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too-ethci' 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 fiirms, oi-chards, 

 vineyards, nurseries, field crops, mining claims, ditches, mills, etc., which 

 ma}' 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 

 ma}^ deem proper, and make a full report to the Board at least one day 

 jjrevious to the annual meeting. 



Sec. 4 Committee of Fiih/icatiq}) . — The Committee of Publication shall 

 consist of three, (the President and Sec.retary being two,) whose duty it 

 shall be to contract for and superintend, under the direction of the 

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

 society. 



ARTICLE YI. — DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. 



Section 1. All donations, bequests, and legacies to this society, desig- 

 nated by the donors for any particular purpose embraced within the 

 objects of the society, shall be with strict fidelity so applied; and the 

 name of each donor, together with the amount and description of such 

 donation, and the object for which it was designated, shall be registered 

 in a book, kept expressly for that purpose. 



ARTICLE VII. — MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Section 1. — Exhihitions. — The societ}- shall hold an annual fair and 

 cattle show in the City of Sacramento, and may, at its discretion, hold 

 such other exhibitions as it may deem conducive to the interests of 

 agriculture. 



Sec. 2. Annual Meeting. — The annual meeting shall be held at the Capi- 

 tal of the State, at such time, during the month of January- in each year, 

 as tiio Board may designate; at which time all the officers from whom 

 reports of the preceding j-ear's service are required, shall present the 

 same, and all officers for the ensuing j-ear shall be elected by ballot ; and 

 all officers shall continue in office until their successors are duly qualified. 



Sec. 3. Special Meetings, how called. — ISo special meeting of the society 

 shall be called but upon thirty days notice in the columns of a news- 

 paper published in each of the Cities of San Francisco, Sacramento, 

 Mar3^sville, and Stockton ; nor without a request signed by at least tea 

 members. 



Sec. 4. Proxy Voting. — It shall not be admissible for auy member to 

 vote by proxy in an}^ meeting of this society, or its Board of Managers. 



Sec. 5. Quorum q/ the society. — At an}' meeting of this society, fifteen 

 members (a majority of whom shall represent counties other than the one 

 where the meeting shall be held,) shall constitute a quorum. 



ARTICLE IX. — office AND ROOMS. 



Section 1. — The office, rooms, library, and cabinet of the society shall 

 be permanently located at the Capital of the State. 



