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produce through any other source than through
ihis association, or Withholding the same from
s y. ASSOCIATION, and without giving the notice,
as hereinbetore provided, shall forfeit 10 this
association, as and for iiquidated damages, 70
this association, for such withdrawal the sum
OK nifty cents per box, for all citrus fruit or
oIner produce, produced by him during the
year OF said withdrawal and SO Withdrawn by
him. 1t is further hereby understood and
agreed that In case any member Of this asso.
ciation who has Withdrawn his fruit or produce
from this association, as above described, after.
wards wishes to return and rejoin this associa.
ZION and exercise the rights of member,
tnat ne 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 previously paid.
ARTICLE 0. That the term for which this
association shall exist Is fifty years from and
after the date of its incorporation.
ARTICLE 10. That the officers Of said asso.
citation who shall transact It's business, shall
pe Board OF Directors, President and a
yice:P President, and said President and Vice.
President, shall also be the President and Vice.
President, respectively, of said Board of Di.
reetors, and each of them shall, at the time Of
Milling said ofhce, be a member Of this associa.
ton, and director In the same. And this as.
ISOLATION shall also have Secretary and Treas.
urer, both 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, without amendment Of its
charter, may, at any time by two.thirds vote
OF its directors, increase its directory, and may
at any time after 50 increasing the same, and
by a similar vote Of its directors, decrease its
directory, as said directors shall see fit. But
at no time 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 a less number, than the or.
ginal number of directors herein specified.
That the names and residences of the growers
who are hereby appointed by the incorporators
of this association, and who shall act as di.
rectors to said association for the first year
of its existence, and until its other directors
are legally elected and qualified; are
Names. Residences.
A. Lamont. White City. Florida.
p. E. Robinson, White City, Florida.
S. Sorensen, White City, Florida.
Article II. That the directors of this asso.
citation shall have the right and power to
charge and collect from its members, and 9th,
err fruit, vegetable, and produce growers,l rep.
resented or served by this association, such
compensation and remuneration, to be paid to
said association, as said directors may FIX and
charge for its services TO him, her, or them, in
the picking, packing, handling, marketing, ship
ping, and selling of any and all of the produce,
and material, which this association is herein
authorized to handle and market
ARTICLE l2. II is hereby mutually agreed and
fully understood, by and between all the per
sons becoming members of this association,
and Furthermore, fully understood and agreed
by all persons who may hereafter become mem
bers of this association, that one Of the pur
poses and objects of this association is to bring
about and carry into effect, a system OF mutual
cooperation between the citrus and other pro
duce growers OF the State of Florida, in the
picking packing, handling, shipping, and mar
keting, of all citrus fruit, and other produce
owned and controlled by the members of this
and kindred associations in the State OF Flor
| ida and to that end that this association !:
created and organized in connection with anc
under the Florida Citrus Exchange, and will
at all times cooperate with and through sale
| Florida Citrus Exchange, as a part OF the sys
TEN of exchanges which go TO make up, con
troll, and operate said Florida Citrus Exchange
| whose headquarters are now located III the city
of Tampa and State Of Florida. And that al
citrus fruit, and other produce placed in thu
hands of this association, shall be marketed
exclusively through said Florida Citrus Elk
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residence of the subscribing members and in
4, corporators to these Articles on incorporation
and Association, are as follows
Names Residences.
| A lamont White City. Florida
| p n Robinson. White City, Florida
s screnSen' white City. Florida
And each of said members of this proposed
association, and incorporators who. has sub
| Scf1DeQ MS name ncIcluB udo Paiu INV h.''
| treasury Of this corporation, now being created
the sum of one dollar, for membership there
Of which will entite each of them, upon thu
issuance of letters patent TO this ASSOCIATION, Z
| a membership in the same, and certhcate o
such membership, upon, however, such persoi
signing the bylaws of said association includ
ing the contract for his or her fruit to sai'
| ASSOCIATION. as provided in said bylaws.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of SAT-
incorporators and members of this proposed
| association, has hereunto subscribed his nam
| and affixed his seal TO these Articles of lncor
poraton and Association.
Names. Residences
A. Lamont, [seall White City. Florida
+ s 3 ESenn'0"' Seal White City. FiOrida
STATE OF FLORIDA,
County Of st. Lucie.
Before the undersigned authority, personall
appeared A, Lamont. P, y, Robinson ana 5 scr
ensen, who being by me duly sworn, did. each 70
| himself, depose say and acknowledge, that
subscribed his name to the above proposed Char
| ter of the White City Citrus and Pineapple Grow
| ers' Association, and affixed his seal to the SAME
| for the uses and purposes mentioned in said Char
Ter. and in order to validate and acknowledge tn
same. a. Lamoh.,
p. Z. Robinson,
S. Sorensen.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this, the BOT
day of September. 1909. WIN. ]. FEE,
lSeal] Notary Fuoic'
NV commission expires 18th day of June, 1910.
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