CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. IX 



penditures made by them, and the specific objects in detail for which said 

 sums were expended. Thej' shall make no appropriation without having 

 funds in hand to meet the same, and if any debt is created the members of 

 the Board shall be held severally and jointly liable for the payment of the 

 same, and in no event shall the State of Illinois be held liable or responsible 

 for any debt, obligation or contract made by the Illinois State Horticultural 

 Society or its Executive Board. 



Sec. 5. The Illinois State and the three District Horticultural Societies 

 shall hold annual meetings, at which their officers for the ensuing year shall 

 be elected. Within one month after tlie annual meeting of the District 

 Societies they shall forward to the Secretary of the Executive Board a report 

 of their transactions, including a list of officers elected at such meeting. 

 The Executive Board shall publish annually, at the expense of said Society, 

 a report of its transactions and such other papers as they may deem of 

 value to Horticulture and Arboriculture. Four members of the Executive 

 Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



Sec (3. Members of the several District Societies shall be entitled to 

 all the privileges of the members of the State Society, except that of voting 

 for otlicers. 



Sec. T. By-laws and rules that do not conflict with the laws of this 

 State may be passed and enforced by the several Societies herein mentioned. 



Approved March 24, 1874. 



►The Society was first incorporated February 11, 1857 — two months after its organization. 



