CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



MICHIGAN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



AKTICLE I. — NAME, TERRITORY, AND OBJECTS. 



The name of the society shall be the Michig:an State Ilorticultural Society; 

 and its territory shall be the State of Michigan. Its objects shall be the 

 development of an adequate appreciation of the peculiar adaptation of the soils 

 and climate of the State to the pursuit of horticulture in all its branches; and 

 the collection and dissemination of information bearing upon the theory and 

 practice of the same, as well as upon the arts and sciences directly or indirectly 

 associated therewith, or calculated to elevate or improve the practice thereof. 



ARTICLE II. — OFFICERS AND MODE OF ELECTION. 



The officers of the society shall be a President, a Vice President in and for 

 each county of the State, as far as shall be found necessary and practicable; a 

 Secretary and a Treasurer, together with an Executive Board of six members, 

 aside from the President, Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall be ex oficio 

 members of said board. The officers shall be elected by ballot. 



ARTICLE III. — A QUORUM. 



Four members of thel Executive Board shall constitute a quorum for the 

 transaction of business at any meeting of said board: Provided, That each of 

 the members thereof shall have been notified, in the usual manner, of the 

 time, place, and, object of such meeting. 



ARTICLE IV. — ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The annual meeting of the society, for the election of the officers specified 

 in Article II., shall occur on the first Wednesday of December in each year, 

 and the officers then elected shall enter upon the discharge of their duties as 

 such, on the first day of January next ensuing; but in case of a failure to 

 ■elect at that time, such election may be held at a subsequent time, at an 

 adjourned meeting, or at a meeting of the society called for that purpose, in 

 the usual manner. 



