VIII CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Macoupin, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, 

 Massac, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Kichland, Randolph, St. Clair, Saline, Union, 

 Wayne, White, Washington, Williamson and Wabash (41). 



Sec. 3. The affairs of the Illinois State Horticultural Society shall be 

 managed by an Executive Board, to consist of the President and Secretary 

 of said Society, and the President and one Vice-President from each of the 

 tbree District Horticultural Societies ; provided, that the eligible officers 

 now elect of the Illinois State and District Horticultural 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 hereinafter provided.. 



Sec. 4. The Executive Board of the Illinois State Horticultural Society 

 shall have the sole care and disposal of all funds that may be apportioned 

 (appropriated) by the State of Illinois to sustain the Illinois State Horticul- 

 tural Society, and shall expend the same in such manner as in their judgment 

 will best promote the interests of Horticulture 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 shall 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 ex- 

 penditures made by them, and the specific objects in detail for which said 

 sums were expended. They shall make no appropriation without having 

 funds in hand to meet the same, and if any debt is created, the 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. Eour 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. 



•The Society was first incorporated February 11, 1857— two months after its organ- 

 ization. 



