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

assOCldllOls as ana lot uQuQated damages, &c
this association ,,for such withdrawal, the SUN
OF fifty cents per box, for all citrus fruit OF
| other produce, produced by him during the
year of said withdrawal and so withdrawn by
MN L is further hereby understood and
| agreed that in case any member of this asso.
citation who has withdrawn his fruit or produce
| from this association, as above described after.
wards wishes 10 return and rejoin this associa.
ton and exercise the rights Of a 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 paving 10
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 its business, shall
be Board of Directors, a President and a
Vice: President, and said President and Vice.
President, shall also be the President and Vice.
President, respectively, of said Board of Di.
rectors, and each OF them shall at the time Of
filling said office, be a member Of this associa.
tion, 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 a two.thirds vote
of its directors, increase It's directory, and may
at any time, after 50 increasing the. same, and
by similar vote Of its directors, decrease its
directory, as said directors shall see ht 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 10 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 incorporates
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
Geo. +. Coon, Jensen. Florida,
II. u, Phillips Eden, Florida,
5. ca Stewart, Jensen, Florida,
AR7IcIE IL. That the directors Of this asso.
citation shall have the right and power 70
charge and collect from It's members,' and 9th.
er fruit, eyegetable and produce growers, rep
resented or served by this association such
compensation and remnperation 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 12 It's 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, 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 is
under the Florida Citrus Exchange, and will
at all times cooperate with and through said
Florida Citrus Exchange, as a part. of the sys
tenn of exchanges which go to make up, con
troll, and operate said Florida Citrus Exchange
whose headquarters are now located in the city
of Tampa, and State of Florida. And that all
citrus fruit, and other produce placed in the
hands of this association, shall be marketed
exclusively through said Florida Citrus Elk
change.
ARTICLE 1s. That the names and places OF
residence of the subscribing members and in
corporators to these Articles on Incorporation
and Association. are as follows:
Names. Residences.
Geo. E. Coon, Jensen, Florida
H, L. Phillips, Edep. Florida,
S. G. Stewart, Jensen, Florida
And each of said members of this proposed
association, and ineorporators who has sub
scribed his name hereto, has paid into the
treasury Of this corporation, now being created,
the sum Of one dollar, for membership there
of, which will entitle each Of them, upon the
issuance of letters patent to this association, tc
q membership in the same, and certificate Of
such membership, upon, however, such person
signing the bylaws Of said association includ
ing the contract for his or her fruit to said
association, as provided in said bylaws.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of said
incorporators and members OF this proposed
association, has hereunto subscribed his nam'
and affixed his seal to these Articles of lneor
poration and Association.
Names. Residences.
Geo. E. Coon. (Seal) Jensen, Florida, |
H. L. Phillips, Seal Eden, Florida,
s. G. Stewart. (Seal) Jensen, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA.
County Of st. Lucie.
Before the undersigned authority personally |
appeared Geo. E. Coon. H. l.. Fhillsps and s |
G. Stewart, who being by me duly sworn, did |
each for himself, depose, say and acknowledge |
chat he subscribed his name to the above pro |
posed Charter of the Jensen Pineapple and Citrus |
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 the
the same. Geo. r. Coon, |
H. l. Phillips, |
u M IS. G. Stewart
sworn 10 and subscribed before me this the 22nd |
day of November, 1909. THoMAs HELLER. |
eSEAL.[ u Justice OF the Peace 4th Dist. |