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ident shall appoint standing eoramittees on finance and accounte, of 

 three members each. 



Art. 16. The committee on finance shall have a general oversight 

 of the financial affairs of the Society, and may report from time to time 

 such mat'ers for the consideration of the executive board as they shall 

 think the prosperity of the Society demands. This committee shaij, at 

 any reasonable time, have free access to the books of the Secretary and 

 Treasurer, and shall, in conjunction with these officers, at the annual 

 meeting of the executive board, report upon the financial condition, 

 present and prospective, of the Society. 



Art. IV. The committee on accounts will first examine into all ac- 

 counts or claims against the Society, and report to the executive board 

 whether the same are just and equitable, when the board shall proceed 

 to act upon the same as they shall deem proper. 



Art. 1 8. The President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be a standing 

 committee on grounds, to have general care and oversight of the same, 

 and vested with power, when they shall deem it for the interest of the 

 Society, to rent the same, or any portion thereof, for such purposes and 

 for such short periods of time as shall not interfere with the objects and 

 uses of the Society. 



Art. 19. It is the aim of this Society, in the advancement of its 

 objects, to collect as fast as its means and circumstances will warrant, 

 and maintain a library of such works, books and periodicals, as shall 

 help to elucidate agriculture and its kindred arts, which library shall be 

 for the use and benefit of the members of this Society, under such rules 

 and regulations as shall hereafter be adopted. 



Art. 20. For the more perfect elucidation of agriculture and it# 

 kindretl arts, as a help for comparison, and as a greater incentive to pro- 

 gress, it is also the aim of this Society to collect and preserve a museum 

 of grains, plants, specimens of minerals, rocks, models of fruit and ma- 

 chinery, implements, Ac, particularly of the productions of Kent coun- 

 ty, which museum shall be of free access to all members of this Socie- 

 ty, under such rules and regulations as may hereafter be adopted. 



Art. 2 1 . This Society will accept and receive for gratuitous distri- 

 bution, any choice or rare seeds, roots, cuttings or scions, and will distri- 

 bute them in parcels to such friends of the improvement as will engage 

 to thoroughly test their qualities, and report in writing to the Secretary, 



