Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-10-22


arowers within the territory next ada
cent TO the headquarters or thls AssVVl'
ton, may become member OF THIS as
ISOLATION but this Association VIII hO'
at any time receive into its memoer'
shin members of any kindred associa'
lions whose fruit or produce lands are
located nearer to such other kindred
association than they are to THIS asso'
citation, without the consent OF the as
ISOLATION next adjacent to where Salo
holdings are located. ..
ART. 6. Nothing in these Articles
shall be construed as TO interfere WIFI
the bona fide sale of real estate the
transfer of property, together win tne
fruit or other produce growing thereou,
at the time of such sale that IS 10 say
That if any person who has signed hls
name for any particular year for plac-
ING the crops then growing or. his OF
her land of the hands Of the Associa'
tion. shall sell or dispose Of his land In
good faith then and in that event the
said seller and purchaser are released
If thew 80 desire, from the obligations
of having fruit or produce grown upon
the land so sold marketed or handed
under the authority ofthis Association
ART. I. That the place where the
principal business of said association Is
to be transacted is White City Railroad
Siding, ST. Lucie county, state OF
Florida. And the annual meetings
of the members of this Association snail
conyence at said place on the first Tues
day in May of each and every year, at
which time and place its Directors shall
be elected and indicted into office.
ART. 8. That each and every men,
Der of this Association shall place the
packing and handling of all citrus fruit
and such other produce as may be nan
died by this Association, and grown or
controlled by him, her or them, into
this Association, and that this Assocla,,
ton shall charge for the packing and
handling of such fruit and produce
such reasonable compensation as the
Board of Directors of this Association
shall fix and determine. But, any men,
Der of this Association shall have the
right TO withdraw his fruit and produce
for any one year from said Association
without penalty by giving in writing to
said Association notice within the ten
days next before the annual meeting OF
this Association that he desires to
draw his fruit or other produce from
the same: but 10 that event, said men,
Der so giving said notice ceases to be a
of said association and all
rights and privileges in said association
belonging to said member shall there
upon cease and determine; Provided,
however, and it is hereby agreed and
fully understood by all persons joining
this association, that any member OF the
same Withdrawing from this associa'
ion by disposing Of his fruit or produce
through any other source than through
his association, or withholding the
,ame from this association, and without
giving the notice as heretofore pro-
pided, shall forfeit to this association
IS and for liquidated damages to this
for such withdrawal the
sum of fifty cents per box for all citrus
iruit or other produce produced by him
Turing the year of said withdrawal and
20 Withdrawn by him. 1t is further
hereby understood and agreed that 10
Ease any member of this association
who has withdrawn his fruitor produce
from this association, as above de.
scribed, afterwards wishes to return
and reioin this association and exercise
The rights of member that he may do
so by and with the consent only OF
majority of the Board of Directors OF
this Association and upon his paying to
this Association all penalties that have
been assessed against him and not pre-.
viously paid,
ART. 8. That the term for which
this Association shall exist is fifty (50)
years from and after date of its incor-
poration.
ART. 10. That the officers of said
Association who shall transact is bust
ness, shall he board of Directors,
President and a Vice-President, and
said President and Vice-President, res.
pectively, of said Board of Directors,
and each of them shall, at the time oil
filling said office, be member OF this
Association, and director in the same.
And this Association shall also have
a Secretary and Treasurer, bjth OF
which Offices may be filled by one and
the same person. And the number OF
Directors of this Association shall be
three, but the said Association, with
out amendment of its charter, may, at
any time, by two-thirds vote of its
Directors, increase its directory, as
and may at any time, after so ipcreas.
ing the same, and by similar vote Of
its directors, decrease its directory, as
said Directors shall see fit. But at no
ime shall the number of said Directors
be increased to number greater than
nine; and at no time, shall the number
Of said Directors be decreased to LEES
number, than the original number OF
directors nersin specified. That the
names and residences of the growers
who are hereby appointed by the incor.
por ators Of this Association, and who