b TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



various departments of agriculture, mining, and manufactures, either generally or for specific 

 purposes, as they may deem important for the best interests of the State, and require such com- 

 mittees to report the results of their investigations to the Board at such times as may be named 

 by them. 



Sec. 11. Duties of President. — -The President shall preside at all meetings of the Board and 

 of the Society; shall have power to call special meetings of the Board when necessary, and at 

 the written request of ten members, may call extra meetings of the Society,- shall appoint all , 

 meetings not otherwise provided for; and shall sign all financial and official documents ema- 

 nating from the Society, and not otherwise provided for. In the absence of the President from 

 an}' 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. 12. Duties of Secretary. — The Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Board 

 or Society, keeping copies of all important letters written in the name or on behalf of the 

 Board or Society, holding the same free to the inspection of any member of the Board or Society, 

 at any regular meeting of the same. He shall also receive and file all letters addressed to the 

 Board or Society, holding the same subject to the Board of Directors. He shall attend all 

 meetings of the Society and the Board, keeping a full record of the proceedings of each in a book 

 for that purpose. He shall prepare and publish all notices of meetings, shall keep a roll of all 

 standing committees, and call the same (noticing absences) whenever desired to do so by the 

 Chair; shall sign all certificates of honorary and corresponding and life memberships, and 

 forward the same to those entitled to I'eeeive them. He shall keep, in a book prepared for that 

 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 Board, 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 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 j^erformance 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 membership, and keep an account of the same in 

 a book, as they are issued, and shall, in December of each year, prepare a tabular statement of 

 the receipts and expenditures of the Board according to the law organizing the same. 



Sec. 13. Duties of the Treasurer. — The Treasurer shall receipt for all funds at the hands of 

 the Secretary, and shall disburse the same onlj' on the order of the Board, attested by the Pres- 

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

 or other evidences of debt or possession belonging to the Society, and shall transfer, invest, or 

 dispose of the same only by direction of the Board. He shall file with the Secretary a bond 

 for the faithful performance of his duties; said bond to be approved by the Board, and shall, at 

 the annual meeting, make to the Society a detailed report of all his transactions. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



Sec. 14. Committee of Finance. — The Committee of Finance shall consist of five members 

 of the Board, the President being one, whose duty it shall be to audit the Secretary and Treas- 

 urer's accounts, to examine and approve all bills before they are paid, to have general super- 

 vision of the finances of the Society, and to report their transactions and financial condition of 

 the Society in full to the Board whenever called on so to do. 



Sec. 15. Library C'07fi7nittee.—The Library Committee shall consist of four members of the 

 Board and the Secretary, 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 regulations 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 transactions, together with the state of the department under 

 their charge, at each annual meeting. 



Sec 16. Visiting Committee. — The Visiting Committee, to be appointed by the Board from 

 their own number, shall visit and examine all farms, orchards, vineyards, nurseries, field crops, 

 irrigation works, agricultural machine works, agricultural machinery in operation, etc., which 

 may be entered for competition, and which 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 Fair. 



Sec. 17. Printing and Publication Committee. — The Committee on Printing and Publication 

 shall consist of five (the President and Secretary being two), whose duty it shall be to contract 

 for and superintend, under the direction of the Boai-d, all printing and publishing necessary for 

 the Society. 



office and rooms. 



Sec. 18. The office, rooms, library, and cabinet of the Board and Society shall be perma- 

 nently located at the Capital of the State. 



