CONSTITUTION 



OF THB 



MICHIGAN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ARTICLE I. — NAME, TERRITORY, AND OBJECTS. 



The name of the society ' shall be the Michigan State Horticultural 

 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 secretary, and a treas- 

 urer, together with an executive board of six members, aside from the 

 president, secretary, and treasurer, who shall be ex officio members of the 

 said board. 



Said board shall designate one of its members as vice-president. The 

 officers shall be elected by ballot. 



ARTICLE III. — A QUORUM. 



Four members of the 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 speci- 

 fied 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. 



