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said Association, and the interest thereon and increment thereof, are or shall be deposited with said Swift & Company, in accordance with the provisions of the agreement hereinbefore authorized to be made by and between parties of the second part, and said Swift & Company.

TWENTY-FIRST. In case, for any reason, it shall be found desirable to make any change in this Deed of Trust, or any addition, supplement or amendment thereto, same shall be made only after having been proposed at a previous quarterly meeting of the Advisory Committee, and upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of said Committee, and, after the same has been ratified by the Board of Directors of the said Swift & Company, shall be certified by the Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Trust Company with which this Deed of Trust is deposited and thereafter shall be as effective as if originally part hereof.

TWENTY-SECOND. In case, for any reason, it should be necessary to provide for the custody of any of the funds of the Association, other than with the said Swift & Company, then and in that event the said Trustees may deposit or invest the same in such safe and reliable manner and with such person or corporation or in such investment as they shall determine to be in the best interest of the Association, and their act in the premises shall be sufficient evidence of their authority, and it shall not be necessary for any person dealing with them to look beyond this Deed of Trust and the other papers relating to the Association deposited with the Trust Company holding this Deed of Trust.

TWENTY-THIRD. It is the intention hereof, and this Deed of Trust is executed on the express understanding, that wherever the name Swift & Company occurs in this instrument it shall also be held to include the successor or successors and assign or assigns of said Swift & Company, and they shall be substituted for said Swift & Company, as occasion may require, with like force and effect, to all intents and purposes, as if expressly named herein, and the "Board of Directors" of said Swift & Company, wherever used herein, shall likewise be held to include the Board of Directors of the successor or successors and assign or assigns of said Swift & Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.

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THIS AGREEMENT, Made and entered into by and between Louis F. SWIFT, EDWARD F. SWIFT, CHARLES H. SWIFT, D. EDWIN HARTWELL, and EDWARD TILDEN, as Trustees of Swift & Company Employees Benefit Association, under a Deed of Trust, dated July 1, 1907, parties of the first part, and SWIFT & COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, party of the second part, WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Under and by virtue of the said Deed of Trust, the said parties of the first part have been authorized to enter into an agreement with party of the second part, relating to the funds of said Association, a copy of which Deed of Trust is hereunto attached, marked "Exhibit A," and made part hereof, and,

WHEREAS, The said party of the second part is interested in furthering the purposes of the said Association, and is willing to accept the custody of its funds, as hereinafter provided, and pay interest thereon and provide for its expenses and guarantee payment of its benefits.

Now, THEREFORE, In consideration of the premises, the said parties agree and bind themselves as follows:

1. Said parties of the first part hereby authorize and request party of the second part to deduct from its pay-rolls out of wages due its employees who are members of said Association, the amounts, from time to time, due from said members for the purpose of making contributions required to be made by them under the Rules of said Association, and the amounts so collected shall be held by party of the second part under the provisions of this agreement.

2. Party of the second part agrees to pay out of such funds all benefits required to be paid by said Association, upon order of the said Trustees or the Manager of said Association.

3. Party of the second part also agrees to allow interest at such rate as shall be determined by the parties of the first part, with the approval of the Advisory Committee, and until otherwise fixed by them at the rate of five per cent. per annum on all monthly balances of said Association and also to provide for the operating expenses of said Association,

Weekly Pay of Employees
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and hereby agrees to make good any deficiency in the funds of said Association to meet its obligations to members.

4. Party of the second part agrees to continue the pay or wages or to reimburse all members of the Advisory Committee, for their time while engaged on business of the Association, or traveling to or from meetings of the Advisory Committee of the Association, and their expenses during such time shall be included in the operating expenses of the Association, which the party of the second part agrees herein to assume and pay.

THIS AGREEMENT shall extend to and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the respective parties.

WITNESS the hands of said parties of the first part and the said party of the second part, by its duly authorized President, attested by its Secretary and corporate seal, the first day of July, A. D. 1907.

Seal of

{Swift & Company}

LOUIS F. SWIFT

EDWARD F. SWIFT
CHARLES H. SWIFT
D. EDWIN HARTWELL
EDWARD TILDEN

SWIFT & COMPANY

By Louis F. SWIFT, President

Attest:

D. E. HARTWELL, Secretary.

SWIFT & COMPANY EMPLOYEES BENEFIT ASSOCIATION SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MEMBERS UNDER 45 YEARS OF AGE Members 45 years of age and over may enter on this schedule if they have been in the employ of Swift & Company continuously from December 31st, 1906, to date of entry and avail themselves of this privilege on or before

December 31, 1907

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Additional death benefits (as allowed by rules), five cents per week for each $200.

Members who have left the service and contribute for death benefit only, 5 cents per week for each $200.

Weekly accident benefit for 104 weeks and reasonable bill for surgical attention.

Weekly sick benefit after the first six (6) working days for 52 weeks and half-weekly benefit for additional 52 weeks.

SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MEMBERS 45 YEARS OF AGE

AND OVER AS FOLLOWS:

Members joining between the ages of 45 and 50 years-one and one-half times above contributions.

Members joining between the ages of 50 and 55 years-one and fourfifths times above contributions.

Members joining between the ages of 55 and 60 years-two and three tenths times above contributions.

APPENDIX H

EMPLOYEES' BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL

HARVESTER COMPANY

OBJECT

1. The object of the Benefit Association is to provide its members with a certain income when sick, or when disabled by accident, either on or off duty, and to pay to their families certain definite sums in case of death; to create and maintain a fund which shall belong to the employees, be used in payment of benefits to them, and cost them the least money possible considering the benefits received.

ORGANIZATION

2. International Harvester Company, International Harvester Company of America, and subsidiary companies, have associated themselves with such of their employees as may join the same in the formation of this Benefit Association.

3. The Benefit Association is in the executive charge of a Board of Trustees consisting of members representing the plants and departments of the International Harvester Company, the International Harvester Company of America, and subsidiary companies, and a Superintendent.

The headquarters of the Superintendent will be at the general office of the Company in Chicago.

4. In these regulations, unless otherwise qualified, the titles "Company," "President," "General Manager" and "Board of Directors" will be understood as meaning the International Harvester Company, the President, General Manager, and the Board of Directors of that Company. The titles, or terms, "Board of Trustees," "Superintendent," and "Medical Examiner," will be understood as meaning Board of Trustees, Superintendent, and Medical Examiner of the Employees' Benefit Association. The term "Fund" will be understood as applying to the Employees' Benefit Association.

5. The Benefit Fund will consist of contributions from members of the association, income or profit from investments, gifts or legacies to the Fund, and such contributions as may be made by the Company from time to time.

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