6 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



deem important for the best interests of the State, and require such committees to report 

 the results of their investigations to the Board at such times as maybe 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 emanating from the society, and not otherwise 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. 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 Direct- 

 ors. 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 (notic- 

 ing 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 receive 

 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 complimentary 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 Libra- 

 rian ; 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 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 annuai 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 only on the order of the Board, attested by 

 the President and 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 

 Treasurer's accounts, to examine and approve all bills before they are paid, to have gen- 

 eral supervision of the finances of the society, and to report their transactions and finan- 

 cial condition of the society in full to the Board whenever called on so to do. 



Sec 15. Library Committee. — The Library Committee shall consist of four members of 

 the Board and the Secretary, whose duty it shall be to have- 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 sug- 

 gest 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 and 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 < 'o mm ittee — The Committee on Printing and Publica- 

 tion shall consist of five (the President and Secretary being two), whose duty ft shall be 

 to contract for and superintend, under the direction of the Board, all printing and pub- 

 lishing necessary for the society. 



office and rooms. 



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

 manently located at the Capital of the State. 



