Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting | Page 4

Krone of Rt. 1, Lancaster, Pa.) Mr. A. M. Whitford, Farina,
Illinois Mr. Gordon Zethmayr, Rt. 1, West Chicago, Illinois Mrs. G. A.
Zimmerman, Rt. 1, Linglestown, Pennsylvania

CONSTITUTION
of the
NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED
(As adopted September 13, 1948)
NAME
ARTICLE I. This Society shall be known as the Northern Nut Growers
Association, Incorporated. It is strictly a non-profit organization.
PURPOSES
ARTICLE II. The purposes of this Association shall be to promote
interest in the nut bearing plants; scientific research in their breeding
and culture; standardization of varietal names; the dissemination of

information concerning the above and such other purposes as may
advance the culture of nut bearing plants, particularly in the North
Temperate Zone.
MEMBERS
ARTICLE III. Membership in this Association shall be open to all
persons interested in supporting the purposes of the Association.
Classes of members are as follows: Annual members, Contributing
members, Life members, Honorary members, and Perpetual members.
Applications for membership in the Association shall be presented to
the secretary or the treasurer in writing, accompanied by the required
dues.
OFFICERS
ARTICLE IV. The elected officers of this Association shall consist of a
President, a Vice-president, a Secretary and a Treasurer or a combined
Secretary-treasurer as the Association may designate.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ARTICLE V. The Board of Directors shall consist of six members of
the Association who shall be the officers of the Association and the two
preceding elected presidents. If the offices of Secretary and Treasurer
are combined, the three past presidents shall serve on the Board of
Directors.
There shall be a State Vice-president for each state, dependency, or
country represented in the membership of the Association, who shall be
appointed by the President.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE VI. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote
of the members present at any annual meeting, notice of such
amendment having been read at the previous annual meeting, or copy
of the proposed amendments having been mailed by the Secretary, or

by any member to each member thirty days before the date of the
annual meeting.
BY-LAWS
(Revised and adopted at Norris, Tennessee, September 13, 1948)
SECTION I.--MEMBERSHIP
Classes of membership are defined as follows:
ARTICLE I. ANNUAL MEMBERS. Persons who are interested in the
purposes of the Association who pay annual dues of Three Dollars
($3.00).
ARTICLE II. CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS. Persons who are
interested in the purposes of the Association who pay annual dues of
Ten Dollars ($10.00) or more.
ARTICLE III. LIFE MEMBERS. Persons who are interested in the
purposes of the Association who contribute Seventy Five Dollars
($75.00) to its support and who shall, after such contribution, pay no
annual dues.
ARTICLE IV. HONORARY MEMBERS. Those whom the
Association has elected as honorary members in recognition of their
achievements in the special fields of the Association and who shall pay
no dues.
ARTICLE V. PERPETUAL MEMBERS. "Perpetual" membership is
eligible to any one who leaves at least five hundred dollars to the
Association and such membership on payment of said sum to the
Association shall entitle the name of the deceased to be forever enrolled
in the list of members as "Perpetual" with the words "In Memoriam"
added thereto. Funds received therefor shall be invested by the
Treasurer in interest bearing securities legal for trust funds in the
District of Columbia. Only the interest shall be expended by the
Association. When such funds are in the treasury the Treasurer shall be

bonded. Provided: that in the event the Association becomes defunct or
dissolves, then, in that event, the Treasurer shall turn over any funds
held in his hands for this purpose for such uses, individuals or
companies that the donor may designate at the time he makes the
bequest of the donation.
SECTION II.--DUTIES OF OFFICERS
ARTICLE I. The President shall preside at all meetings of the
Association and Board of Directors, and may call meetings of the
Board of Directors when he believes it to be the best interests of the
Association. He shall appoint the State Vice-presidents; the standing
committees, except the Nominating Committee, and such special
committees as the Association may authorize.
ARTICLE II. Vice-president. In the absence of the President, the
Vice-president shall perform the duties of the President.
ARTICLE III. Secretary. The Secretary shall be the active executive
officer of the Association. He shall conduct the correspondence relating
to the Association's interests, assist in obtaining memberships and
otherwise actively forward the interests of the Association, and report
to the Annual Meeting and from time to time to meetings of the Board
of Directors as they may request.
ARTICLE IV. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall receive and record
memberships, receive and account for all moneys of the Association
and shall pay all bills approved by the President or the Secretary. He
shall give such security