WOOL GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. 4lO 



On Besolutions—h.. M. Willetts, Ionia count}'; W. E. Kenned}', Jackson county; W. 

 E. Dyer, Iiio^h:iin count v. 



On Tariff— ^GxV}. Ilulick, Shiawassee count}'; Wm.RedforcI, Calhoun county; Lyman 

 Gate, Oakland county. 



The committee was instructed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of 

 the Convention on tariff, and to select persons in different parts of the State 

 to circulate petitions to Consjress embodying the same. 



The Convention tlion adjourned for two hours to enable the committees to 

 prepare their reports. 



AFTERXOOX SESSION. 



The Convention was called to order by the President. 



Mr. C. A. Miller, of the committee on Organization and to draft Constitution 

 and By-Laws, submitted a report, which was accepted, and on motion the 

 Constitution and By-Laws were considered section by section. As amended, 

 they stand as follows : 



COXSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



Article I. The name of this association shall be the Michigan State Sheep 

 lireeders and Wool Growers' Association. 



Art. II. The object and design of this association shall be to promote and advance 

 all the interests connected with slieep breeding and wool growing; to procure just 

 and wise legislation for tlie protection of wool growers; to confer with the manu- 

 facturers, and comply with their requests so far as the interests of the members will 

 admit; to liold fairs, slieep-shearing>, or festivals to promote competition and 

 improvement; to protect and encourage sheep luisbandry in all its bearings. 



Art. 111. The officers of tiiis association sliall consist of a President, Vice President, 

 Secretary, Treasurer, and Executive Board of ten members, for the sole and entire 

 management of its concerns, w'hose duty it shall be (having iiereby full powers) to 

 conduct the affairs and transact the business of said association as will best promote 

 its interests. The ten members of tlie Executive Board shall be divided into two 

 sections of five each, one of which sections shall be elected each alternate year to 

 serve for two years, providing also, that at the fir-t election one of these sections 

 shall be elected for one year only. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum 

 fcr the transaction of business. 



Art. IV. The officers of this association shall be elected annually; the time and 

 place thereof shall be designated by the President and Secretary. The officers then 

 elected shall enter upon the discharge of their duties at the close of the annual 

 meeting, at which time the retiring officers shall respectively deliver to their 

 successors the books, papers, money, and all property belonging to the association. 

 In all cases where officers elected shall fail to qualif}', or refuse to enter upon tiieir 

 duties, the old officers shall hold over until others are elected or shall be appointed 

 by the board, wliose duty it shall be to fill all vacancies that may occur. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. The President shall preside at the meetings of tlie Executive Board and of the 

 Society; siiall countersign all orders on the Treasurer, and shall perform such other 

 duties as pertain to his office, or which may be lm|)osed by the Executive Board to 

 aid him in the discharge of his duties. In the absence of the President the Vice 

 President shall preside. 



2. Tiie Secretary shall keep tlie records of the Association, and also a book of 

 entries, in which shall be given a brief description of all animals entered for compe- 

 tition and exhibition at the fairs or shows of the Society, together with the names of 

 the persons entering the same, with their postoffice addresses; shall attend to its 

 correspondence; drasv orders on tlie Treasurer for premiums awarded, or accounts 

 credited by the Executive Board; make out the annual reports, and perform such 

 other duties as pertain to his offn'e, or may be imposed by the Executive B lard. 



3. The Treasurer shall keep an accurate account of all moneys which may come into 

 his liands, pay them over to the order of the Secretary countersigned by the Presi- 



