PROCEEDINGS AT GEXEEAL MEETINGS. 2o 



he transacted, and occasionally as business may rciuire, on a requisition by three- 

 Directors to the Secretary, or on intimation by him. The Board shall keep a record of 

 its proceedings, to be laid before the general meetings of the Society for its considera- 

 tion. The President, the Vice-Presidents, the Directors (ordinary and extraordinary), 

 the Treasurer, and the Honorary Secretary shall be entitled to a vote at meetings of the 

 Board. Members of the Society, though not in the Direction, may attend the meetings 

 of the Board and deliver their opinion, but they shall have no vote. Committees shall 

 be appointed by the Board -of Directors, and they shall in all cases report procedure to- 

 the Board for its consideration. For the transaction of the routine business of the 

 Society, the Board of Directors shall appoint a general committee of its members to 

 meet on intimation by the Secretary. These meetings, as well as the meetings of other 

 important committees, shall be grouped so as to suit the convenience of members resid- 

 ing at a distance from Edinburgh. 



The foregoing report was under the consideration of the Directors at their meetings 

 on the 2d November and 7th December, when, after discussion, the proposed new by- 

 laws were agreed to in the following terms : — 



5. The Secretary shall, in the first week of November, intimate by advertisement in 

 two of the Edinburgh and two of the Glasgow newspapers tliat the Directors are pre- 

 pareil to receive from members of the Society, within eight days from the date of such 

 intimation, the names of such members as they may desire to suggest for the con- 

 sideration of the Directors, in making up the list to be recommended for the adoption 

 of the Society at the general meeting in January'. 



6. IMie Society shall annually, at the general meeting in January, choose out of the- 

 ordinary members a Board of thirty-two Directors, at least one-half of whom shall be 

 tenant-farmers or others paying the lower subscription. At the same meeting it shall 

 also choose twenty Extraordinary Directors, ten of whom shall be resident in the dis- 

 trict in which the Show of the year is to be held ; the other ten shall be selected because 

 of their known interest in, and experience of, the business of the Society, and of these- 

 at least three shall be tenant-fanners. 



7. A list of Olhce-bearers and Directors shall be annually submitted by the Board of 

 Directors for election by the Society at the general meeting'in January. The Board, at 

 its November meeting each year shall appoint a committee of its members to prepare 

 such list, and to submit it for consideration at its December meeting, that the same 

 may be finally adjusted. The list shall be published in two Edinburgh and two Glas- 

 gow newspapers at lea.st fourteen days preceding the general meeting. 



8. The President shall not continue in office for more than four consecutive years. 

 The Vice-Presidents, the ten Extraordinary Directors chosen because of their connectioit 

 with the Show district, and the eight senior Ordinary Directors, shall not be eligiVjle to 

 be re-elected in the same capacity for at least one year. Any Director who shall not 

 have attended a meeting of the Board for one year, unless prevented by l)ad health, 

 shall be held to have vacated his seat at the Board. 



9. The Board of Directors shall meet on the first Wednesday of each month from 

 November till June inclusive, and occasionally as business may require, on a requisitiort 

 by three Directors to the Secretary, or on intimation l)y him." The Boanl shall keep a 

 record of its proceedings, to be laid Ijefore the general meetings of the Society for its- 

 consideration. The President, Vice-Presidents, the Directors (ordinary and extraordi- 

 nary), the Treasurer, and the Honorary Secretary shall be entitled to vote at meetings- 

 of the Board. Members of tlie Society, though'not in the Direction, may attend the 

 meetings of the Board and deliver tlieir opinion, hut they sliall have no vote. Com- 

 mittees shall V)e attended by the Boanl of Directors, and they shall in all cases report 

 pro'cdure to the Board tor its consideration. 



Mr. Smith, Whittinghame, saitl it had fallen to him to bring up the report, and 

 move it ap|)roval. He thought that the committee to whom it wa.s delegated to look 

 into this matter were entitled to credit and thanks, as through their efforts it was now 

 Mjade clear that one-half of the onlinary Directors should be tenant-farmers. He 

 thought that of itself was a most desirable change to be made. It brought out a gooti 

 representation of the Society apart from anything else. Besides that, there must l>e 

 at least tliree tenant-farmers Extraonlinary Directors, and it had lieeu observed that ten 

 of these Extraordinarv Directors were to be Helected from the district in which the 

 annual Shuw was hehl. He thought they were all agree«l that that was satisfactory. 

 The only pf)int of <lifrerence was one that he considereil to be ntore a practical question 

 than one of princiide, and that was the nomination of the Directors. What was sub- 

 mitted in the Report was: — "The Secretarv shall, in tlie first week of NoveiiilHT, 

 intimate by advertisement in two of the F^linburgh and two of the (Masgow news- 

 ]»a]>ers that the Directors are prepared to receive from members of the Society, 

 within eight days from the date of su<h intimation, the names of such mcnil»ers an 

 they may desire to suggest for the consideration of the Directors, in making ni» the li.st 

 to be recommendeil for the adoiition of the Society at the general meeting in January. "^ 

 Hie counter-motion was:— "The members of the Society resi<lent in each of the- 



