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

 exhibitions of the society, and shall be permitted to compete for pre- 

 miums in any or all departments. 



Sec. 5. 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 society; pro- 

 vided, always, that no member 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 days previous to the action. 



ARTICLE IV. — OFFICERS. 



Section 1. The officers of this society shall consist of a President 

 and nine Directors, who shall constitute a State Board of Agriculture, 

 five of whom shall constitute a quorum. The}' shall elect 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. The}" may appoint such committees on the 

 various departments of agriculture, mining, and manufactures, either 

 generally or for specific purposes, as they may deem important for the 

 best interests of the State, and require such committees to report the 

 results of their investigations to the Board at such times as may be 

 named by them. 



Sec. 2. Duties of President. — The President shall preside at all meet- 

 ings of the Board, and of the society: shall have power to call special 

 meetings of the Board when necessary, and at the written request of 

 ten members, may call extra meetings of the society; shall appoint all 

 meetings not otherwise provided for; shall vote only at the election of 

 officers, and in case of a tie; and shall sign all financial and official docu- 

 ments emanating from the society not otherwise provided for. In the 

 absence of the President from any meeting of the Board or society, any 

 Director may be called to the chair, and during such meeting, and for 

 the completion of any business transacted or ordered at the same, shall 

 have the same powers as the President. 



Sec 3. Duties of Secretary. — The Secretary shall conduct the cor- 

 respondence of the society, keeping in a separate book copies of all letters 

 written in the name or on behalf of the society, holding the -same free 

 to the inspection of any member of the society, at any regular meeting 

 of the same. He shall also receive and file all letters addressed to the 

 society, holding the same subject to the Board of Directors. He shall 

 attend all meetings of the society and the Board, keeping a full record of 

 the doings of each in a separate book, and shall furnish a copy of the pro- 

 ceedings of each meeting to the Committee on Publication within five days 

 after the close of such meeting. He shall prepare and publish all notices of 

 meetings, shall keep a roll of all standing committees, and call the same 

 (noticing absences) whenever desired to do so by the Chair; shall sign 

 all certificates of honorary and corresponding memberships, and forward 

 the same to those entitled to receive them. He shall keep, in a book 

 prepared for that especial purpose, the name and address of every mem- 

 ber; shall prepare and sign all gratuitous or complimentary cards or 

 tickets of admission; shall countersign all diplomas, certificates of merit, 

 etc., awarded by the society, and forward the same to their respective 



