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the duties of their offices until others are chosen and qualified to fill 

 their places. 



Art. 4. Before entering upon their duties, the officers elect, conBtitut- 

 ing the Executive Board, shall file a written acceptance with the Sec- 

 retary ; the Secretary and Treasurer shall each give bond in such penal 

 sum as the Board may direct, running to the Ottawa County Agricul- 

 tural Society, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the President, 

 and which bonds shall be filed with the President. 



Art. 5. The Executive Board are vested with power, at any regular 

 meeting, to fill any vacancy in its numbers that occur by reason of 

 death, resignation, or any legal event, and they may make by-laws pre- 

 scribinix the duties of the several officers and rules for the management 

 of the Society generally, not incompatible with these articles of associa- 

 tion; may hold fairs and exhibitions, and may distribute premiums for 

 the best and most meritorious animals or articles exhibited in the several 

 departments of the arts for the promotion of which the Society is 

 formed, as shall be by their by-laws and regulations provided. 



Art. 6. Any resident of Ottawa county, by the annual payment of 

 one dollar to the Treasurer or Secretary, and by subscribing to these 

 articles of association, shall be a stockholder of the Society. 



Art. 7. The officers for the current year are : Henry Pennoyer, Pres- 

 ident; Simeon Hazleton, Vice President; Timo. Eastman, Secretary; 

 Geo. Luther, Treasurer; Geo. Baxter, Perley Lawton, John H. David- 

 son, Hiram Jennison, John S. Burton, Henry C. Durphy, and Wm. M. 

 Ferry, Jr., Directors; J. Skeels, of Jamestown, C. Bos worth, George- 

 town, Grosvenor Reed, Allondale, A. H. Vredenburg, Blendon, Frederic 

 Ptauney, Robinson, Geo. Parks, Ottawa, M. Van Hees, Zealand, A. C. 

 Van Roolte, Holland, L. M. S. Smith, Spriug Lake, A. Bartholomew, 

 Crockery, A. B. Sumner, Polkton, E. Stafibrd, Ravenna, L. Chubb, 

 Chester, R. Hilton, Cazenovia, Charles Buck, Wright, A. Stoddard, 

 Tallmadge, C. Davis, Muskegon, and La 0. Smith, of Norton, Corres- 

 ponding Secretaries. 



Art. 8. The President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Society, shall, 



on or before the 20th day of December in each year, make out and 



transmit to the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, at his office, 



a statement of the transactions of said Society for the preceding year, 



iving a full detail of the receipts and expenditures thereof, with a list 



