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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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LONG ISLAND HOUSING SERVICES, INC.,

PHILIP KNEER, and PATRICIA FLYNNKNEER,
Plaintiffs,
v.
GERMAN-AMERICAN SETTLEMENT
LEAGUE, INC.,

DEMAND FOR JURY

Defendant.
,
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.

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'

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

See Exhibit D, Letter from GASL President to members, dated April 2, 1984.

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 GASLs racially restrictive
policies. When Phil Kneer inquired in 2014 about these policies, GASLs 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.

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 Defendants discriminatory practices, which diverted
resources away from other LIHS activities. Furthermore, Defendants discriminatory policies
frustrate LIHSs 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

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 Parkon 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

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, GASLs goalsenshrined it its Articles of Incorporation,

Constitution and By-lawsincluded 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 GASLs 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).

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 Acts prohibition on indicating a preference, limitation,
or discrimination based on race or national origin. When combined with the GASLs 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.

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

21.

As described above, GASLs 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 members 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

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 mothers side and Irish on her fathers side. Mr. Kneer is German on his
fathers side and Irish and French on his mothers 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. Kneers mother was originally from
Berlin, Germany.
28.

Despite GASLs 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.

31.

GASLs 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 GASLs 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. GASLs 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, GASLs 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 GASLs 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 GASLs Board President about

GASLs 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

change GASLs 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 GASLs policies and practices.
38.

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

because of the GASLs discriminatory restrictions on ownership.

39.

Frustrated with GASLs 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 GASLs discriminatory conduct

and have suffered damages as a result.

43.

Defendant GASLs 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.)
45.

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

though fully set forth herein.

46.

Defendants 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.

Defendants 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.

Defendants 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 Defendants discriminatory conduct, and have suffered damages as a result.

50.

Defendant GASLs conduct has been intentional, willful and done in reckless

disregard of the rights of the Plaintiffs.

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.)
52.

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

though fully set forth herein.

53.

Defendant GASLs 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 GASLs 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 GASLs discriminatory conduct and

have suffered damages as a result.

56.

Defendant GASLs conduct has been intentional, willful and done in reckless

disregard of the rights of the Plaintiffs.

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)
58.

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

though fully set forth herein.

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59.

Defendant GASLs 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 GASLs 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 GASLs discriminatory conduct and

have suffered damages as a result.

62.

Defendant GASLs conduct has been intentional, willful and done in reckless

disregard of the rights of the Plaintiffs.

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 Defendants 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 Defendants
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

trial on the merits by jury pursuant to Rule 38, Federal Rules

of Civil Procedure.

Dated: October 19,2015

EMERY CELLI BRINCKERHOFF
& ABADY LLP

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) 7 63 -5001
Attorneys

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Exhibit A

USHMM Artifact Gallery: Hitler Youth member

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TIMELINE

THEMES

ARTIFACTS GALLERY

A member of the Hitler

Youth
A Hitler Youth poses for a
photograph in the Rhineland city
of Bruehl, 1934. In 1936,
membership in Nazi youth groups
became mandatory for all boys
and girls between the ages of ten
and seventeen.
Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz,
Berlin / Art Resource, New York

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http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/archive/hitler-youth-member/

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Exhibit B

Exhibit C

Exhibit D

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LUUJe,
P. 0. Box 444

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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 GermanAmerican Settlement League, Inc.
These By-Laws were approved in September 1983 and include
all but two approved amendments. These two appro ved amendments
are:
Change in Article X, Section 2 - Directors
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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.
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Change in Article X, Section 4

Article X, Section 4 is changed to read:
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Each director sha 11 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.

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This letter is considered to be a part of the By-Laws

in that it 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 incorporated into a new printed edition.
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Thank you,

HG:CJ
En c.

Herbert Gloede
President

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natioiiiJ eJezngnta fillias othmwise tbe

requinm1ema ofthe membarabip. application.
- Member&hip in tbD G.A.s.L, IDe., 'is awilable as A) Member and B) .A8J!Miat.e Member, thD apeciftc
reqube10ent of each are u ibllows:
L) MBMBBil!
A Member is a peooa. who in addldap to.meetinatbe p:Da1ll requiniDeall ofmambenhip.
O'WIII or jobdly DWDII witb BDOtbar Member ID aillliniJ houao or lnmplow on the pup&ty a
the G.A.Sl.., IDe. in Yaphank. LL, N.Y

Mfi'Dher ltldua will tenDiDate

compliiDce with Ill)' 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 tatbD ,'""'""ide fiaailt'. k lhall bo COIIItlued to mamAthar, mbdulr, hnlbaud, wifil, ICJD ar dlaJBht-,
.Sec. 1. Appllcatian fiJr JJonvmt.uemblp I 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
Minlnum of 1 BOBrd ofDirectm and 2 bomeowuera. '
A IDijority wte by tho Board ofDirectora is mquind 1br approval ofany appJication.
FmaliiCGiiptliitO ofaew man1xn fbr 'RometJwuenbip I FuD Member Status abaD be by majority WlD of
MmDban at a pmnliJH*If iNS Tha appJiamt 111D1t be pnseat It the paeral111111dina lllld is to be
introduced to the membcnbip, once tbD app1ialat bas bema aa:epted by the Dlldarily
at tbat time
the initiatim &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.
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Sea. 3. An applicaDt may CO!QDiider hjqurelf'admitt&J to the Gatmm-Ameriam SattJ'DIImlleqpae, Inc.
as BOOD he m:eiYed his 1llllllbenbip cad a1pld and app1oved by tbD PrDIIdaat or .bla accmlitDd
tapi8 IGil&liYD. A njDated app1iaaat wDl be DDtiled iD writiDs without lltatiDs lillY l'alaon 1br n.Jecdon
4. llaDpatkm fima mBDberlbip af'thia mpaipJim ahouJd be made in WJitfaa IIIIi BDbrniUed to

1hD Saaraiay.

Sec. 1. It ,Bball the duty atMembtn ami AsaoC1ite Mlmbln to cmduct thamaelvea In apropar manllfl'
10 aa DDt to bdos the OI'JP"dmOD iDtD diiCI'Idit; to act 1oya1Jy with lelpoal to the orpnlnlcm,. 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. It llhiD 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. to mib altha
tbe
fbrthair
pbJB!aalllld 111111181 dmi1DpmBrd; to IUcDd a fill' a ponlbla diD
Glllled_ ad to ullit 1he
afllcln In tile fhlftllmant atthalr dutiaL

meecna

Sec. 3. It ia tho duty afiDIIDbera to iDibnn tha O!pdUon'a aaata&y JmmedJately ofany cheap ot
addra. submit obanp of'addn& in wrlt:ins to 'the IIODiat&iJ
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4. A member
be apeDecJ beaauso
dil1amorah1e "'"ceful in -.are amd ablnctm;
fbr BCt8 cu:utuuy tb t1HI prindplea, aims aad )JIJip)a af'the Orpnlalion; tbr "AAIIdaloua 8lld oBJm1ive

my.-

8CIB teDdfcts to iqjurD the RpUtatiaa 8lld the emma oftba Orpniutlnn; DO JmmoJ1I, Improper,
uf8maive or UDiawAd uaa &hall be ll1lldo oftha
tb&eafaud all Yllid.taw., .amiaa
oidhumoea 8IUi msnlationa of aD gtMiiilllGUtal bocfiel havhJa jprhdiotion thlnaf'abill ba observed; fbr
dafimJt paymait ofmauberahip dues and or Oli''''''lndly Bl&eaeanta.Jt auab ddlul& Ja 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 1lb part In meedDg by voice ar VOle; 10 mab
modems, enmplainha, charps addresses; to use the piopt:i'LJ of 1h8 OJ'88"'zatiOD for piiEpOie8 it is
destined for, aDd am cllglb1e for Bo.Y ofDce povldtcllbey meet tbD qnallflcatiODI ot 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 the D8tDrC thereof BDd c:nable him 10 prepare his defeoae.
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s. 'IbD Board of Din:c:mu shin hava the power 10 BUSpeDd any mmtber penamg their lndng.
If 1he Dips III'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
Sec.

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 kmwn postal addlela. Wlddn 1he IIIIIDe dme tbc
Sa:rebay shall al8o IIDtlfY tba Jlllmlbm' or JDIDIIbem p1eh lug 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 s xpcmben,
appaiated by dm Pn:akJent 8lld cufh 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 the
cblrps and shall report to the Pmddcmt 1lpOD tbo diaposltkm of BDDh charpa.
.

Sa:. S. Prom the da:lafon of die 0Jpnlfi11lng IDqoiry IIJid AtbltraSian BomJ tJu:re wD1 be DO ftu:dl:r
appeaL It ta t'fDal.

Membenhlp Dillls

Sec. 1. Manbcr8blp dues lie to be paicl1JD'111Uy in advaDce (due 11DD81Y 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. If a JiwDber does DOt .-Y their mamhmldp dual widdD 90
days.
in tum 1l2liDqDish their membcnbfp llatul.
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Sec. 2. Any person admlur4 to HaJneQwrmMip I PuD Membenlbip, shall pay an initiation fee. The
I.IDDDDt of die Initiation fiB &baD be reccal\ied by the Boald of Dlrealon llDd approwd by tbe
MembmbJp. Initiation fees wiD also app1J wbmla HODWiwnet I 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 thD
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.

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. . Stc. 2. It lbaD bD tb8 dilly of tbe OJpnlprlnn'a Santaiy ID C8llle DDdce of eaab ammal J1V"'ltfna to
1Je maiJeclldeJI'Veled ID,each liJ,IDihat oftbe OI]Jatlntfim 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 each member
at least 10 days befoxe thD dB of BDeh Dlfflllup sta1iDJ .briefly tbe object or diD objecta th=of.

Sec. 4. Ai 8DI daly callaliiDIIDBl or apc:clal mceth'l, a uaUcJrb;y 'VDtD of the 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

&bmdlng am present.

of the Mmnbcra bi good

Sec. 6. Each Mmnber with pro,per cn:dendals abal1 be endtled to one vote

AmQBVDI

Sec. 1. The order Ot tmstuea at auy meetinS abaU be 88 foDowa:

1.
2.

3.

4.
5.
6.

7.
8.

9.

10.
11.

12.
13.

PlaJp to tbe Flag

Roll CaD of Members
Silent Pmylll' for lle{llrtlll Mmnbeni

R.,.,q

of.,_

Mft:dria

Treuurer'a Bqmrt

Sinknnsa aud Distress

Ot"""'tee Beporta
Peddmw for MenJberabip
DaUnting for Members1dp.
Btwling of Coaespondence
Unfhdabed Business
New BusiDesa
Good & Welf'JR

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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.

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Sec, 1. The hoafnr:eIIDII fbD JiLOPfZlll at lba Go u"r-AmnrtCam SrttJement Leque, Inc.. shaD ba
comroDa1 by tho Boanl
af Dheclb:(l ia
tor lhD manapneue af
an 1IID llffain of the Cmparal.km. iJ1c1mUn1 its
ar aJra of pwpexr, wldcb DiDit be
approval by 213 of JhD ,...,.,heraJip, ad tho CIIIUilhm of lep1 Jaaaomonbl wJda or withDa& 1hD
ClllpDI'IlD lel1 in auch Jnai!IW U ia cJeemcd belt 111111 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.

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Sec. 2. Dhn tnre 'l'.bD PresJdent, 1he VJce PJ:ealdent, the Treaauoter, aud tbo Sc:cut:l:aQ are
. , . , . membra of the Board ofDin=tmu dpdDa diDir tBml of
Odlar

. .six fn DUIIIber Bhall

am.ce.

at

Membenldp MtoetJua, aDd &hall bel

cla88HJict iD reapcal to the time far which the1 aball amnDy be electaJ, by divldiDg tJum haD dlme
ci81RR, each claa CODBisdng of the Whole DIJID1w eleclal. Bach dlrectm abaD .ve tor the 1Dml. for
which he sba11 haft beeD
or appoiDied. Bo abaJl ba IDeHgible for 1'Hllladonas a DJmctm at
tho ek:r=dDn !!ll'!r!tfna at which timD bia 1rml has aaphed. but may be electal apfn tbD fo1lowiDa

year.

Sac. 3. Tha IIIJIDbl:t of DJm: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.

cause.

Sec. 5. In aaae of Ill)' V8C8IIC)' tbmogh death, mdgnadon.

or otbar
tim
Jmuainiog Dlrcclon, by afBrmatiw vote of a :augadt.y lbmeof, may elect a sw:ceaor 1D bold alBce
as a Direc1ar fbr tb8 UDJmpiled portion of tbe lam of the Director whose place &ba11 be VICIIIIt, 8Dd

until the eJcctiOJ) of Jds BI1CCe8SOI'.

Sec. 6. Place of Meettpg.

The Board of Directon may hold their meedns aDd may hiM: 8D
office aud keep 1be boob of 1he cmparatkm. (except as otlawiae may be provided for by law) Jn
JUCb place or places in the State of New 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 least 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.

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Sec. 8. Bmtla' Mwtna

of 1ba Board of DJ:mctmB sba11 bD hdd wJu:ucve:r caDal
tJy thD dRcdaD of 1m Praddent. 'l1le Secietary aball BiW JlDtite of IIICh ipeCfa1 DJCftdng by mail/
dc1lvca:d 11m I8IDa at 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 mthe
DOdce dHnof, aqy 1114 an buafness may be traDBaCied at a apecia1 meeting. At any mrana at wbkh
It Jeaat 7 of the 10 Direclma abaJl be pment, mm tboD&h without JUJtlce, IID1 bnaineg may be

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the Plaidalt shaD pmddo. Be

wm wm ODlJ It 'VOiel of ot1a DJrectom arc daL

Sec. to.

OUJmP Bxr:ept far progDUDI JefjllidDJ c:ontracts ar icla Deeeeury for the proper

maintenance oflhl cmpmale pwpailJ 1 tha Board ofDimetura aball BUhmf.t

an

prowiiDR

llld'ICIB

w1dcb 11p011 filial cmnpletima requhe a tutU DapJta1 expemltme in ezceu of $5,000 (Five ThmlBaDd
Dollata) for 11J1P10Y11 ar ntllicainn 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 Clldacl or act that shaD be 8p1IIO\'IIIJ or radfied by the Mmnbora at a mm'ng abaD
be 11 YBlld 8Dd bi1'MlJnJ upon die Cmporalicm aDd upon aD tbD Mmnbers 18 tbnngb It baa bee:a
iipJilUYCd by tRrlll
of the Cmpmatldn.
Wlm fJDal.ly
approved m1 ratified COIIba&:t ar act, it shaD be 8ip:d by 1be Presfdent
wilh or w!daaut te
Seal 8Dd by elthar the '!\luna:, tbD VJce P.mfdtmt, or tha .
SC'Cietary, ami shall bo wllneeaed by two other Dlmetura
Cmpontkm,

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Sec. 11. The Boald of Directora may deeJgmite an AMirdm!t "l"reasumr BD4 an Aalatant Secmary.
Sec. 12. AD members of the Board of DJrectoil 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 of eJectkm 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.
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Sec. 4. In case of 11111 V8DIUICY

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 lbD 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,

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Sec. 6. Ppwcaa ... PptJg qf,dJo pmeidmt. ThD PmddmJt abaJl preside at Jllffdinga of Mumbera
aad the BoiR1 of .Dber.uue. By VldDe of Ida office he lhall.bave p:prnl abarp of lhD 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 or 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 ,..,.. tbe powani and
dutJea of the Preafdcmt of tim Cmpamdon in tbD Pnlddeat'a abaetlce.

Sec. '. Pmym ""' pgttm gf t11c 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 tbe 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:1alal
oflb:er,
In atJ C11C1 wiJh diD Preifdent, he abaJlllp checb made out by 1hD
Cmpmatiuu ad &ball pay oat m1 dJspose of II}De UDder diD dfmcdnn at thD Bolnl ofDRdwa; be
lhaD lip with Prestdeat aD billa at emlnrup BDd promJaaary DDta of thD CmpandioD.
Whaoei'Q' requht:d by tbD Pmaklent. ha shall Jlmd&:r a aatmMI4 ofldl cub IU: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 thD CmpontiaD aDd to any member of diD
Board of DkeeiDn upcm appUcadcm at 1ha offkz of 1he Corporation duriDg
hoon, aDd he
Bhall ped'mna an acta blcldmt to the posidcm of diD Trcaaurar.

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Sec. 8. Powcg epd PptJp ot tbo 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 of 1bc 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 the
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 1hl:l Seal of die
Cmporation therclo; he shall have charge of aw:h book8 aDd papers 18 the PresideDt may direct,
of which sball at a reawmahle time. ba open to the r:z'"""'l'tlnn of lillY Officar, ar BDiY member of
the Board of .Diredora upon application at tbe
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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PoWO(I epd Pgtjrn of Jho

Soavtaa The
Secietm)'
have IIIICti .
powers) aad shaD pe;douD IIICb diJdaa 81 may be ....., to ldm. by tM Boaid of Dim:lom.

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AB"'C'BXD

Sec. 1. Omnnhcm Chah men, with their cmnm,._ to aaalst the Bo8ld of Dirc:ciDra in the t:fflcient
'1118Dftjf5cnt 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.

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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. If 8lld when so dlrc:clal by tim
President, a duplfc:ate of lbD Seal mq be b,pt aDd be uaed by 1be 'l'reaslller of tbe 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 lllli'hed I:Bil DOt be a1!Lnd except by wdUtua
qrcemem of1heleuee.
&: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.

P8.IIdDa on ccmnnnnJty roads ovmdsbt is problbited.

An OOIDIIIM areas 1 ccmmambJ

ahoo1d J.aDBin wJdc1e fmc. Tbe roadways. pa"ta areas aDd an c"nmn areas abaJl not be
uaal tor storage or long term PaddDa (In excess of 24 hours without 118e) of IDY llldoiDDbile. boat,
trailer, camper, bus, truck or COIDIIICI'Cia1 vebfcte.

Sec. 3.

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 I 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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Sec. 7. Dop - pd8 DDISl be leaBhed or flmced in.

Sa:. 8. 'l'lu:l G.A.S.L. Inc. I shall enter imo a WiiUcD lease .apemaot with BDCh .,...,_.aa lOCh
lama 11 the BoanlofDixeciDll aha1l apecHy ml 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.
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Sec. 10. No mem.bar who holds a leaae may 81Jb..leue

whl:tbDr or DOt for c:o,tnrkfesalion..

Sec. 11. No Jot may be wEd for commer:clal pmpoaes.

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

wJtbout the B.PJUOval of
dm Board at Dbccto A hnmeuwnar wil1iiDa to
q littiiCbD.'e 111111t obbdD
ptiuutla IDd 111\v othar c:md:.Ocllflll requJmc1 by Jaw. A qy of All. pm gita I 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 ill mpld tm:a. maJnb!rwnce fa:8. mf
OUIRInding debbl 1D be eutmed iDto 90 days aBm: 1ha due dldD of such OIIIBIndfna 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' I tbll1JIIIDber far tbe paJDICid: of 1aDa, nwlote= flies
out&tandfng debts
1

ll1hisfer or
of IIICb
hmna in aamcllpce with diD G.A.S.L, IDe. by lawa. Upa a Ml1e, mwl\!r eiD.. 1he
new lxnncowJEr I member of tbe hamD &ball be liable far the payiDDDt oflJiliWid debJa 888( I zcl
apim 8UCh home prior to tbe acqoisidOn of 8UCh home by tbe J'III'Cbaa'

1llaa.fil;r aiiSefiiCd apJnst his/her home ahalllm " upao a sale,

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 XIV1 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 bylaws.

Sec. 16. Plaula, shrubs, trees located on a:mununity property I 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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pa8DD who 1=amt:a m CJWJim:' of 11brmplow 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.alb.,. are pmbibitrcl, faJ' ale . . . . ..aJio.JW'dbJ'n' PaltiDs 1 far aa1e
lip iDBide 2118 1!4P"'"'"")IJ1mJJedn bolldil P*'"'''led.
D.)
tha id! 1181UUO fm:m tha
'Dialila 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
o.A.S.L., laD. Thll fafllm= 10 comply with ltila
wm
ba CQ111fdmed 11m abadi" iii@Jt of tb8 aaucrcnc.

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Sec. 18. A mcnbw whD faiia to :teiii'W his eue or whD Josealda l'!lft!Dbmdrip sta1DS sball have 90
daj&to dlaposo ofbll hmu or blmp1bw u pJ.'D9idld ill &mrm 10..

19. AD'f at:rucr:me which is abndcmed for 90 dap shan be CiliMI,.. 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 I 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
if aur. of auah home. If 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 lim """""""' tbe hDma u a resa1t of tbe iiiiirWW of 1IID req&liud liiDDI'J8. In tbl milt
the DWDal' of a hame does
IBHH!cntJeqUhcd ID be paid by hiiiiiJul,owjddnthiJ:Ir (3D)
daye of ita 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 ml a reaamable attto nay's fee iu:uaed by it incJc1r:Dt to 1he cotlecdnn or euthnanent of such

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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 at thr: G.A.S.L., IDe. By-laws I Consritmkm waa accepted as written by the
Membemhip at the AmiDal Grmr:raJ MemheiBbip Meedna lmld 0D. May 30*1 1998.

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