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Akt. 2. The name of this Society shall bo known and designated 

 as the Kent County Agricultural Society, whose object shall be the 

 promotion of agriculture and all its kindred arts. 



Art. 3. Its officers shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secre- 

 tary, a Treasurer, five Trustees, and a Counsellor from each town 

 represented with members in the Society. These officers together 

 shall constitute the Executive Board, vested with full powers to con- 

 duct the afthirs and transact the business of the Society, any five of 

 whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



Art. 4. The annual meeting of the Executive Board shall be held 

 on the 2d Monday of December in each years, at which time the 

 officers shall make their several reports, which time shall also be the 

 closing up of the Society's fiscal year. 



Art. 5. The annual election of officers shall be public, and shall 

 take place on the last day of the annual fair; the time and place to be 

 designated on the annual premium list and show bill. The officers so 

 elected, having accepted and duly qualified, shall enter upon the dis- 

 charge of their duties immediately after the adjournment of the annual 

 meeting of the Executive Board, and the retiring officers shall then 

 respectively deliver to the incoming officers the books, papers, moneys 

 and other property belonging to their offices or held by them in trust 



Art. 6. The following named persons shall be the officers of this 

 Society for the present fiscal year, viz. : W. S. H. Welton, President; 

 J. W. B. Smith, Vice President; T. E. Wetmore, Secretary; J. F. 

 Chubb, Treasurer; G. C. Fitch, Andrew Loomis, L. K. Jenne, S. S. 

 Bailey and G, M. Barker, Trustees; B, B. Church of Grand Rapidn 

 City, and .J. Rogers of Wyoming, Counsellors. 



Art. 7. The Executive Board shall have the power to fill any 

 vacancy that may occur in their body. 



Art. 8. The annual payment of one dollnr and the subscribing to 

 these Articles shall constitute any resident of Kent county a member 

 of this S«.)ciety. 



BY- LA WS of the Kent County AgriaiHural Society, adopted De- 

 cember 27, 1855. 



Art. 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Execa- 



