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priation to aid in carrying on the work of the society, and for an 

 increase of the number of pages and copies of its annual volume, 

 made the following report: 



Gentlemen of the State Horticultural Society: — Your committee 

 respectfully report that in our judgment the society should make 

 application to the state for aid in carrying on its work; and in view 

 of thus being entrusted with the funds of the state, to be expended 

 for the public good, and for the purpose of Che better securing the 

 aid sought, we would advise a reorganization of the society, mak- 

 ing it representative in its character, and reporting to the governor 

 direct, as to the work done, and the use of the means placed at our 

 disposal. 



We have, therefore, revised the paper referred to us, and pre- 

 sent it in the following form, with recommendation that it be intro- 

 duced at the present session of the legislature, as an act for the re- 

 organization of the society. 



The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and 



assembly, do enact as follows: 



" Section 1. The executive committee of the Wisconsin State 

 Horticultural Society shall hereafter consist of the president, sec- 

 retary and treasurer of said society, and of one member from each 

 congressional district of the state; said members from the congres- 

 sional districts to be chosen annually by the county and local hor- 

 ticultural societies in the respective districts. 



" Section 2. The present officers and executive committee of said 

 society shall hold their respective offices until the Tuesday next 

 succeeding the first Monday in February, 1880, and until their suc- 

 cessors are appointed. 



" Section 3. It shall be the duty of the said society to aid in the 

 formation and maintenance of county and local horticultural soci- 

 eties; to promote the horticultural interests of the state by the 

 holding of meetings for discussion; by the collection and dissem- 

 ination of valuable information in regard to the cultivation of 

 fruits, flowers and trees adapted to our soil and climate, and in 

 every proper way to advance the fruit and tree growing interests 

 of the state. 



" Section 4. The annual meeting of the society shall be held on 

 the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in February of each. 



