CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Article I. The organization shall be known as the Mississippi Valley Horti- 

 cultural Society. Its object shall be the promotion of horticulture. 



Article II. Any person may become a member upon the payment of two dol- 

 lars, and membership shall continue upon the payment of two dollars annually. 



Article III. Its officers shall consist of a President, First Vice President, Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at each regular meeting; and 

 one Vice President from each State, who may be elected to this position by the 

 several State horticultural societies. Should there be no Vice President elected 

 from any State, the vacancy may be filled by the executive committee of this so- 

 ciety. The term of office of the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, shall begin on the first day of January following their election. No person 

 can act as an oflSicer of this Society who does not maintain his membership by the 

 payment of the annual membership fees. 



Article IV. The regular meetings of this Society shall be held annually on 

 the first Tuesday of September, except when otherwise ordered by the executive 

 committee, and continue for such time as the committee shall determine. 



Article V. The officers of the Society shall constitute an executive committee, 

 at any meeting of which a majority of the members present shall have power to 

 transact business. 



Article VI. Special meetings of the Society may be called by the executive 

 committee, and meetings of the committee may be called by the President and Sec- 

 retary. 



.'Vrticle VII. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the 

 members present at any regular meeting. 



