STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. XI 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, 

 AS AMENDED 1869. 



CONSTITUTION. 



I, This Association shall be known as the Illinois State Horticultural 

 Society. 



n. Its object shall be the advancement of the science of Pomology and of tlie 

 art of Horticulture. 



III. Its members shall consist of Annual members, paying an annual fee of two 

 dollars; of Life members, paying a fee of twenty dollars at one time; and of Honorary 

 membei's, wlio shall only be persons of distinguished merit in Horticulture or kindred 

 sciences, who may, by vote, be invited to participate in the privileges of the Society. 

 The wives of members shall be members without fee. 



IV. Its officers shall consist of a President, one Vice-President from each Fruit 

 District in the State, a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer and an Execu- 

 tive Board, which shall consist of the President, the last three Ex-Presidents, and the 

 Secretary ; all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting, and serve from the first 

 of January until the thirty-tirst of December, and until their successors are elected. 



V. It shall hold an annual meeting, and other meetings, and an annual fair, as the 

 Society or the Executive Board may dii-ect. 



VI. This Constitution may be amended at any regular meeting, by a two-thirds 

 vote of the members present. 



BY-LAWS. 



I. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society ; call meetings of the 

 Executive Board, and, under its direction, have a general superintendence of the 

 affairs of the Society, and direction of the expenditure of money ; he shall deliver an 

 annual address upon some subject connected with Horticulture, and shall appoint all 

 committees, unless otherwise ordered . 



II. The Vice-Presidents, in the order of their Districts, shall act in case of absence 

 or disability of the President ; and shall, by correspondence and personal intercourse 

 with the horticultui-ists of the various counties of their respective districts, endeavor 

 to organize local societies, obtain accurate information of the condition and progress 

 of Horticulture therein, and report annually, in writing, to the Society. 



III. The Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Society; have charge of 

 its papers, l)ooks and reports, and prepare its reports for publication; and shall 

 receive, for so doing, his necessary expenses for postage, stationery, printing, express- 

 age and office rent, and the sum of three hundred dollars per annum ; he shall render 

 an annual account in detail of such necessary expenses, which shall be relerred, wuth 

 the Treasurer's report, to a special auditing' committee . 



IV. The Assistant Secretary, in the case of the absence or disability of the Secre- 

 tary, shall i)erform his duties ; and shall aid him, at the annual meeting, in making 

 his report. 



