangered thereby shall be
removed, 50 long as it is so opcrat:
ed; but such danger being removed
from such building, the policy shall
again become intact.
21. No dwelling house sha!! be
taken in this Association less than
25O feet from the property of an
neighbor, and no building shall be
insured for a larger amount than
one thousand dollars, nor less than
twenty-five dollars.
%. No building shall be taken
into this Association within the
limits of any town or city, unless
said building be at least 100 feet
from the property of a neighbor:
provided, I'm all cities the General
Agent shall exercise his best judg.
'ment, always looking to the best
interests of the Association; and
when so advised by the local Direc'
tor, he may take in any property
less than 100 feet which he thinks
is safe from fire by the burning Of
adjoining buildings. Neither gins
nor warehouse containing insured
cotton shall be taken into this
Association. ..,....
%. The General Agent may
take into this Association dwell,
ings, household goods, barns and
out.buildings. In no case shall
household goods be insured, except
within, buildings insured in this
Association.
"a. Should any member desire
to take out insurance on cotton OF
any goods stored in buildings insur.
ed in this Association, said goods
being such as this Association does
not insure, then shall said member
| at once notify the General Agent
or Director, who shall suspend both
the insurance and liability to assess
ment for the same on such building,
until said policy expires, when the
building shall again be reekoned in
the Association as before, without
additional charge to the owner, if
desired.
| 25. Any member may withdraw
his or her property, or any portion
of it, from this Association by pay
ing all assessments against the
same, and giving the General Agent
or President thirty days notice OF
his intention prior to time of with
drawal, and the surrender of the
policy for cancellation. Likewise,
the Association may, through tie
Board of Directors, OF in accof-
dants with the requirements of its
nolicv. remove any property they