STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



CALIFORNIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



[Revised and adopted by the State Board of Agriculture, May 18th, 1880.] 



NAME. 



Section 1. This Society shall be called " The California State Agricultural Society." 



OBJECT. 



Sec. 2. It shall be the object of this Society to encourage the cultivation of the soil, and the 

 general development of all the agricultural resources of this State. 



Sec. 3. To foster every branch of mechanical and household arts calculated to increase the 

 happiness of home life. 



Sec 4. To extend and facilitate the various branches of mining and mining interest. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Sec. 5. Annual Members. — Any person who shall pay into the funds of this Society the sum 

 of five dollars, may become a member of the same; such membership to expire at the end of 

 the current fiscal year. 



Sec. 6. Life Members. — Any person may become a member for life by the payment of fifty 

 •dollars: or, if already a member, by the payment of forty-five dollars, or by serving a full term 

 as a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and shall thereafter be exempt from all dues 

 and assessments. 



Sec. 7. Honorary and Corresponding Members. — Any person whom the Board shall propose 

 may be elected an honorary or corresponding member, and shall enjoy, free of charge, all the 

 privileges of the Society, except voting and holding office. 



Sec. 8. Privileges of Members. — Any citizen of this State, being a member of this Society, 

 shall be eligible to office, entitled to vote, and enjoy the free use of the library, under the rules 

 of the same, and have free admission, accompanied by his wife and minor children, to all the 

 exhibitions of the Society, and shall be permitted to compete for premiums in any or all depart- 

 ments. 



Sec 9. Expulsion of Members. — Any member who shall present for exhibition any article or 

 animal which he is not entitled by the rules of the Society to exhibit, or who shall attempt to 

 deceive, or be guilty of a breach of good faith toward the Society, may be expelled by a vote of 

 two thirds of the members present at any meeting of the Board ; provided, always, that no mem- 

 ber shall be expelled unless written notice of the alleged offense shall have been served on him, 

 or left at his usual place of residence at least twenty day previous to the action. 



OFFICERS. 



Sec. 10. The officers of this Society shall consist of twelve Directors, to be appointed by the 

 •Governor, who shall constitute, a State Board of Agriculture, seven of whom shall constitute a 

 ■quorum. The Board shall be charged with the exclusive management and control of the State 

 Agricultural Society as a State institution ; shall have possession and care of its property, and be 

 intrusted with the direction of its entire business and financial affairs; shall have power to make 

 all necessary changes in the Constitution and rules of the Society; shall provide for an annual 

 Fair or exhibition by the Society of all the industries and industrial products of the State, at the 

 City of Sacramento, and such other exhibition as they may deem important. They shall elect 

 one of their members as President of the Board and Society, and a Treasurer and Secretary, not 

 members of the Board. They may also appoint, annually, as officers of the Board, a chemist, a 

 botanist, a meteorologist,' a geologist, a metallurgist, an ornithologist, and an entomologist, and 

 define the duties of each. They may appoint such committees on the various departments of 

 agriculture, mining, and manufactures, either generally, or for specific purposes, as they may 



