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LONG ISLAND HOUSING SERVICES, INC.,

PHILIP KNEER, and PATRICIA FLYNN-

KNEER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GERMAN-AMERICAN SETTLEMENT

LEAGUE, INC.,

Defendant.

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DEMAND FOR JURY

,

Plaintiffs Long Island Housing Services ( LIHS ), Philip Kneer, and Patricia Flynn-

Kneer, by their attorneys Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady LLP, respectfully allege as follows:

INTRODUCTION

1.

The racially discriminatory housing policies ofLong Island's German-American

Settlement League ( GASL ) are wrong and unlawful. The GASL owns Siegfried Park in

Yaphank, Long Island, where,

in

the late 1930s, German Americans traveled to rally together

in

support

ofNazism

GASL still displays one

of

the Hitler Youth emblems, modified with a

shovel across

it

on top

of

a flagpole flying the German flag in its clubhouse at Siegfried Park.

1

The same modified Hitler Youth emblem originally was used

in

the 1930s at Siegfried Park

during ceremonies and marches.

2

At least through the 1980s, GASL used the same emblem as a

logo on its stationery?

2. Since its incorporation

in

1937, the GASL has excluded non-whites from its

membership, recreational programs, and summer homes in favor

of

new residents with German

f.·ll

1

Compare Exhibit A (Boy wearing Hitler Youth uniform, 1934, Un.ited.Stat,es Holocaust Museum

Memorial) to Exhib it B (Photograph of flagpole with German flag in Siegfried Park clubhouse, 2015).

2

See Exhibit C, Italian Black Shirts March at Camp Siegfried Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation.

3

See Exhibit D, Letter from GASL President to members, dated April

2

1984.


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ancestry. As stated in its Constitution, one of the purposes of the GASL is to “introduce,

cultivate, and propagate in every direction true Germanic culture and to cultivate the German

language, customs and ideals.”

3. Now, GASL rents lots on an annual basis to its members who live year-round in

Siegfried Park in single-family homes. GASL ensures that Siegfried Park remains a white and

German residential community by enforcing a number of rules that restrict homeownership to

members who are required “primarily” to be individuals “of German extraction.” New members

must be sponsored by a current member and accepted by a majority vote of the Board and

membership. GASL membership may be extended under limited circumstances to “other

national elements” only if they are sponsored by current members, all of whom are white.

4. GASL prohibits its members from renting their homes and from publicly

advertising homes for sale. Instead, GASL members are only permitted to list their homes for

sale in the minutes of GASL Board meetings which are distributed by hand to GASL members.

5. Philip Kneer and Patricia Flynn-Kneer are white American citizens of German

ancestry who have owned a home at Siegfried Park since 1999. For at least the past six years,

the Kneers have tried to sell their home to no avail because of GASL’s racially restrictive

policies. When Phil Kneer inquired in 2014 about these policies, GASL’s President told Mr.

Kneer that the Board was not going to change its rules because the members wanted to keep

Siegfried Park the way it is.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

6. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over the federal claims pursuant to

28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343, 2201, and 42 U.S.C. § 3613, and supplemental jurisdiction over the

New York State law claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367.


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7. Venue is proper in this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) because

Defendant GASL is incorporated in the State of New York, the property that is the subject of the

action is situated in this District, and the events giving rising to the claims occurred in this

District.

THE PARTIES

8. Plaintiff LIHS is a private non-profit fair housing advocacy organization serving

Long Island, New York and organized under the laws of New York, with its principal place of

business in the Eastern District of New York. LIHS is dedicated to ensuring that all people have

equal access to housing opportunities on Long Island. LIHS expended staff time and other

resources to investigate and respond to Defendant’s discriminatory practices, which diverted

resources away from other LIHS activities. Furthermore, Defendant’s discriminatory policies

frustrate LIHS’s mission to ensure that all people have equal access to housing opportunities on

Long Island by, among other things, making housing unavailable because of race or national

origin.

9.

The primary objectives of LIHS are to (a) promote equal housing opportunity and

racial and economic integration; and (b) reduce and eliminate housing discrimination. These

objectives include ensuring that people of all races and national origins have equal access to

housing in Long Island. LIHS pursues these goals by providing counseling services to

individuals and families about fair housing and landlord/tenant rights, homelessness prevention,

mortgage default, pre-purchase and rental strategies, and government assisted housing programs.

LIHS promotes compliance with fair housing laws by (a) conducting fair housing investigations;

(b) assisting victims of discrimination to file administrative complaints or judicial complaints

and making referrals for legal representation; (c) providing education and outreach for both


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housing consumers and industry-related providers; and (d) serving as a clearinghouse for

housing-related information.

10. Plaintiffs Philip Kneer and Patricia Flynn-Kneer (collectively “the Kneers”) are a

married couple and are both white American citizens of German ancestry. Since 1999, they have

owned a home in Siegfried Park and been members of the GASL. They rent the lot of land on

which their home is situated from the GASL. The Kneers currently live outside of the District

and the State of New York.

11. Defendant GASL is a New York corporation. GASL owns the Siegfried Park

property in Yaphank, New York where the Kneers own a house. GASL rents approximately

fifty (50) lots of land in Siegfried Park to GASL members, including the Kneers. The lots owned

by GASL in Siegfried Park—on which GASL members individually own single-family houses—

constitute “dwellings” within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 3602(b) and “housing

accommodations” within the meaning of New York Executive Law § 290 and Suffolk County

Local Law § 528-6.

FACTS

The Founding and Racially Discriminatory Practices of the German-American Settlement

League

12. GASL has owned the Siegfried Park property in Yaphank, New York since its

incorporation in 1937. Siegfried Park was originally owned by the German-American Bund

party, an American organization that supported the principles of Nazism. Siegfried Park

operated as a summer camp starting in 1935. The land was later transferred to the GASL upon its

incorporation in 1937. As the manager of what was then called Camp Siegfried explained, all

members of the German-American Bund party were eligible for membership in the GASL, as


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well as all other “national-minded American citizens of Aryan blood.”4 The adjoining 40-acre

residential real estate subdivision originally included thoroughfares named Hindenburg street,

Goering street, Goebels street, Adolf Hitler street, and German boulevard.

13. Siegfried Park is now a year-round residential community with approximately

fifty (50) homes. All home owners must be members of GASL. In addition, GASL membership

is open to those individuals who do not currently own a home within the community, but first

became members on or prior to August 24, 1952.

14. Since its incorporation, GASL’s goals—enshrined it its Articles of Incorporation,

Constitution and By-laws—included “introduc[ing], cultivat[ing], and propagat[ing] in every

direction true Germanic culture [and]. . . the German language, customs and ideals.”

15. Until 1940, GASL received funding from the German-American Bund party.

During that time, German-American families traveled to Siegfried Park, then known as Camp

Siegfried, to attend rallies and marches in support of Nazism. At the Camp, Nazi flags were

hung, pictures of Hitler were displayed, and a garden was planted in the shape of a swastika.

Campers, wearing the uniform of the Bund party, would gather on the parade grounds to listen to

speeches condemning Jews and exalting German heritage.

16. A single Sig Rune symbol, one of the emblems of the Hitler Youth,5 modified

with a shovel across it, still sits on top of a flagpole flying a German flag in the GASL clubhouse

in Siegfried Park. This same modified single Sig Rune symbol was used by GASL as a logo on

its stationery and printed on the cover page to GASL’s 1984 Constitution and By-Laws.

4 See Exhibit E, “Says Siegfried Camp Members All Are U.S. Citizens,” Mid-Island Mail (June 1, 1938),

available at http://170.161.70.116/history/yaphank/bund25.htm.

5 A double Sig Rune symbol was used in Hitler-led Germany by the SS as its insignia. Membership in the

SS was restricted to those of white Aryan origin. The SS, a para-military group, controlled the German

police forces and the concentration camp system. United States Holocaust Museum, Holocaust

Encyclopedia, available at (http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?MediaId=7397).


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17. Even today, GASL explicitly incorporates membership requirements based on

race and national origin. According to its 1998 Constitution and By-Laws, still in effect,

membership in GASL is “primarily” open to people who are “21 years of age or older, of

German extraction and of good character and reputation.” Membership is also open to children

of members, and it “may also be extended to other national elements” if they meet the age and

character requirements, and if a current member sponsors their membership.6 These criteria

alone expressly violate the Fair Housing Act’s prohibition on indicating a “preference, limitation,

or discrimination” based on race or national origin. When combined with the GASL’s other

restrictions on membership, leasing, and resale of homes described below, the criteria unlawfully

discriminate because they serve as a barrier to prospective home buyers who are not white

people of German ancestry or background.

18. Upon information and belief, GASL has never granted full membership to any

non-white individual. All homeowners in Siegfried Park currently are and always have been

white.

19.

For more than thirty years, GASL has offered vacant land in Siegfried Park for

lease solely to GASL members for the purpose of constructing and maintaining year-round

residences. Siegfried Park residents own the home on their rented lots as personal property.

20. Everyone who owns a home in Siegfried Park is required to be a member of

GASL. If an individual who is not a member buys a home in Siegfried Park, GASL will refuse

to rent land to the purchaser. Instead, the purchaser must sell his interest to a member of GASL,

remove the home from Siegfried Park, or give the home to GASL. A non-member simply cannot

be a homeowner in Siegfried Park.

6 Exhibit F, Constitution and By-Laws of the German-American Settlement League, Inc., 1998.


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21. As described above, GASL’s membership policies control who may purchase a

dwelling in Siegfried Park by race and national origin. Indeed, the homeowner application for

Siegfried Park and the membership application for GASL are one and the same.

22. An applicant for homeownership/membership also must be sponsored by

someone who is himself a homeowner/full member in good standing with GASL. On the

homeowner/membership application, the sponsor must state his relationship to the applicant and

the number of years he has been “acquainted with the applicant.” He must also sign a statement

on the application certifying that he is “well acquainted with the applicant” and that he believes

the applicant “to be of good character and reputation.”

23. In addition to the sponsorship requirement, a majority of the Board of Directors,

as well as a majority of current members, must approve a prospective member’s application.

Members entitled to vote on membership applications include those members who do not own

homes in Siegfried Park, but whose membership began on or prior to August 24, 1952.

24. If a member wishes to sell his home in Siegfried Park, he may post a notice in the

“community bulletin” which includes minutes of GASL Board of Directors’ meetings. This

bulletin is only distributed by hand to GASL members. GASL By-Laws prohibit members from

advertising the sale of their homes in any publication, including any “consumer or trade

journals” such as a multiple listing service, and from erecting any for-sale sign.

The Kneers’ Experience Applying for GASL Membership

25. In 1999, while engaged to be married later that year, the Kneers bought a home in

Siegfried Park and became members of GASL. The Kneers had never owned a home before and

learned about the home through a family friend who had inherited the house when her mother

passed away. The Kneers entered into a five-year monthly installment agreement with the seller


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to purchase the home, contingent on becoming members of the GASL.

26. The seller was aware that Mr. and Mrs. Kneer each had German heritage. Mrs.

Kneer is German on her mother’s side and Irish on her father’s side. Mr. Kneer is German on his

father’s side and Irish and French on his mother’s side. The seller told the Kneers that GASL

sought people with German backgrounds to live in the neighborhood.

27. During the application process to become homeowners/members, the GASL

“Investigating Committee” comprised of Board members and homeowners inquired about the

Kneers’ ethnicity. GASL members were impressed that Ms. Kneer’s mother was originally from

Berlin, Germany.

28. Despite GASL’s sponsorship “requirement,” the Kneers’ sponsor for

homeownership/membership was not anyone they knew, but rather a GASL member whom the

seller knew and asked to be the sponsor. The Kneers met this sponsor for the first time on the

same day that GASL voted on their membership application.

29. The Board President met the Kneers in person at the initial interview for GASL

membership. As soon as he met them and could ascertain the Kneers’ race, the Board President

told the Kneers they did not have to be interviewed. Only when Ms. Kneer requested that they

be interviewed was an interview conducted by the GASL Board.

The Kneers’ Efforts to Sell Their House

30. After the Kneers’ two daughters were born, they decided to sell their small two-

bedroom one-bathroom house in Siegfried Park so they could purchase a larger home outside of

Siegfried Park. In order to have sufficient financial resources to buy a home, the Kneers needed

to first sell their Siegfried Park house. They did not have the option of renting the house because

their lease with GASL prohibited, and continues to prohibit, leasing.


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31. GASL’s policies also prohibited, and continue to prohibit, the Kneers from

placing a for-sale sign in their yard or on their house, or advertising their home for sale in any

publication, such as a multiple listing service. The GASL By-Laws limit the Kneers to listing

the availability of their home for sale in the GASL’s internal community bulletin. Moreover, any

potential buyer must be approved by a majority of the GASL members and Board of Directors

and would need to be sponsored by a GASL member. GASL’s restrictive membership,

advertising, and leasing policies have rendered the Kneers unable to sell or rent their house.

32. Upon information and belief, lenders are reluctant to provide mortgages to

purchase homes at Seigfried Park because of, among other things, GASL’s preference for

German purchasers, restrictive membership and advertising requirements, and ban on leasing.

33. Over the past six years, including during 2015, the Kneers have advertised the

availability of their house for sale in the only way permitted by GASL’s By-Laws, by posting an

announcement in the minutes of the meetings for the GASL Board of Directors. Despite these

efforts, they have been unable to sell their home.

34.

As recently as 2014, Phil Kneer spoke with GASL’s Board President about

GASL’s advertising restrictions and the inability of buyers to obtain a mortgage because of the

restrictions on resale. The Board President told Mr. Kneer that these rules were not going to be

changed because the members wanted to keep it the way it is.

35. At a general membership meeting held in September 2014, GASL members

rejected a motion to permit signs stating “house for sale.”

The Kneers Contact Long Island Housing Services about GASL

36. In March 2015, the Kneers contacted LIHS to complain of housing discrimination

based on race and national origin by GASL. The Kneers requested assistance from LIHS to


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change GASL’s by-laws and policies to allow them to sell their home without any discriminatory

restrictions.

37. In response to the Kneers’ complaint, LIHS staff, among other things, interviewed

the Kneers multiple times, collected and reviewed relevant documents from them, performed

online research about GASL, obtained and reviewed public documents about the corporation,

and conducted other research to identify GASL’s policies and practices.

38. As of this date, the Kneers have been unable to sell their home in Siegfried Park

because of the GASL’s discriminatory restrictions on ownership.

39.

Frustrated with GASL’s refusal to change its By-Laws and with their continued

inability to sell their house in compliance with these restrictive By-Laws, the Kneers have rented

a home outside of Siegfried Park and moved in October 2015.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION

Civil Rights Act of 1866

(42 U.S.C. § 1982)

40. The Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the foregoing paragraphs of this complaint as

though fully set forth herein.

41. The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Section 1982, provides in relevant part, “[a]ll

citizens of the United States shall have the same right . . . as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof

to . . . purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property.” By engaging in the

foregoing discriminatory conduct, Defendant GASL has violated the Civil Rights Act of 1866,

Section 1982.

42. The Plaintiffs have been injured by Defendant GASL’s discriminatory conduct

and have suffered damages as a result.

43. Defendant GASL’s conduct has been intentional, willful and done in reckless


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disregard of the rights of the Plaintiffs.

44. Accordingly, the Plaintiffs are entitled to actual and punitive damages, injunctive

relief, and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION

Fair Housing Act

(42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.)



46. Defendant’s conduct as described above constitutes otherwise making unavailable

or denying a dwelling because of race or national origin in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 3604(a).

47. Defendant’s conduct as described above constitutes discrimination in the terms,

conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling because of race or national origin in

violation of 42 U.S.C. § 3604(b).

48. Defendant’s conduct as described above constitutes making statements with

respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicate a preference, limitation, or discrimination

based on race or national origin or an intention to make such preference, limitation, or

discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 3604(c).

49. Plaintiffs are each aggrieved persons as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 3602(i), have been

injured by Defendant’s discriminatory conduct, and have suffered damages as a result.



51. Accordingly, under 42 U.S.C. § 3613(c), Plaintiffs are entitled to actual and

punitive damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.


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THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION

New York State Human Rights Law(New York Executive Law § 290 et seq.)



53. Defendant GASL’s conduct as described above constitutes discrimination because

of race or national origin “in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease” of a

housing accommodation in violation of Article 15 of the New York Executive Law

§ 296(5)(a)(2).

54.

Defendant GASL’s conduct as described above constitutes the printing or

circulating of a statement “in connection with the prospective purchase, rental or lease” of a

housing accommodation that expresses a limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race or

national origin in violation of Article 15 of the New York Executive Law § 296(5)(b)(3).

55. Plaintiffs have been injured by Defendant GASL’s discriminatory conduct and

have suffered damages as a result.

56.

Defendant GASL’s conduct has been intentional, willful and done in reckless


57. Accordingly, under Article 15 of the New York Executive Law § 297, Plaintiffs

are entitled to actual and punitive damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorneys’ fees and

costs.

FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION

Suffolk County Human Rights Law(Suffolk County Local Law Chapter 258-9)




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59. Defendant GASL’s conduct as described above constitutes discrimination because

of race or national origin “in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease” of a

housing accommodation in violation of Chapter 528 of the Suffolk County Human Rights Law §

528-9(A)(2).

60. Defendant GASL’s conduct as described above constitutes the making, printing or

publishing of a statement “in connection with the prospective purchase, rental or lease” of a

housing accommodation that expresses, directly or indirectly, a limitation, specification, or

discrimination as to race or national origin in violation of Chapter 528 of the Suffolk County

Human Rights Law §528-9(A)(7).

61. Plaintiffs have been injured by Defendant GASL’s discriminatory conduct and

have suffered damages as a result.



63. Accordingly, under Chapter 528 of the Suffolk County Human Rights Law,

Plaintiffs are entitled to actual and punitive damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorneys’

fees and costs.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request judgment against the Defendant as follows:

(a) Declaring that Defendant’s policies and practices violate the Civil Rights Act of

1866, 42 U.S.C. §1982; the Fair Housing Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et

seq.; the New York State Human Rights Law, New York Executive Law § 290 et

seq.; and the Suffolk County Human Rights Law, Suffolk County Local Law

§ 528;


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(b) Enjoining Defendant and its officers, members, agents, employees, and

successors, and all other persons in active concert or participation from:

(i) denying or withholding housing, or otherwise making housing

unavailable, because of race or national origin;

(ii) discriminating in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or

lease of housing because of race or national origin;

(iii) making, printing or publishing a statement in connection with the

prospective purchase, rental or lease of housing that expresses, directly or

indirectly, a limitation, specification, or discrimination based on race or national

origin, or an intent to discriminate because of race or national origin;

(c) Awarding such damages to Plaintiff LIHS as will fully compensate for the

diversion of resources and frustration of mission caused by the Defendant’s

unlawful practices;

(d) Awarding nominal compensatory damages to Plaintiffs Philip Kneer and Patricia

Flynn-Kneer for their loss of civil rights;

(e) Awarding punitive damages to Plaintiffs;

(f) Awarding Plaintiffs reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses incurred in

prosecuting this action; and

(g) Granting Plaintiffs such other further relief as may be just and proper.


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JURY

DEMAND

Plaintiff hereby demands

a

trial on

the merits

by

jury

pursuant

to

Rule

38, Federal

Rules

of

Civil Procedure.

Dated:

October 19,2015

EMERY CELLI BRINCKERHOFF

ABADYLLP

By:

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Diane

L. Houk

O. Andrew

F. Wilson

600

Fifth

Avenue,

1Oth

Floor

New

York,

New

York

10020

Telephone:

(212)

7

63

-5000

Facsimile :

(212)

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Exhibit D


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Box 444 :: Yaphank

N.Y. 11980

April 2

1984

Dear Members and Associate Members:

We

the

Board of Directors are sending to each of you an

updated copy of

the Constitution and

By-Laws of the

German-

American Set tlement League Inc.

These

By-Laws

were approved in September

1983

and include

all but two approved

amendments.

These two approv

ed

amendments

are:

Change in Article X Section 2 - Directors

The

Board of Directors are to be changed

from

six in

number to nine in number over a three-year period.

Approved at the General Membership Meeting - 9/2/78.

Change in

Article

X Section

4

Article X

Section

4

is changed to read:

Each

director

sha serve

for

the term

for

which

he

shall have been elected or appointed. He shall be

ineligible

for re-election as a Director at the

election

meeting at which time his term

has

expired.

Approved at the General Membership

Meeting-

9/17/83.

This letter

is

considered to be a

part

of the By-Laws

in

that

t addresses items not covered in the

printed

By-Laws. In the

future when

additional amendments or other

changes are required the above amendments

will

be in-

corporated into a new

printed

edition.

Thank

you

HG:CJ

En c.

Herbert Gloede

President


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charity

and pbiJantbropy.

·

To aid, protect

rmd

otbmwiae uaiat ita marnbara 8lld tblir

f'amilies

or those

depaodeat

upon

them

in

cue of

distreu

c:&1llled

by Bin1mesa,

wemploymeat or

otberwiae, aDd

to

,pamaiiy allaviata tluir

sutrariDa aod pnMmt tham ftom '* ' 'ins pray to povmty.

To

aid

and

ualit

worthy

cbaritab1e iDititudODB,

ao•n11uanitiea,.

800ietlea or

bospltala aDd to

puerally

dispeaae ita

ibDda 1br pmpo ®Dmptmt with the aims and objectlhln in befbra

stated

aad

iD accordalu:e

and in

ccmtbJmity with such

by-law , mlalllld regulatioos as

the Cmporation

may ftom

time to time eoact.

MEMBBRSHTP

Sea.

1. Mmnbarsbip

in tbe

German-American

S«mJmneat L.eagne,

Inc.

is

primarily

OJHil to aD

pcnoDI

over 21 years ofap or old.Br, ofOerman emactioD and ofgood cbarader

ami

repulalfnn.

Manbtnbip

is

open to cbi1dnm ofmambcn who are18

yeara

afaga or older.

Mamblnhip

may

also

be

extended

to

•

t f .

· I . '

.

.

.

f • • ' •


31/40

I

. · · natioiiiJ eJezngnta

fillias

othmwise tbe bove requinm1ema of he

membarabip.

application.

-

Member hip

in

tbDG.A.s.L, IDe., 'is

awilable as

A)

Member andB A8J Miat.e

Member,

thD

apeciftc ·

reqube10ent• ofeach

are u ibllows:

L) MBMBBil

AMember

is

a peooa. who in addldap to.meetinatbe

p:Da1ll

requiniDeall ofmambenhip.

O'WIII

or

obdly

DWDII

witb

BDOtbar

Member

ID

aillliniJ

houao

or

nmplow

on

the

pup ty

a£

the

G.A.Sl..,

IDe. inYaphank. LL,

N.Y

•

Mfi'Dher

ltldua

will

tenDiDate

compliiDce

with

I l l) '

ar

all

of1he

Jun

befbro

Mlczibed

requiremeata

oeu11.

AMembar. wbmtarily termiDataa

Ida

Member

Status

may J'6IDiin U

1D

Auodal8 Member.

b.)

ASSDCIATB MBMBBR:

AD AaonlldD Member ia a,...,.._ whD fb1filll aU

the

requbemauae ot'.amllenblp acept the

l'llqDfr• ''tl

fbr

CJWJIIIr ihgl ofa huuiO or bpaplow on

thD

proptAty ot'tha G.A.S.L,Iuc.

Auoaiate

Member may not

ar'YD

QD $olioard

ofDJreatma. IDd

do

DOt

haYa

wtiDa

privilapa.

Wheaevw

ndillliillO luaiD ta·tbD ,' ' ide fiaailt'.

k

lhallbo COIIItlued

to

mam-

Athar, mbdulr, hnlbaud, wifil,

ICJD ar dlaJBht-,

.

Sec.

1.

Appllcatian

fiJr

JJonvmt.uemblp

mat'hnnhip

muat

be

ma4e on tba

oftic:ial

membtnldp

appHmtion

tbrm,

ma

mtpanied by anJdlt report, photo J.D.

Sec. 2. Bach app&aation

fbr

mmuhlnhip

aa

eltber

MftiPk or Apqr;Wn Mmphpr aball be inveadl""'

lllld appi'O\'BII by the Board

atDiractora.l1inatlptiDs

CJCHnndUee aba1l

Mmiat of

a

Minlnu•m

of1 BOBrd

ofDirectm and

2 bomeowuera. '

A

IDijoritywte

by

tho Board

ofDirectora

is mquind 1br approval

ofany

appJication.

FmaliiCGiiptliitO

ofaew

man1xn

fbr 'RometJwuenbip

FuD

Member Status abaD beby

majority

WlD of

MmDban

at

a pmnliJH*If •NS Tha

appJiamt

111D1t

be

pnseat

t

he

paeral111111dina

lllld is to

be

introduced

to

the membcnbip, once tbD app1ialat

bas

bema aa:epted

by

the Dlldarily

at

tbat time

the initiati«m &e

and

dues

are

to be submitted to tbe Treasurer, ODD initiating lie ia to

be

paid per

haul&

Fmal BCCe9tar&ce ofAumiatn MDmbera sba1l

be by the Board

ofDJrecton.

Pap2


32/40

' .

,

Sea. 3. An applicaDt

may

CO QDiider hjqurelf'admitt J

to the Gatmm-Ameriam

SattJ'DIImlleqpae, Inc.

as BOOD

•

hem:eiYed

his

1llllllbenbip cad a1pld and app1oved by tbD

PrDIIdaat

or

.bla

accmlitDd

tapi£8 IGil&liYD. A

njDated

app1iaaat

wDl be

DDtiled

iD

writiDs without

lltatiDs lillY

l'alaon1brn.Jecdon

4. llaDpatkm fima mBDberlbip af'thiampaipJim

ahouJd

be made

in WJitfaa

IIIIi

BDbrniUed

to

1hD

Saaraiay. · ·

Sec. 1.

I t

Bball the duty

atMembtn

ami AsaoC1ite Mlmbln to

cmduct

thamaelvea Inaproparmanllfl •

10

aaDDt to bdos

the

OI'JP"dmOD iDtD diiCI'Idit; to act

1oya1Jy with

lelpoal to

the

orpnln•lcm,. ita

ollimn and IIIBIDbera;

to

fb1ly

I&JPPOli

aU

IIJdl

mDIIWM U

teDd

to

add

to the prosperity aDd rcpltaticm

aftba or&aniulion

Sac.

2.

I t

lhiD

be

tho duty

ofMembm

and

Membtn

to

aupport

and

obo)t

tbD

Coulitutian

and By-Lawl al'thaf OJgaadgtlan aDd to yil14 to the

deaiJ aa

af'thri to

P-1)'

tha

duB

8lld

OQDIDDmJty IIM'I I enfa due. tomib • altha

tbe fbrthair

pbJB aalllld

111111181

dmi1DpmBrd; to

IUcDd a fill' a ponlbla diD

meec•na Glllled_

ad to ullit

1he

·

afllcln

In tile

fhlftllmant atthalr

dutiaL

Sec.

3. It a tho

duty

afiDIIDbera to iDibnn tha O p•d•Uon'a aaata&y JmmedJately

of

any cheap t

addra.

submit obanp of'addn

n

wrlt:ins

to

the

IIODiat iJ

•

..

4. A

member

may be apeDecJ beaauso ariota

dil1amorah1e

"'¥"ceful in -.are amd ablnctm;

fbr

BCt8

cu:utuuy

tb t1HI

prindplea, aims aad )JIJ ip)a af'the

Orpnlalion;

tbr "AAIIdaloua

8lld

oBJm1ive

8CIB

teDdfcts

to iqjurD the RpUtatiaa 8lld the emma oftba Orpniutlnn;

DO JmmoJ1I,

Improper,

uf8maive

or

UDiawAd

uaa

hall be

ll1lldo oftha

my.

tb eafaud

all

Yllid.taw.,

.amiaa

oidhumoea

8IUi

msnlationa of

D gtMiiilllGUtal bocfiel

havhJa jprhdiotion thlnaf'abill

ba

observed; fbr

dafimJt paymait

ofmauberahip dues

and or Oli''''''lndly Bl&eae••anta .Jtauab ddlul a DDt ldfaiftDily

acused,

or :tbr

knowiDgly

8Dd

wDitblly

sMol :81111

bdbruatloa ia

tim appllel'tinn ftlr mamhenbip.

Ampt By

R.igbls of

Membcn

Sec. 1. AD members have equal

rights;

Le. 10 lb part

In

meedDg by voice ar VOle; 10 mab

modems, enmplainha,

charps addresses;

to use the piopt:i'LJ of1h8 OJ'88"'zatiOD for piiEpOie8 it is

destined

for,

aDd

am

cllglb1e

for

Bo.Y

ofDce

povldtcllbey

meet

tbD

qnallflcatiODI

t

dud

office

except that Associate Memben do not have

the

rJaht

1D

vote 8lld are fllnllaJble

fbr

ofti:e.

Sec.

2.

Every

member of the Organization aball

bD

entitled to a fair

JariD1

for ol'eDses

iDVDlviDI

n:primand, suapnnsion

or cxpulakm..

except

DDly

for DDD-pa,Jmt:ut

af

duea

or ••••11en11. No

member

shall have a

bearing unless cbarps

duly

apcclfyJDg the Q1B:.nRCR, so

u

to ltdly apprlle him

of he D8tDrC thereof

BDd c:nable

him 10

prepare his defeoae.

Pap3


33/40

.

I

Sec.

s. 'IbD

Board

of

Din:c:mu

shin hava

the power

10 BUSpeDd any mmtber

penamg

their

lndng.

f 1he

ips

II'CI fiDal1y dlamfued either aftar tbBir bearfns or aftl:r appeal, tbe member charged

sbaJl bo relmlated

to

mnnbenlrip BDd

an

dues

whicb

may have accmed pending his SIUJ D'on

aba1l

bammfned. ·

Sec. 4.

WJddn

three

days

after

cbarp8

have

been

duly

filed wilh

the

Secteaar,y

of

tba

Oxpntutkm.

the

Sa:idii:Cy ahaD fmwa&d a true

wriUml

copy of

Qd

DDiico oftbD dale ml place set for tile

larqto lhe iccU8ed by ft JIIIIIDd maD at his Jut kmwnpostal addlela.

Wlddn

1he IIIIIDe dme tbc

Sa:rebay

shall al8o IIDtlfY tba Jlllmlbm' or

JDIDIIbem

p1eh • ug a. cb1aJes

of dJD

dma IIIII

place

aet

for

1he

headDg

aod

such

sbaD

be thD

DDd :e

for Pl f O IIing b cbitpa 10 atll:mi

Such

&:barges ahaD thea be BIJinnftted 10

a

per:nument l:nqufry am1 .Arbitratian Board of xpcmben,

appaiated by dm Pn:akJent

8lld

c«u•fh med at

a

special Board of

Directml Meeting.

Sec.

3

Such

IDqoiry BDd

AdJitratioD Bo8lll &ball u=t at the dmc and place aet far tbe heariD of he

cblrps and

shall

report to the Pmddcmt 1lpOD tbo diaposltkm

of

BDDh charpa. .

Sa:.

S

Prom

the

da:lafon

of die

Jpnlfi11lng

IDqoiry

IIJid

AtbltraSian

BomJ

tJu:re

wD1

be

DO

ftu:dl:r

appeaL I t a t'fDal.

Membenhlp Dillls

Sec. 1. Manbcr8blp dues l i e

to

be paicl1JD'111Uy in advaDce (due DD8 Y 1st of

f NtJrj

year). lbc

ID1I1ll1lt

of the 8IIIID8l membmhip dues abaD be reccmmer...io by the Boald of Dlnclora IDII

app.roval

by tbe

pmu:a1

mmnhmhtp. f a JiwDber does DOt .-Y their mamhmldp

dual widdD

90

days.

in tum 1l2liDqDish their membcnbfp llatul.

Sec.

2.

Any

person

admlur4

to

HaJneQwrmMip

PuD

Membenlbip,

shall

pay

an

initiation

fee.

The

• I.IDDDDt of die Initiation f iB baD be recc••••••al\ied by

the

Boald ofDlrealon llDd approwd by

tbe

MembmbJp.

Initiation fees wiD also

app1J

wbmla HODWiwnet Full .Mmtber wishes

to

sell

hialher exfHiing boule in

ardar

to purcbaaf; llDOCber houae

on

O.A.S.L,IDc. pioperty.

Homeownen /11H'J111bcn

may

DOt

own

mme than oue house

on

G.A.S.L,IIIc. property.

A penon who tabs

over

or

iDhmirB the

oWID'Ibip

of

a house or buDplaw

an the pmpeny of

hD

carporadoD belonglug 10 an

fmnwliate

Member of bia family shall be CICIIIed fmm payiDg tbla

initiation fea.

AJmQBVD

Sec. 1. The

BID1U8l mcmherBhip

mr-et:ing sball

be

be1d

in

the

second half of May at a dale 8Dd haDr

to

be fixed

by thfl

Board of

DiltclmB

for

tbe JJ1DP01D

of electing

officell 8DII for tbe t:I'BDIIICtion of

sucb otber

bnalneas

as may be brougbt bcforD the

A f ng.

paae4


34/40

. . • • Stc. 2. I t baD bD

tb8

dilly of be OJpnlprlnn'a Santaiy ID C8llle

DDdce

of eaab ammal J1V 'ltfna to

Je

maiJeclldeJI Veled ID ,

each liJ IDihat

oftbe OI]Ja•tlntfim at least tbirf;y diya

bel ole 1Im date

of1he

Jlml lh.. . .

·Sec.

3.

SpecJa1 meetmp

may

be

W

whauaver

caDed by tbe Board of Dhc:clml. It abal1 be dut

dura of

tbe

Secretary

to CIID8D DOdce of

such special

JJW Ictp

to

bD

tnafJedlde11Ymalto eachmember

at

least

10

days

befoxe

thD

d

of

BDeh

Dlfflllup

sta1iDJ

.briefly

tbe

object

or

diD

objecta

th=of.

Sec. 4. Ai

8DI

daly callaliiDIIDBl or

apc:clal

mceth l, auaUcJrb;y 'VDtD of he Mmnbon pmaDt is

••ft ielm¢

tbr

ntlfir.atlnn of auy baslucll ptbmllted ID dm .membenbfp

and

:reqnh l ' the

Jllf Dbarsbip

appxuval or

dlaappmval,

un1esa otllcrwlse Blaled bclre1n · . ·

Sec. 5. A quorum abaD edit in d::te ammaJ. or specla1 meedng wlH::n

of

the Mmnbcra bi good

bmdlng am present.

Sec. 6.

Each Mmnber

with pro,per cn:dendals abal1

be

endtled to one

vote

•

AmQBVDI

Sec. 1.

The order t

tmstuea

at

auymeetinS abaU

be

88

foDowa:

1.

PlaJp

to

tbe

Flag

2.

Roll CaD ofMembers

3. Silent

Pmylll'

for

lle{llrtlll

Mmnbeni

4.

R.,.,qof.,_ Mft:dria

5 Treuurer'a Bqmrt

6. Sinknnsa

aud

Distress

7.

Ot 'tee

eporta

8. Peddmw for

MenJberabip

9.

DaUnting

for

Members1dp.

10.

Btwling

of Coaespondence

11.

Unfhdabed

Business

12. New

BusiDesa

13.

Good Welf JR

14.

ABTICJ.BlX

Sec. 1. The sequence of the above Order ofBnsineas may be altered or amplified by tbe JZUdorltY

CODSmd: of the Members at au;y

Meeting.

PageS


35/40

-aoca

,6

..

. ...

t .

.

. ... . . ' .

.

.

•

'AJmt:ll J:

BOA1lD

OP DTJBCTOBS

Sec, 1. The hoafnr:e•IIDII

fbD

iLOPfZlll t lba o u •r-AmnrtCam SrttJement Leque, Inc.. shaD ba

comroDa1

by

tho Boanl afDheclb:(l ia ..,.,,.lble

tor

lhD manapneue af

an 1IID

llffain

of he Cmparal.km.

iJ1c1mUn1

its ar aJra of pwpexr,

wldcb

DiDit be

approval

by

213 of JhD ,...,.,heraJ•ip, ad ho

CIIIUilhm

of

ep1 Jaaao•monbl wJda

or

withDa 1hD

ClllpDI'IlD

lel1

in

auch J n a i I W U ia cJeemcd belt DIDit 1he luJOMut of die

Carpmadon. 'Ill:ftJuea In

feel

aball be mccpmnended 1D

the lqneow:uarJ/membmhfp 8lil

apptoved by

tbe

F '11l'1lmlltmlllp.

Sec. 2

Dhn tnre

'l'.bD PresJdent, 1he

VJce PJ:ealdent, the Treaauoter, aud

tbo

Sc:cut:l:aQ are

. . .

embra

of

he

Board ofDin=tmu

dpdDa diDir

tBml

of

am.ce.

·

.

.

. .

Odlar .six fn

DUIIIber Bhall

at Membenldp MtoetJua, aDd

hall bel

cla88HJict

iD reapcal

to the time far which the aball

amnDy

be electaJ, by divldiDg tJum haD dlme

ci81RR, each

claa

CODBisdng of the

Whole DIJID1w

eleclal.

Bach dlrectm

abaD

ve

or the 1Dml. for

which

he

sba11

haft

beeD

or appoiDied.

Bo abaJl

ba IDeHgible for1'Hllladonas a DJmctm at

tho ek:r=dDn ll' r tfna at

which

timD

bia 1rml

has

aaphed.

butmay

be

electal

apfn tbD fo1lowiDa

year.

Sac.

3

Tha IIIJIDbl:t ofDJm:tma may be'alla1:id

flam

limo

to

time by tlJe alleration of the by-lawa.

Sec. 4. Bleb DJrector abal1

serve

for the tmm

for whiob

he sba1l have becm. electacl, and

mdil

hla

IIDCCCIIIOI'

aba11

haft

beeD

duly

ahDBCD.

•

Sec.

5. In aaae

of

l l)

V8C8IIC)'

tbmogh death,

mdgnadon.

or otbar cause. tim

Jmuainiog

Dlrcclon,

by afBrmatiw vote

of

a :augadt.y lbmeof, may elect a

sw:ceaor

1D

bold

alBce

as

aDirec1ar

fbr

tb8 UDJmpiled portion of tbe l am of

he

Director whose place &ba11 be

VICIIIIt, 8Dd

until

the

eJcctiOJ) of

Jds

BI1CCe8SOI'.

Sec.

6. Place ofMeettpg. *· The Board ofDirecton may hold their meedns

aDd

may hiM:

8D

office aud

keep

1be

boob

of1he

cmparatkm. (except as

otlawiae may be provided for

by

law)

Jn

JUCbplace or places

in

the State ofNew Yodt

11 the

Boatd from

time

to time may deJrnnfne.

Sec.

7.

Jmml

Mmtlnn

Pegnlar

mcetbJp

of

1be

Boanl

of

DiD:i:tors

auemted

by

a

east

7

of the

10

Directon

of

1ba Corporation

(aDd

dla varloua cca .

mfhe chairmen

wbcncvc:r

problmns

for di cuaakm

:reqllhe

their

presence) ahall

be

held

manthly.

Pap6


36/40

. .

•

Sec. 8. Bmtla' Mwtna of1ba Board ofDJ:mctmB

sba

bD hdd wJu:ucve:r

caDal

tJy thD dRcdaD of1m Praddent. l1le Secietary aball BiW

JlDtite of IICh

ipeCfa1 DJCftdng by

mail/

dc1lvca:d m I8IDaat

Jeaat five

days deUYered

betarD

diD

or

by tel..,nlng

1flc

88DJD at

ieaat

11118 day bafam

1be meellluato

each member af1hD Board. Unleas odawiae imHcafrd mhe

DOdce

dHnof,

aqy 1114 an buafness may be traDBaCied at a apecia1 meeting. At any mra•na

at

wbkh

I t Jeaat

7

of he 10 Direclma abaJl be pment, mm boD h

without

JUJtlce, IID1

bnaineg

may be

.

=.

9.

0p1pr orBpmm At lllt d'naa.orlhoBoud the Plaidalt

shaD

pmddo. Be

wm wm ODlJ

It

VOiel of ot1aDJrectom

arc

daL

Sec. to. OUJ••mP

Bxr:ept

far progDUDIJefjllidDJ c:ontracts

ar

icla Deeeeury for

the proper

maintenance

oflhl cmpmale

pwpailJ

1

tha Board

ofDimetura

aball BUhmf.t an prow i i R llld ICIB

w1dcb

11p011

filial cmnpletima

requhe a

tutU DapJta1 expemltme in ezceu

of

$5,000 Five ThmlBaDd

Dollata) for

11J1P10Y11 ar ntllica«inn

by

the memherlhlp.

A poguun

ar act aball

be CODBtnlal

to

mean an effort by die Cmpo:radon resnlttng

upon c:ampJetion

of

1hD

pxognun

aDd beneficial

OCCUPUICJ

by die Cmpmwlkm an BD iDmeasa

in

vaJuo oftbe Cmporathm a

pxupeaty, 01'

Olherwlle. ADr Cll•d•acl

or act

that shaD

be

8p1IIO\'IIIJ

or

radfied

by the

Mmnbora at

a

mm'ng

abaD

be

11

YBlld

8Dd

bi1 M lJnJ

upon

die

Cmporalicm

aDd upon aD

tbD

Mmnbers

18

tbnngb

It

baa

bee:a

iipJilUYCd by t rlll

of the

Cmpmatldn.

Wlm JDal.ly """''"'luch approved m1 ratified

COIIba&:t ar act,

it shaD

be

8ip:dby

1be Presfdent

wilh

or w daaut

t

Seal • 8Dd by elthar the ' \luna:, tbD

VJce

P.mfdtmt, or tha

·.

SC'Cietary, ami

shall

bo wllneeaed by two other Dlmetura of- Cmpontkm,

Sec.

11. The Boald

of

Directora may deeJgmite an AMirdm t l reasumr

BD4 an

Aalatant

Secmary.

Sec.

12.

AD

members

of he Board ofDJrectoil sball be citli6DI Or dlo

Unbl:d

States

of

America.

AJTICiiBXI

OFPICBRS

NUMBBR. TBRMS

OF

OPPICB- DUT.IPS,

ETC.

PnaldeDt .

V'JCO-Preaidem

Trealurm

Sc:cn#Ptt

An

of

whom

&ball be

elem.ed

by the

Aooual

Manbenhip Meetiug

for

thD

tmm

of oue

year,

i.e.,

from

the

dale

ofeJectkm to the next Amlual Membanhtp Meetmg.

Sec.

2.

OJm person

may

not

hold

more

than

cme

office.

Sec. 3.

Any officer

ahall be BDbject to

removal

at

aoy

time

b.Y

tile affinnative vote of a majority of

the Amma1

or a

Special Memhcrabip Meeting.

page?

..

.

.........

.


37/40

1:\.

• Sec. 4. In

case

of V8DIUICY imoaah

death.

mdpadon. di.aqDa1tflcado or otbcr Clllle, diD

P.residl:m

aballiJSIIIIIC the YBCBDt ofiil:e

11D1il

•uujcwtion and e1a:tlaD of a

uaw

officer by a

MemberabJp

Meettna

for

tbr: unezplral

portkm ot:

the

term.

Sac. S :Bach Officer of bD CmporatUm sbal1 dmJID Jda time, a1dl1 and IDIEIIY to

1111:

afldn

of die

Cmparatlan.

unll:u the

CODtJaxy

Ia expre88ly

conaei ltd

to

by

tba mr:mbenMp,

Sec. 6. Ppwcaa . . . PptJg qf

,

dJo pmeidmt. ThD PmddmJt abaJl preside at an Jllffdinga of Mumbera

aad the BoiR1 of Dber.uue.

By

VldDe

of

Ida office he lhall.bave p:prnl abarp of hD

Colporatimb

Be

may

alp 8Dd

UA":DID

an aiJdladr.cd, am•

""' or

ratiflat CCIIIII'ICt

or acaa, chl:ab

aDd

otbar

oh1ip1kma,

.

toaethm'

wldl eidJet

1be

Vice

PrealfJent, tile Treawhoa or tbD

Sa:aebu:y

af 1be

Carpmatiua. He sball do aod peafuma such

odl:r

cluda u from tilDe

to

time may be autpecl m

him

by tbe Membenbtp MeettoJ.

Sec. fi.

Pmym

nm1 Dptfa r Jbo yg

Pme'sJons

lblll

have

mch

powa:a. 8Dd aba1l per& ... 8DCh

. •

dDda:s u may be Udped to blm

by the

mrmbmblp ml' fltfq. Be

lball

also .. .. be powani

and

dutJea of he Preafdcmt of tim Cmpamdon in bD

Pnlddeat'a

abaetlce.

, .

Sec. . Pmym ' pgttm g f 11c TrrzMrnw' h 'l'teaaumr aba1l

JJave tba

CU8tDdy of an

tbe

fonda

aDd the Wild''"'

of

the Caqmadpn wblch DUllY c:omc bllD

Ida hlmdl,

when OOD)fWDlJ hD

liblll

on bobalf of be Cmparltlon 1br

ooJlectlon,

cbccb,

JIDiel

aud

Olbar oblfpUrftll, aad

8baD deposit

tba 1111111e

to die

credit QfrhD CwpcnUcm

in a

biDk of1lllqllaltlooed aiJndh'li

hD

ahiD

alp Ill

recelpla 8114

vmchen

far payuumta for

thD

Ccupruaalan; jo.IDI1y

wfth ODD

c:1£alal

oflb:er,

In atJ C11C1 wiJh diD Preifdent,

he

abaJlllp

an

checb made out

by

1hD

Cmpmatiuu ad

&ball

pay

oat

m1

dJspose

of I}De UDder diD

dfmcdnn t hD

Bolnl

ofDRdwa;

be

lhaD l ip with • Prestdeat aD billa at

emlnrup

BDd promJaaary

DDta of thD CmpandioD.

Whaoei'Q'

requht:d

by

tbD Pmaklent. ha

shall

Jlmd :r a a•atm•MI4 ofldl

cub

U:COUIIt; hD

tegD ady,

Ia

boob

oftbD

Carpmalian, to be bpt

by

him for this purpoac. tbllllld accm:aaeiiCCOIDit

of

an

IIIOJmYI

n:teMd

and

paid

cnu

by

aim

OD

acccnmt

of

1lu:

CmpnmtiO"i

ha

shall

at

an

reaBQIIIble

thm:s,

exlrihit

hta

boob

aDd acr-onm to any Offlcar.

of hD

CmpontiaD aDd to

any

member of diD

Board of DkeeiDn

upcm appUcadcm

at

1ha

offkz of

1he Corporation

duriDg

bn

hoon,

aDd

he

Bhall ped'mna

an

acta blcldmt

to

the posidcm of

diD

Trcaaurar.

Sec.

8.

Powcg epd

PptJp

ot

bo Am 'P' 'l)1;aralmr

The AsaiiJfBDt

Tn:asnrer aha11

bave aw:h

powma. BDd

shall perfwm

BUCb

dutia,

as may be aaaigned to

him

bf

tbe

Board of DJn:ctom.

Sec. 9. Poweg

rmd

Dpdp of ttm

Se •sau

The

Secreraxy shall

kl:ep

the lnhmtes of

an

meetings of

the Board of

Directors, and

also the minutes

of1bc

Ammal

or 11r1

Spa:ia1 Maubcnhip Meeting In

books provided for that purpose; be

baD

aUimd to die

giviDg 8Dd

llettiDg of aD IIDiicea

of

he

Corpmation;

hD may sign wilh

111e Preaideot in t11c D8Die

ot

the Corporadan;

an CODII'ICtll

8Uiborized,

affirmt1J

or

ratified,

aDd when

so

ardmal

by

tbe

Preafdent,

be sba1l atlix hl:l

Seal

of

die

Cmporation

therclo;

he

shall have charge of aw:h

book8 aDd

papers 8 the PresideDt may direct, an

of which

sball

at a

reawmahle

time. ba

open

to the r:z'"""'l'tlnn of illY Officar, ar BDiY member of

the Board

of .Diredora upon

application at tbe

omce of

the

Cmporadon

duriD business

hours;

and

he ball in

geuera1 pelfOIW all

tbe

diJtics iDcldent

to

the office

of the Secreraxy.

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38/40

. • , Sao.

10.

PoWO I

epd Pgtjrn of

Jho Ae'mw

Soavtaa

The Secietm)' sf Wl have IIIICti

. \

powers) aad shaD

pe;douD

IIICb diJdaa

81

may

be •

.....

o

ldm. by tM

Boaid of

Dim:lom.

AB 'C'BXD

Sec. 1. Omnnhcm Chahmen,

with their

cmnm,._

to

aaalst

the

Bo8ld of Dirc:ciDra in

he t:fflcient

'1118Dftjf5•cnt of die affairs of 1he

Corporadoa

abaJI be appglnted

or

cfisduuged at dl8 cD&ctttiDn

of .

tbePmshfent. Such cJwh11eu ,aba1l atteDd any IIH"'Jfh'l

of'Jle.Boald ofDirectora, at

which comndUr:o

pmblama

are

beiDa

dlsauaed.

ABTJC'B XIII

CORPOBATB SBAL

Sa:. 1. The

Bom1 of

DJreclora abaD

pmvidD

a

l ldtpbJa s.t ,

c:oarahdna

die

JIIIIDD

of

die

CorpwdiDD,

which

Saal aball

be

Jn

the

cbqe

of

1be

Sccrelaq.

f

8lld

when

so

dlrc:clal

by

tim

President, a duplfc:ate of bD

Seal

mq

be

b,pt aDd

be uaed

by 1be 'l'reaslller of be

CoJporatkm.

AB11Qim

LBASINO

OP lD1'S ARBAS

I

COMMUNITY PB.OPBRTY

Soc. 1.

Thl: Board afDtrcc1bn

D1B7 JntcmaDy llilbdMdo

diD

pop:rty

of1he

G.A:S.L., Inc.,

at

Yepbank,

N.Y. (lmMftO die papally bitD

J:udivJdaaJ

loJa. tbe-mmber, Bizo aad boaDdaly of

each

to be dele•

mined by

the Boald. Loti leaaed tD

lll§li'hed

I:Bil

DOt

be a1 Lnd except by wdUtua

qrcemem of1he·leuee.

&:c.

2.

1he

G.A.S.L.

Inc.,

may

leuc 8I1Ch

lota

to

pDIIOD8

qualified

to

be

meznbm'8

of

1he

G.A.S.L.,

Jna., aud who prior

to

tbe

CQI'Drncocemerit

oftba

IUCb

lease becnmas a member.

Sec.

3. P8.IIdDa

on ccmnnnnJty

roads ovmdsbt

is

problbited. An OOIDIIIM areas

cc•mmambJ

ahoo1d

J.aDBin wJdc1e fmc. Tbe roadways. pa•"•ta areas

aDd

an c«"n•mn areas abaJl not be

uaal

tor storage

or long term

PaddDa

In excess of24

hours

without 118e)

of

DY llldoiDDbile.

boat,

trailer,

camper, bus, truck

or COIDIIICI Cia1 vebfcte.

Sec. 4. Urillcenacd recreathma1

vehicles

(mopeds.

miDi bikl:s,

4 whcc1 an

la J. BID vdridea,

dh1

bikes, ere.) am not pe4mltted on the common

grmmds

I cumumnity piupe:tly of the

GASL.

IDe.

property. .

Sec.

S J:ndivJdDa1 homeowDerB fuD membem am required

to

obtain lhair own UabiHfllusurance

fur

tbclr

&trDctllJ'e8

and lat.

Sec. 6. Dlegal aubltamn arc probibited on GASL.

Inc.

property. AD;ymm

osJag

or ldmiD iUep1

SDbstam:es

on GASL,

Inc. popcrty

wm

fmmedJately be

asked

to re1lnquiah hJs or bar

membeasblp.

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39/40

I

.

Sec.

7.

Dop

- pd8 DDISl be leaBhed or flmced in.

Sa:. 8. 'l'lu:l G.A.S.L. Inc. shall enter imo a WiiUcD lease .apemaot with BDCh

.,...,_.aa

OCh

lama 11 the

Boanl·ofDixeciDll aha1l

apecHy m l on a

fomlptOVIded

by the G.A.S.J-.. c.. fbrtbllt

puipta.

Sa:. 9 uaord• mmn,ber ar member mar m&py or 1JID .my .IIICb.lbt wldlaul Hhl§ b

into

I kluD

8peen''"' w:lth G.A;S.L, IDa. .

Sec.

10. No mem.bar who holds a

leaae may

81Jb..leue

whl:tbDrorDOt for

c:o,tnrkfesalion .

Sec. 11. No

Jot

may be

wEd for

commer:clal pmpoaes.

Sec. 12. No peracm may CODB1IUCt. or teDJOVa any stmcture on

the

wJtbout the B.PJUOval of

dm Board

atDbccto••· A hnmeuwnar wil1iiDa to q littiiCbD.'e 111111t

obbdD

ptiuutla IDd \v

othar c:md:.Ocllflll

requJmc1 by Jaw. A q y of All. pm •gita cati6cala

DIUf4

bD

mbmftted

to

lhe

Boatd

of

DlrecrDtl.

AD

bcJmeowDm

I ·JDI""bprlam xcaponsihlc

.ia

obtabdDg

tbeir own Certificate of Occupancy.

.

.

Sec. J3. l.lau for

tJic

Non-

Pa,Ymimt

of

Mafntenaqge

Fees, l aul, Oldldanding debla - ·

G.A.S.LI

IDe.

Bball 111m

a

Uen

agabJst cadi home

fOr

i l l mpld tm:a. maJnb rwnce fa:8.

mf

OUIRI•nding debbl

1

1D

be

eutmed

iDto 90 days aBm 1ha due dldD

of

such OIIIBI•ndfna debL 12ID Boazd

of DJreatma may forecJoae the limi

:In

the same

matmr

u a mortaaJO

011

D8l

plO JDIIJ

aucl ia doblfl

so abaD be

eudtled

to mcover an

costalwiau:at fnolDding n:al"''8bla

attorney's

feu.

1 1111 DabJUir

of

each SmneoWJBU tbll1JIIIDber far tbe paJDICid: of1aDa, nwlote••=

flies

out&tandfng debts

1llaa.fil;r

aiiSefiiCd apJnst his/her home ahalllm

•• ••

upao a

sale,

ll1hisfer or

of

IIICb

hmna in

aamcllpce

with diD G.A.S.L, IDe. by lawa. Upa aMl1e,

•m•wl\ r

eiD.. 1he

new

lxnncowJEr

member

of

tbe

hamD

&ball be

liable

far

the payiDDDt oflJiliWid debJa

888( I z l

apim¢

8UCh

home

prior

to

tbe

acqoisidOn

of

8UCh

home

by

tbe

J III Cbaa •

Sc:c.

14.

The homes or buuplowa c:onatructcd

em the popmr, are

die

pcrscmal

propc:ny

of

1hD

member

who

COillb'UCtB them. Such

member

may

Jive.

becpath or sell

lhc:ir

homes or

1mDplowa

to 8IJOtbar penon. subject

to

article

XIV Medon 17

of

dJDse by-JaM.

Sec.

15. Any pmBOil who OWDB soch a itructum shall be given tbe

fint

option to lease the lot llpDD.

which it BI8Dds or to

renew

a

prior

lease,

providiDg

such

penons meats

the

requirement

of thele

by

laws.

Sec. 16. Plaula, shrubs, trees located on a:mununity property common areas &ball

mt

be

allmal or

removed without

the Baud of

Dircctaxa

approval.

Any

lQI l1lber to

ftiiDOYe

a nc

from

tbcir

lot must receive pmmisainn from the Grounds Co Dmittce CbailperBOll

prior to

tn:c removal.

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40/40

.

'..

.

· 17 pa8DD

who 1=amt:a

m CJWJim:'

of11

brmplow or bm:ne lta.1ed on tim popouy

who ia

not a liJCIIIbar

of

1hD G.A.S.L,

I:ac..,

sbaJl 81111 Jl1ll8t wJddn

30

days of 11m timD they- bc:come an

L) Ar I1Y far ,....... lbip in 11m IDe.

b.)

Sell

1bair lutmest 1D a

pmtWi

qnaDfied 1D

be

a member. AdVmllaiDJ.

ill COJJI""Mt

or tmde

jDIJDIIIbl,

JDbHr.a•lb.,.

are

pmbibitrcl,

faJ'

ale .

Jio

.

JW'dbJ'n'

PaltiDs

1

far

aa1e

l ip

DBide

2118 1 4P"'"'"")IJ1mJJedn bolld·

il

P*'"'''led.

D.)

tha id

1181

UUO fm:m

tha

'Dia·lila wJ:1rn1

dm

IIIQidllltl hu

JeDIDVal

fmm ibiD he Jr4 Clean

df

all debda ml krle1 wldllbe

8iilliR"wftDJ

81EL

d.)

n

........ thD lllr mlllm to.,

o.A.S.L., laD.

Thll

fafllm= 10 comply with

ltila

wm

ba CQ111fdmed 11m abadi" i i J t of b8

aaucrcnc.

Sec. 18. A mcnbw

whD

faiia to :teiii'W

his

eue or

whD Josealda

l' lft Dbmdrip

sta1DS sball

have

90

daj to dlaposo of·bll

hmu or

blmp1bw u

pJ.'D9idld ill

&mrm 10

19. AD'f

at:rucr:me

which

is

abndcmed for

90

dap shan be

Ci l iM I , . .

the pwpezty

of

1bc

G.A.S.L., IDe., who may dispose of"

it

11 it deaml

Sec.

20. Dafault- J:4 the

cmmt 1 )nmmWJI8r member does

DDt

pay 8DJ SIIIDI,

chaJ:ps

«

zequhtid 1Dba paid whautue,

tile

Boad ofDJm:aam,

lll:dqa

iD

bebalf

ofdte

JDI IIIIl1cabip

ahaU DOtify i f aur.

of auah

home.

I f aw:b.IUID,

charge.

or

aaessuwns

Bllall iCillUiiD uupdd for

90

days

after tbe Mua of SDCb. DCJtJ=, diD Boatd

may

:fcm=dO&D

thD

l im ' be hDma u a resa1t of tbe i i i i i rWW of1IID req&liud liiDDI'J8. In tbl mil t

the DWDal'

of

a hame does IBHH •cntJeqUhcd ID bepaid by hiiiiiJul,owjddnthiJ:Ir (3D)

daye of ta dae

date,

aa d

.IDDllball

bear

h:dmi$at 1bc

mazlunn

ilWOUil1 pow

ml tr d

by 1 lc Stam of

New

York

fmm kB

due dD

IDd

Did Rrimecnum • be JiablD for 1bD

cm:pmadoDs

JeaiODible

costs

m l a

reaamable

attto

nay's fee

iu:uaed

by it

ncJc1r:Dt

to

1he cotlecdnn or

euthnanent

of

such

liaL .

·

AR.'llCI

B

XV

.

.

Sec.

1

Tbe By-Laws

can Ol1ly be mnended., ca:aatal or I'Cpllllal by a vote of tbl.'ee-qDI11ell of 1be

DUmJbera

ple&OIIt

aDd

eudrJed

tD vote at the amma1

meedug

ar a apedal m.+tedua. A Vom may

DD1y

be IBbn at • special mecring whrm 1JOtiDe

of

b

propoaed obanp

is

siv=

at

kut

30

days

in

a4vm:e

with

the meeting mdce. .

Sec. 2 An

former

By-Jaws ae heJdJy tqteatm.

'Ibis

edition

t thr: G.A.S.L., IDe.

By-laws

Consritmkm waa accepted as written by the

Membemhip

at the

AmiDal

Grmr:raJ MemheiBbip Meedna lmld 0D. May 30* 1998.

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