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President and one Vice-President fioni each of the three District Horticuhural Societies; 

 prcn'ided, that the ehgible officers now elect of the Illinois S'ale and District Horticul- 

 tural Societies shall be the first members of the Executive Board created by this act, 

 and shall hold their office until their successors are elected, as herein provided for. 



Sec. 4. The Executive Board of the Illinois Slate Horticultural Society shall 

 have the sole care and disposal of all funds that may be apportioned [ajipropriated] by 

 the State of Illinois to sustain the Illinois State Horticultural Society, and shall expend 

 the same in such manner as in their judgment will best promote the interests of Horti- 

 culture and Arboriculture in this State. They shall meet at Springfield, on the second 

 Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1875, and biennially thereafter. They sh^ll 

 render to the Governor of the State a detailed statement of all funds received from the 

 State and all other sources; which statement shall, also, include all expenditures made 

 by them, and the specific objects in detail for which said sums were expended. They 

 shall make no appropriations without having funds in hand to meet the same, and if any 

 debt is created, tbe members of the Board shall be held severally and jointly liable for 

 the payment of the same; and in no event shall the State of Illinois be held liable or 

 responsible for any debt, obligation or contract made by the Illinois State Horticultural 

 Society or its Executive Board. 



Sec. 5. The Illinois State and the three District Horticultural Societies shall hold 

 annual meetings, at which their officers for the ensuing year shall be elected. Within 

 one month after the annual meeting of the District Societies, they shall forward to the 

 Secretary of the Executive Board a report of their transactions, including a list of 

 officers elected at such meeting. The Executive Board shall publish, annually, at the 

 expense of said Society, a report of its transactions and such other papers as they may 

 deem of value to Horticulture and Arboriculture. Four members of the Executive Board 

 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



Sec. 6. Members of the several District Societies shall be entitled to all the 

 privileges of the members of the State Society, except that of voting for officers. 



Sec. 7. By-laws and rules that do not conflict with the laws of this State may be 

 passed and enforced by the several Societies herein mentioned. 



Approved March 24, 1874. 



