Ontario, Canada G. H. CORSAN Oregon HARRY L. PEARCY Pennsylvania R. P. ALLAMAN Prince Edward Island, Canada ROBERT SNAZELLE Rhode Island PHILIP ALLEN South Carolina JOHN T. BREGGER South Dakota HERMAN RICHTER Tennessee THOMAS G. ZARGER Texas KAUFMAN FLORIDA Utah HARLAN D. PETTERSON Vermont A. W. ALDRICH Virginia H. R. GIBBS Washington CARROLL D. BUSH West Virginia WILBERT M. FRYE Wisconsin NORMAN KOELSCH CONSTITUTION of the NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED (As read at the annual meeting, Guelph, Ontario, September 5, 1947, and adopted September 13, 1948, at Norris, Tennessee) 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, 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 1. _Annual members._ Persons who are interested in the purposes of the Association who pay annual dues of Three Dollars ($3.00).