Xll TEANSACTIO]S'S OF THE ILLINOIS 



V. The Treasurer shall receive, and keep an accurate account of, all moneys 

 beolngiuig to the Society, and disburse the same upon the \vritten orders of the Presi- 

 dent, which he shall retain and tile 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 faithful performance of his duties ; such bond to be approved by the Executive 

 Board. 



VI. The Executive Board shall, subject to the direction of the Society, manage all 

 ts affairs. 



VII. There shall be chosen annually, by the Executive Board, a Standing Com- 

 mittee, to consist of one or more members from each of the three divisions — Northern, 

 Central, and Soiithern — ot the State, on the following subjects : 



1. Meteorology in its relation to Horticulture. 



2. Geology and Soils. , 



3. Botany and Vegetable Physiology. 



4. Entomology. 



5. Ornithology. 



6. Ornamental and Useful Trees. 



7. Fruit Packages. 



8. Testing New Varieties. 



9. Ad Interim. 



VIII. Tliese By-Laws may be altered at any meeting by a majority ^■ote. 



LAWS AFFECTING HORTICULTUEE. 

 An Act to Incorporate the Illinois State Horticultural Society'-. 



Section l. Be it enacted }ty tJie people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General 

 Assemlly, That the Illinois State Horticultural Society, of which Dr. G. [sic] S. Hull 

 is president and James E. Starr, recording secretary, shall by that name and style be 

 hereafter known as a body politic. 



Sec. 2. The object of "the Society being to develop and promote the horticultiu'al 

 Interests of the State, they shall be allowed^ for that purpose only, to hold real and 

 personal estate, the former to the amount of t^^'enty thousand dollars. 



Sec. 3. The Society shall have the right to contract and be contracted with, to siie 

 and be sued, to plead "and be impleaded, to answer and be answered unto in all courts 

 of law and equity of this State ; and shall ^rther enjoy all the privileges incident to 

 incorporations of said character, and not inconsistent with the laws of this State. 



Sec. 4. The Society shall have power to alter and amend their present constitution, 

 to make, alter, and repeal such by-laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying out 

 the objects of the Society. 



Sec^ 5. This act to be in force from and after its passage. 



Approved February 11, 1857. 



An Act to Incorporate the Illinois State Horticultural Society. 



Section 1. £e it enacted ly the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General 

 Assemlly, That Smilev Shepherd, O. B. Galusha, S. G. Minkler, W. C. Flasra:, J. T. 

 Little, tV. H. Van Epps, Lewis Ellsworth, Jason C. Ayres, W. A. Pennell, J. W. Fell, 

 \V. Durley, Samuel Edwards, their associates and successors, members of the Illinois 

 State Horticultural Society, be and are hereby declared to be a body politic and cor- 

 porate, known by the name and style of 'TAe Illinois State Horticultural Society. 



Sec. 2. The object of the Society being to promote the science of Pomology and 

 the art of Horticulture, they shall be allowed for those purposes only, to take and hold 

 real and personal estate to the amount of fifty thousand dollars. 



Sec 3. This Society shall have the right to contract and be contracted with, to sue 

 and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to answer and be answered unto, in all the 

 courts of law and equity of this State, and shall further enjoy all the privileges incident 

 to incorporations of said character, and not inconsistent with the laws of this State. 



