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

 tary, shall perform his duties, and shall aid him at the annual meeting in making the 

 reports . 



VII. Standing committees from each district : 



1. On Meteorology in its Eelation to Horticulture. 



2. On Geology and Soils in Eelation to Horticulture. 



3. On Botany and Vegetable Physiology and Disease. 



4. On Entomology. 



5. On Ornithology, 



6. On Ornamental and Timber Trees. 



7. On Fruit Packages. 



8. On Ad Interim. 



9. On Testing New Varieties. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



Pr. Schroeder nominated Willard C. Flagg as President for the 

 ensuing year. 



On motion of Mr. Wier, the nomination was made unanimous. 

 The President — There is one subject which it is proper the Society 

 should now consider. We have, for the last two years, elected a 

 vice president at large, and I can find no provision in the constitution 

 for it. I notice this, however, that we have never got very badly 

 tangled in the constitution, and I do not feel very strenuous myself 

 in regard to any doubts that may arise, but I would rather have a 

 vote of the Society before we proceed to the election of Yice Presi- 

 dent at large. 



Mr. Baldwin — I suppose we elect one for each Congressional dis- 

 trict; there are thirteen districts, and then the fourteenth will be 

 the State at large. 



Dr. Hull — I would wish to ask if the Secretary has not re-districted 

 the State ? If so, that matter should be taken up first. 



Mr. Brown — The constitution provides that it should be from each 

 Congressional district. 



Mr. Flagg — The proposition I made was this : that the vice presi- 

 dents ought to be chosen according to these fruit districts. A district 

 like Alton or South Pass has its peculiar characteristics, and it ought 

 to have a vice president representing its peculiar soil, climate, &c., 



