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they may deem expedient, and to make a full report of their doings, 

 together with the state of the department under their charge, at each 

 annual meeting. 



Sec. 3. Visiting Committee. — The Visiting Committee shall consist of 

 three, whose duty it shall be to visit and examine all farms, orchards, 

 vineyards, nurseries, field crops, mining claims, ditches, mills, etc., which 

 may be entered for competition, and which shall require examination at 

 other times and places than the annual Fair; to award premiums for the 

 same, according to the schedule, and recommend such gratuities as they 

 may deem proper, and make a full report to the Board at least one day 

 previous to the annual meeting. 



Sec. 4. Committee on Publication. — The Committee on Publication shall 

 consist of three (the President and Secretary being two), whose duty it 

 shall be to contract for and superintend, under the direction of the 

 Board, all printing and publishing necessary for the prosperity of the 

 society. 



ARTICLE VI. — DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. 



Section 1. All donations, bequests, and legacies to this society, desig- 

 nated by the donors for any particular purpose embraced within the 

 objects of the society, shall be with strict fidelity so applied; and the 

 name of each donor, together with the amount and description of such 

 donation, and the object for which it was designated, shall be registered 

 in a book kept expressly for that purpose. 



ARTICLE VII. MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Section 1. Exhibitions. — The society shall hold an annual Fair and 

 Cattle Show in the City of Sacramento, and may, at its discretion, hold 

 such other exhibitions as it may deem conducive to the interests of 

 agriculture. 



Sec. 2. Annual Meeting. — The annual meeting shall be held at the 

 Capital of the State, at such time during the month of January in each 

 year as the Board may designate, at which time all .the officers from 

 whom reports of the preceding year's service are required shall present 

 the same, and all officers for the ensuing year shall be elected by ballot; 

 and all officers shall continue in office until their successors are duly 

 qualified. 



Sec. 3. Special Meetings, how called. — No special meeting of the society 

 shall be called but upon thirty days notice in the columns of a news- 

 paper published in each of the Cities of San Francisco, Sacramento, 

 Marysville, and Stockton; nor without a request signed by at least ten 

 members. 



Sec. 4. Proxy Voting. — It shall not be admissible for any member to 

 vote by proxy in any meeting of this society, or its Board of Managers. 



Sec 5. Quorum of the Society. — At any meeting of this society, fifteen 

 members (a majority of whom shall represent counties other than the 

 one where the meeting shall be held) shall constitute a quorum. 



ARTICLE IX. — OFFICE AND ROOMS. 



Section 1. The office, rooms, library, and cabinet of the society shall 

 be permanently located at the Capital of the State. 



