DAIRY AND SEED IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS. 163 



Question : Can we change, by a resolution or vote at this 

 meeting, the printed Constitution and By-laws of this Asso- 

 ciation ? The language is plain that there shall be five mem- 

 bers of the executive committee elected ; also the president and 

 secretary, ex officio. 



Mr. Holston : I was president at the time the Constitution 

 and By-laws were adopted, and have been acquainted with 

 the Association ever since, and the idea has always' been, three 

 elected members for the executive committee. There has been 

 no question ; our brother is the first one to call our attention to 

 it. 



President Copeland : I think three have always been 

 elected. 



Mr. Holston : It was the idea to have three. The year I 

 was elected president, somehow four names got on, and they 

 were elected and served for the year. It was an unintentional 

 slip of some kind. The nominating committee put four names 

 in ; the matter was not called up and it went through. 



Dr. Woods: What is the method of amending the By-laws? 



President Copeland: A two-thirds vote of the members 

 present at the annual meeting. 



Dr. Woods : With no previous notice ? 



President Copeland: Yes. 



Dr. Woods : Since we adopted our Constitution, we have 

 adopted an unwritten policy which, I think, is to the marked 

 advantage of the Association ; that is, we have chosen a vice- 

 president who has no duties, with the thought that he would 

 be getting familiar with the workings of the Association and 

 then, after the president has served us for two years, it has 

 become sort of an unwritten law that this vice-president shall 

 become president. It seems to me if we keep up this policy 

 it will be better for the vice-president to be a member of the 

 executive committee, in order that he may be familiar with 

 what the society is trying to do ; and it seems desirable to 

 amend that article on the executive committee so that we shall 

 elect two and make the president, vice-president and secretary, 

 ex officio. I suggest, if this meets with the approval of those 

 here, that a committee be appointed to draft a change of that 

 section so it can be presented tomorrow morning, to be ratified 

 or rejected. 



