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tee, consisting of five, of which the. president and vice-president shall be 

 ex-officio members. 



Sec. 2, The president shall exercise a general superintendence of 

 the affairs of the Society ; preside at all metings of the Society ; appoint 

 all committees unless otherwise provided ; draw all orders on the treas- 

 urer as dir£cted by the Society ; call special meetings of the Society or 

 executive committee when deemed necessary ; he shall be ex-ofificio 

 president of the executive committee. 



Sec. 3. The vice-president shall assist the president, and in his 

 absence perform his duties, and be ex-officio a member of the executive 

 committee. 



Sec. 4. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the 

 Society; shall keep a just and true account of the same, from what 

 source received, and pay out the same upon the order of the president, 

 countersigned by the secretary. At the meeting of the Society on the 



Saturday in December in each year (or oftener, if required 



by the executive committee), he shall make a fulf and complete report 

 of all receipts and disbursements, and at the expiration of his term of 

 office, turn over all books, papers, and all money or other property 

 belonging to the Society, to successor in office. The treasurer, before 

 entering on the discharge of the duties of his office, shall enter into a 

 bond with sufficient security, to be approved by the president of the 

 Society for its use, in the sum of , conditioned for the faith- 

 ful performance of the duties required of him in this section. 



Sec. 5. The secretary shall keep a full and complete minute of 

 each meeting of the Society, and the proceedings of the executive com- 

 mittee. He shall receive and safely keep all books, periodicals, station- 

 ery, seeds, fruits and other like property of the Society subject to its 

 order; shall correspond as may be necessary with all persons or socie- 

 ties as the welfare of the Society may demand. He shall report all the 

 proceedings of the executive committee to the Society at its first meet- 

 ing thereafter. He shall countersign all orders drawn upon the treas- 

 urer by the president under the direction of the Society, and have the 

 care and custody of the seal of the Society. 



Sec. 6. The executive committee shall assist and advise the 

 officers in the discharge of their duties ; prepare all premium lists ; make 

 all necessary arrangements for holding and conducting any and all such 

 fairs as the Society may determine to hold, and such exhibitions of 

 fruit as the Society may determine to make, and exercise a general 

 supervision over the same, and generally to provide for the arrange- 

 ments and Inisiness of the Society. 



Art. IV. The officers of this Society shall be elected by ballot 



