The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1907-04-17
THE BITTER ROOT FRUIT
GROWERS MEAN
BUSINESS
Al Are Joining the Association-=A
Business Manager to be En-
pIoyed=-Band Together to
Secure Mutual Benefits.

laws, which are sinilar to those of the
Hood River, Oregon, association have
been adopted by the Bitter Root Fruit
Growers Association.
Article 1.-The name, place of busi-
ness, capital stock and purposes of this
corporation are set forth in the articles
of incorporation, which are referred to
as part of these bylaws.
Article 1.-THE membership of this
corporation shall be confined to actual
growers of fruit in the Bitter Root
valley and vicinity.
! Article III.-The DO ard of directors
shall consist of five (5) members, who
shall hold Office for one year. They
shall be elected annually ana shall serve
qualified They shall, within ten days
after their election, elect from their
number president ard vice president.
They shall also choose secretary and
a treasurer, who shall be required to
give bonds with security in such sums
as the board of directors may deem
ample. The annual meeting shall be
held on the second Wednesday in April
of each year.
Article lV.-The dire rtors shall have
power to levy and collect scssments
on the capital stock, not to exceed fifty
per centum OF the STOCK subscribed at
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sixty days; the Same to become delin-
quent in thirty dn,s froll date of notice
of such assessment in the local news
paper. The directors shall sell shares
of stock to actual fruit growers only.
Article V-The directors shall employ
such agents or other employees as are
necessary TO do the business of the cor
poralion, and shah fix their remunera-
ton, provided that the board of direc-
tors shalt receive no salary for acting
as directors They shall have account
sales rendered to the members of the
association as received by them or their
agent, giving Il statement by whom sold,
gross sal, $, commission freight or ex-
press and amount due members of the
association; also giving condition of
fruit, if there be any complaint.
Article VI The directors may refuse
to receive for shipment, under the brand
of the association, any package of fruit
not considered prime from any cause.
They shall refuse to receive for ship
ment fruit from any person not holding
stock.
Article VII.--This organization,
through its board of directors, shall have
the exclusive and unqualified power to
market all fruit grown by any of it's
members. A contract between each
member and the board will be required.
Article VllI.-The duties of the
secretary shall be to keep "a record of
the proceedings of the meetings of the
stockholders aud directors. He shall
keep the corporate seal of the associa-
y and shall be custodian of all deeds,
a. .icles of agreement and other valuable
instruments of writing belonging to the
association. He shall keep all books of
affix the seal of the board of directors
and stockholders, and shall keep. or
cause to be kept, all books of account
necessary to the transaction of the gen.
eral business of the association. The
manager of the association shall be
placed on fiat salary.
Article IX.-The board of directors
shall provide the necessary means for
carrying out the purposes for which the
association is formed by reasonable
charges and commissions for the service
rendered by the association to its mem-
bers and customers.
Article X.-rhe duties of the treasurer
shall be to receive all moneys due or
paid to the association and deposit the
same as the directors may instruct; to
pay out said funds upon the written
order or check of the president, vice.
president or general manager, when
countersigned by the secretary.
Article XI.-An notes or other evil
: dence of indebtedness of the association
shall be signed by the president and
. countersigned by the secretary of the
l board of directors.
Article XII.-The president shall in.
struct the secretary to call meeting of
the stockholders whenever in his judg-
ment the necessities of the association
require 1t, or when requested so to do