meetings not otherwise provided for; shall vote only at the election of officers, and in case of a 

 tie; and shall sign all financial and official documents emanating from the Society, and not other- 

 wise provided for. In the absence of the President from any meeting of the Board or Society, 

 any Director may be called to the chair, and during such meeting, and for the completion of any 

 business transacted, or ordered at the same, shall have the same powers as the President. 



Sec. 3. Duties of Secretary. — The Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Society, 

 keeping in a separate book copies of all letters written in the name or on behalf of the Society, 

 holding the same free to the inspection of any member of the Society, at any regular meeting 

 of the same. He shall also receive and file all letters addressed to the Society, holding tie; 

 same subject to the Board of Directors. He shall attend all meetings of the Society and the 

 Board, keeping a full record of the doings of each in a separate book-, and shall furnish a copy 

 of the proceedings of each meeting to the Committee on Publication within five days alter the 

 close of such meeting. He shall prepare and publish all notices of meetings, shall keep a roll 

 of all standing committees, and call the same (noticing absence.-) whenever desired to do so by 

 the Chair: shall sign all certificates of honorary and corresponding memberships, and forward 

 the same to those entitled to receive them, lie shall keep, in a book prepared for that especial 

 purpose, the name and address of every member: shall prepare and sign all gratuitous or com- 

 plimentary cards or tickets of admission; shall countersign all diplomas, certificates of merit, 

 etc., awarded by the Society, and forward the same to their respective claimants. He shall be 

 ex officio Librarian: shall keep the seal, and all the plates, dies, engravings, etc., belonging to 

 the Society, and shall cause to be struck therefrom such medals and impressions as may, from 

 time to time, be required. He shall have charge of all specimens, models, plants, seeds, books, 

 etc., and arrange, prepare, or distribute the same under the direction of the Board. He shall 

 prepare all reports to be made by the Board to the Society, and all reports to be made by the 

 Society to the State. He shall receive all moneys due or payable to the Society, and pay the 

 same to the Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor; shall hold all bonds filed by officers of the 

 Society for the faithful performance of their duty, and all vouchers for every class of expenditure. 

 He shall countersign all drafts ordered by the Board, and all certificates of annual and life mem- 

 bership, and keep an account of the same in a separate book, as they are issued, and shall, in 

 December of each year, prepare a tabular statement of the receipts and expenditures of the 

 Society, according to the law incorporating the same. For which services he shall receive such 

 compensation as the Board shall decide to pay. 



Skc. 4. Duties of the Treasurer. — The Treasurer shall receipt for all funds at the hands of the 

 Secretary, and shall disburse the same only on the order of the Board, attested by the President 

 and the Secretary. He shall also hold in trust all certificates of stock, bonds, notes, deeds, or 

 othsr evidences of debt or possession belonging to the Society, and shall transfer, invest, or dis- 

 pose of the same only by direction of the Society, or by a written order of the Board. He shall, 

 within ten days after his election, file with the Secretary a bond for the faithful performance of 

 his duties; said bond to be approved by the Board, and to be in a sum equal to twice the com- 

 bined amounts of the funds on hand and the estimated revenue for the year; and shall, at the 

 annual masting, mike to tb.3 Society a detailed report of all his doings; for which services he 

 shall receive such compensation as the Board shall, from time to time, decide to pay. 



Sec. 5. Duties of the Board. — The Board of Managers shall have the general and financial 

 management of all the affairs of the Society in the interim of annual meetings. It shall fill all 

 vacancies occurring between elections, and shall make the necessary preparations and arrange- 

 ments for all meetings, fairs, exhibitions, etc. The Board shall also have power to make its 

 own by-laws (not inconsistent with this Constitution), and arrange the time and place of its 

 own meeting. 



ARTICLE V. — STANDING COMMITTEES. 



Section 1. Committee of Finance. — The Committee of Finance shall consist of three (the 

 President and Secretary being two), whose duty it shall be to audit the Treasurer's account, to 

 examine and approve all bills before they are paid, to have general supervision of the finances 

 of the S)cietv, and to report their doings "in full to the Board whenever called on so to do. 



Sec. 2. Library Committee.— The Library Committee shall consist of three (the Secretary 

 being one), whose duty it shall be to have the general supervision of the library and cabinet, to 

 make all necessary rules and regulations for the government of the same (said rules and regula- 

 tions being subject to the approval of the Board), to suggest such means for the safe-keeping 

 and enlargement of both the library and cabinet as they may deem expedient, and to make a 

 full report of their doings, together with the state of the department under their charge, at each 

 annual meeting. 



Sec. 3. Visiting Committee.— The Visiting Committee shall consist of three, whose duty it 

 shall be to visit and examine all farms, orchards, vineyards, nurseries, field crops, mining 

 claims, ditches, mills, etc., which may be entered for competition, and which shall require 

 examination at other times and places" than the annual fair: to award premiums for the same 

 according to the schedule, and recommend such gratuities as they may deem proper, and make 

 a full report to the Board at least one day previous to the annual meeting. 



Se^. 4. Cymmittee on Dublicution.—The Committee on Publication shall consist of three (the 

 President and Secretary being two), whose duty it shall be to contract for and superintend, 

 under the directiou of the Board, all printing and publishing necessary for the prosperity of the 

 Society. 



