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BY-LAWS AND RULES OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



PREAMBLE. 



The San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Society, by its Board of Managers, hereby adopts the 

 following code of Bj^-Laws and Rules for the government and direction of said Board and 

 Society, and all persons dealing with said Board and Society, numbered from one to twenty- 

 seven, inclusive, and not stated in section or article, but in separate paragraphs, each having a 

 number as follows, to wit: 



1. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board or Society, and shall keep a record of 

 the proceedings thereof. He siiall conduct the correspondence of the Society, and shall also 

 receive and file all letters and documents of the Society, holding the same subject to the Board 

 of Managers. He shall prepare and publish, or forward by mail, all notices required to be 

 given of meetings; shall keep a roll of all committees; shall countersign all certificates of 

 honorary or corresponding members, annual and life members of the Society, and all compli- 

 mentary tickets of admission ordered issued. He shall _keep in a book, provided for that 

 especial purpose, the name of every member of the Society; shall countersign all diplomas, 

 certificates of merit, etc., awarded by the Society. He shall be ex officio Librarian; shall keep 

 tlie seal, and all tlie plates, dies, engravings, etc., belonging to the Society, and 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, etc., and arrange, prepare, or distribute the same under 

 direction of the Board. He shall, at any Fair or Exhibition of the Society, make an entry 

 under its appropriate department, of the name of the animal, article, or object exhibited for a 

 premium, and the name of the person exliibiting the same, and shall record the award of the 

 committee. He shall receive all moneys paid to the Society, and unless otherwise ordered by 

 the Boai'd of Managers, pay the same to the Ti-easurer, taking his receipt therefor. He shall 

 countersign all drafts ordered by the Board, and keep an account of the same. Whenever 

 deemed necessary, the Board may apj)oint for the Secretary such assistance as 'may be requii'ed 

 to aid hi!n in the performance of his duties. He shall give bond to the Society in such amount 

 as may be fixed bj' the Board, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as Secre- 

 tary. He shnll ]ierform such other duties as the Board may require of him, and in his absence 

 at any meeting of the Board or Society, a Secretary pro teni. shall be apjiointed. 



2. The Treasurer shall give bond (and security, if the Board require it, to the aeceptanqe of 

 the Board of Managers) to the Society, in such sum as a majoi'ity of said Board may deter- 

 mine, conditioned that he will receive and pay over, on their order, all nKuieys and other 

 articles, the property of the Society, that may come into his hands, and will well and faitlit'ully 

 perform the duties of the office of Treasurer of the Society; which bonds shall be dejwsited 

 with the Secretary. He shall receipt for all funds at the hands of the Secretary, and shall dis- 

 burse 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 other evidence of 

 debt or possession belonging to the Society, and shall transfer, invest, or dispose of the same 

 only by direction of the Society, or by a written order of the Board. He shall keep accurate 

 accounts of all moneys and other articles by him received as Treasurer, from whom received, 

 and to whom, and for what purpose ]>aid out; and shall make reporton the financial operations 

 of the treasury as often as may be required by the Board of Managers, and he shall make an 

 annual settlement of his accounts with the Board of Managers, which will be submitted to the 

 Society at its annual meeting. He shall deliver to his successor in ofiice all moneys, papers, 

 and otlier property of the Society in his possession. 



3. The I'egular meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held in each year, as follows: 

 On the Fi'iday next before the second Saturday of January, on the first Saturday of April, on 

 the first Saturday of June, and on the day preceding the opening of a fair; and^special meet- 

 ings may be held at any time upon call of the President, by a personal notice to each of the 

 members of the Boai-d, or by written notice addressed to each member at his place of residence; 

 and the President shall call a special meeting at any time upon the written request of three 

 members of the Board. 



4. Every article or animal exhibited for a premium shall, during a fair, bo subject to the 

 control of the Board of Managers. 



5. The Board of Directors will use every precaution in their power for tlie safe preservatifui 

 of all articles and stock on exhibition, but will not be accountal>le for loss or damage. E.xhib- 

 itors must give attention to their articles or animals during a fair, and at the close of the exhi- 

 bition attend to their removal. 



6. No purse or premium shall be awarded to any but members of this Society, and the ladies 



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