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bitions of the society, and shall be permitted to compete for premiums 

 in any or all departments. 



Sec 5. Expulsion of Members. — Any member who shall present for 

 exhibition any article or animal which he is not entitled by the rules of 

 the society to exhibit, or who shall attempt to deceive, or be guilty of a 

 breach of good faith toward the society, may be expelled by a vote of 

 two-thirds of the members present at any meeting of the society; pro- 

 vided, always, that no member shall be expelled unless written notice of 

 the alleged offence shall have been served on him, or left at his usual 

 place of residence, at least twenty days previous to the action. 



ARTICLE IV. — OFFICERS. 



Section 1. The officers of this society shall consist of a President and 

 nine Directors, who shall constitute a State Board of Agriculture, five of 

 whom shall constitute a quorum. They shall elect a Treasurer and Sec- 

 retary, not members of the Board. They may also appoint annually, as 

 officers of the Board, a chemist, a botanist, a meteorologist, a geologist, 

 a metallurgist, an ornithologist and an entomologist, and define the duties 

 of each. They may appoint such committees on the various departments 

 of agiculture, mining and manufactures, either generally or for specific 

 purposes, as they may 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 may be named by them. 



Sec. 2. Duties of President. — The President shall preside at all meetings 

 of the Board and of the Society ; shall have power to call special meet- 

 ings of the Board, when necessary, and at the written request of ten 

 members, may call extra meetings of the society; shall appoint all meet- 

 ings 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 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 com- 

 pletion 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 corres- 

 pondence 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 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 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 after 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 absences) whenever desired to do so by the Chair ; 

 shall sign all certificates of honorary and corresponding memberships, 

 aud forward the same to those entitled to receive them. He shall keep, 

 in a book prepared for that especial 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 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, 



