Ill CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



lY. The Treasurer shall receive and keep an accurate account of all 

 moneys belonging to the Society, and disburse the same upon the written 

 orders of the President, which he shall retain and file as vouchers; he shall 

 make an annual report to the Society of the receipts and disbursements, 

 which, with the vouchers, shall be referred to a special auditing committee 

 appointed at the annual meeting. Before entering upon his duties he shall 

 give bond to the Society in the sum of five thousand dollars for the faith- 

 ful performance of his duties; such bond to be approved by the Executive 

 Board. 



V. The Executive Board shall perform all the duties required of them 

 by section four of the "Act reorganizing the State Horticultural Society," 

 approved March 24, 1874. They may appoint such standing and other com- 

 mittees as they may deem advisable. 



VI. These By-Laws may be altered at any regular meeting by a two- 

 thirds vote of the members present. 



An Act to reorganize the Illinois State Horticultural Society: 



Be it evaded hy the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General 

 Assembly : 



Section 1. That the organization heretofore chartered and aided by 

 appropriations under the name of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, 

 is hereby made and declared a public corporation of the State. 



Se(\ 2. The Illinois State Horticultural Society shall embrace, as here- 

 inafter ])rovided, three horticultural societies, to be organized in the three 

 horticultural districts of the State, which shall be known as the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Northern Illinois, now operating in the counties of Bureau, 

 Boone, Cook, Carroll, DuPage, DeKalb, Henry, Grundy, Jo Daviess, Kane, 

 Kendall, Knnkakee, Lake. Lee. LaSalle, Mc Henry, Ogle, Putnam, Rock 

 Island, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago and Will (23); the Horticultural 

 Society of Central Illinois, operating in the counties of Adams, Brown, 

 Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas. Edgar, Fulton, Ford, 

 Iroquois, Hancock. Henderson, Knox, Logan, Livingston, McLean, Mc- 

 Donough. Marshall, Mason, Mercer, Menard, Morgan, Macon. Moultrie, 

 PeoriM, Pike, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby, Schuyler, Scott, Tazewell, Vermilion, 

 Warren and Woodford (?i8): and the Horticultural Society of Southern Illi- 

 nois, operating in the counties of Alexander. Bond, Clark, Clay, Crawford, 

 Calhoun, Cumberland, Clinton, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, 

 Green, Gallatin, Hamilton. Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Jackson, John- 

 son, Lawrence. Madison, ^lacoupin, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Massac, 

 Perry, Pope. Pulaski, Richland, Randolph. St. Clair, Saline, Union, AVayne, 

 White. Washington, Williamson and Wabash (41). 



Sec. 3. The affairs of the Illinois State Horticultural Society shall be 

 managed by an Executive Board, to consist of the President and Secretary 

 of said Society, and the President and one Vice-President from each of the 

 three District Horticultural Societies; protlded, that the eligible officers 

 now elect of the Illinois State and District Horticultural Societies shall be 

 the first members of the Executive Board created by this act, and shall hold 

 their office until their successors are elected, as hereinafter provided. 



Sec. 4. The Executive Board of the Illinois State Horticultural Society 

 shall have the sole care and disposal of all funds that may be apportioned 

 __ (appropriated) by the State of lUinois to sustain the Illinois State Horticul- 

 tural Society, and shall expend the same in such manner as in their judg- 

 ment will best promote the interests of Horticulture and Aboriculture in 

 this State. They shall meet at Springfield on the second Tuesday after the 

 first Monday in January. 1875, and biennially thereafter. They shall render 

 to the Governor of the State a detailed statement of all funds received from 

 the State and all other sources, which statement shall also include all ex- 



