SC-137A (982) Certificate of Resolution (Hazelnuts)

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CERTIFICATE OF RESOLUTION

(Corporation only)

Marketing Order No. 982: Hazelnuts Grown in Oregon and Washington

At a duly convened meeting of the Board of Directors of ______________________________________, held at _________________________________ on the ________ day of ____________________, 20___, the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED, that_________________________________________________________ shall become a party to the marketing agreement regulating the handling of hazelnuts grown in Oregon and Washington, which was annexed to and made part of the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), and it is further:

RESOLVED, that

____________________________________________, ____________________________________, and

Name Title

____________________________________________, ________________________________________

Name Title

be, and the same hereby are, authorized and directed severally or jointly to sign, execute, and deliver counterparts of the said agreement to the Secretary.

I, _______________________________________, Secretary of ________________________________,

do hereby certify this is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted at the above-named meeting as said resolution appears in the minutes thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Corporation this ______ day of ________________________________, 20___.

_______________________________________

Signature

(Corporate Seal:

if none, so state) _______________________________________

Address of Firm

_______________________________________

City, State, and ZIP Code

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