CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. IX 



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

 sums were expended. They shall make no appropriation witliout having 

 funds in hand to meet the same, and if any del)t 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 Hoard. 



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

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

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

 cieties they shall forward to the Secretary of the Executive Jioard a report 

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

 The Executive JJoard 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 

 J^oard shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



Sec. 0. 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 officers. 



Sec. 7. IJy-laws and rules that do not contiict 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. 



