CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. VII 



II. The Vice-President shall preside at the meetings in the absence of 

 the President. 



III. The Secretary shall, upon the direction of the Executive Board, 

 conduct the correspondence of the Society, have charge of its books, papers, 

 and reports, and prepare its reports for publication : and shall receive for 

 his necessary expenses for postage, stationary, printing, expressage, office 

 rent and salary, such sums as the Executive Board may vote therefor. 



IV. The Treasurer shall receive and keep an accurate account of all 

 moneys belonging to the Society, and disburse the same upon the written 

 orders of the President, which he shall retain and file as vouchers ; he 

 shall make an annual report to the Society of the receipts and disbursements, 

 which, with the vouchers, shall be referred to a special auditing committee 

 appointed at the annual meeting. Before entering upon his duties he shall 

 give bond to the Society in the sum of five thousand dollars for the faith- 

 ful performance ot his duties ; such bond to be approved by the Executive 

 Board. 



V. The Executive Board shall perform all the duties required of them 

 by Section 4, of the "Act reorganizing the State Horticultural Society," 

 approved March 24, 1S74. They may appoint such standing and other com- 

 mittees as they may deem advisable. 



VI. These By-Laws may be altered at any regular meeting by a two- 

 thirds vote of the members present. 



An Act to reorganize the Illinois State Horticultural Society : 



Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General 

 Assembly : 



Section 1. That the organization heretofore chartered and aided by 

 appropriations under the name of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, 

 is hereby made and declared a public corporation of the State. 



Sec. 2. The Illinois State Horticultural Society shall embrace, as here- 

 inafter provided, three horticultural societies, to be organized in the three 

 horticultural districts of the State, which shall be known as the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Northern Illinois, now operating in the counties of Bureau, 

 Boone, Cook, Carroll, DuPage, DeKalb, Henry, Grundy, Jo Daviess, Kane, 

 Kendall, Kankakee, Lake, Lee, LaSalle, McHenry, Ogle, Putnam, Rock Is- 

 land, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago and Will (23) ; the Horticultural 

 Society of Central Illinois, operating in the counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, 

 Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Fulton, Ford, 

 Iroquois, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, Logan, Livingston, McLean, Mc- 

 Donough, Marshall, Mason, Mercer, Menard, Morgan, Macon, Moultrie, 

 Peoria, Pike, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby, Schuyler, Scott, Tazwell, Vermilion, 

 Warren and AVoodford (38) ; and the Horticultural Society of Southern Illi- 

 nois, operating in the counties of Alexander, Bond, Clark, Clay, Crawford, 

 Calhoun, Cumberland, Clinton, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, 

 Green, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Jackson, 



