Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-01-21

Ann ! That any person OF PEI 80
10 a. ~ are bona iide fruit or proouGc
~tlU 90 or who is, or are bona nae
s',,osontatives of fruit or produce
.P,cors ,rithip the territory next aqua
sso". ,bs headquarters OF this Assocl-
. .i " nov become member OF THIS AS
elou, I'm INIT this Association VIII not
so0a o,,. time receive into its MEMBER
a. az "I Gamblers OF any kindred assocla'
IONS whose fruit or produce lands are
iooayed nearer TO such other kindred
nSsociation than they are to this assoc
citation, without the consent Oh tne as
sociatiou next adjacent to where saiu
holdings are located. .,o.
ART. 8. Nothing in these Artlcies
shall be construed as TO interfere WIN
the bona fide sale of real estate the
transfer of property, together with the
f,rit or other produce growing thereon,
Az the time of such sale that is to say
THAT il any person who has signed MS
name for any particular year for plac-
inc the crops then growing on MS OF
her land off the hands OF the Associa
tion, shall sell or dispose OF his lana 10
good faith; then and in that event tue
said seller and purchaser are released
If they so desire, from the oongatlons
of having fruit or produce grown upon
the land so sold marketed or handled
under the authority ofthis Association
ART. 7. That the place where the
nrinciple business of said Association Is
Walton. County Of ST.. Lucie, State
of Florida And the annual meetings
~ the members of this Association shall
conyence at said place on the tirst Tues
day in May of each and every year, al
which time and place its Directors shall
he elected and indicted into office.
ART. 8. That each and every mem
Der OF this Association shall place the
packing and handling OF all citrus irult
and such other produce as may DE nan
died by this Association, and grown or
controlled by him, her or them, into
this Association, and that this Associa.
tion shall charge for the packing and
handling of such fruit and produce
such reasonable pehsation 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 10
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 ia that event, said men,
Der 10 giving said notice ceases to be a
member Of said association and all
rights and privileges 10 said association
belonging TO said member shall there
upon cease and determine; Provided,
| however, and 1t is hereby agreed and
fully understood by all persons joining
this association, that any member OF the
same withdrawing from this associa'
ton by disposing ot his fruit or produce
through any other source than through
this association, or Withholding the
same from this association, and without
giving the notice as heretofore pro-
vided, shall forfeit to this association
as and tor liquidated damages to this
association Tor such withdrawal the
sum of fifty cents per box for all citrus
fruit or other produce produced by him
during the year of said withdrawal anG
so Withdrawn by him. 1t is further
hereby understood and agreed that 10
case any member of this association
who has withdrawn his frutor 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 dc
so by and with the consent only of a
majority of the Board of Directors oi
this Association and upon his paying u
this Association all penalties that have
been assessed against him and not pre-.
viously paid.
ART 9. That the term for which
this Association shall exist is fifty (50
years from and after date of it's incor'
poration
ART. 10. That the officers of sale
Association who shall transact is bust.
ness, shall be board of Directors, d
President and a Vice-President, anc
said President and Vice-President, res
pectively, of said Board of Directors
and each of them shall, at the time OF
filling said Office. be member OF this
Association, and director in the same
And this Association shall also have
Secretary and Treasurer, b til o.
| WhiSu OLuCCo uudg 10 nllCu ny Ou6 duN
the same person. And the number d
Directors of this Ass ,iation shall bt
three, but the said Association, with
out amendment of its charter, may, al
any time, by a two-thirds vote of it:
Directors, increase its directory, a,
and may at any time, after so increas
ing the same, and by a similar vote .
its Directors, decrease its directory, a,
said Directors shall see fit. But at u,
time shall the number of said Directors
be increased TO number greater thai
uine; aud at no time, shall the number
of said Directors be decreased to a les.
number, than the original number o
directors herein specified. That tn,
names aud residences of the growers
} who are hereby appoiated by the incor
porators of this Association, and whc
: shall act as directors to said Association
5 Tor the first years of It's cxistense, ant
! until its Other directors are leOall,