COUNTY EEPORTS. 835 



Aet. 2. The Society shall consist of such persons as may signify 

 their wish to become members, and shall pay, on subscribing, 

 not less than one dollar, which sum shall entitle the person to 

 all the privileges of the Society for one year. 



Art. 3. The ofl&cers of the Society shall consist of a President, 

 two Vice-Presidents, a Eecerding Secretary, who shall also act 

 as a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Executive 

 Committee, to consist of the officers above named and five addi- 

 tional members of this Society, any three of whom shall consti- 

 tute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



Art. 4. The Secretary shall keep the minutes, have charge of 

 the books of the Society, and conduct the correspondence of the 

 same. 



The Treasurer shall keep the ftmds of the Society, and dis- 

 burse the same on the order of the President or a Vice-President, 

 countersigned by the Secretary, and shall make a report of the 

 receipts and expenditures at the annual meeting. 



The Executive Committee shall take charge of and distribute 

 or preserve all seeds, plants, books, etc., and shall also have 

 charge of all communications intended for publication, and con- 

 duct the same in a manner best calculated to promote the interests 

 of the Society. 



Art. 5. There shall be an annual meeting of the Society, at 

 Lancaster, in Grant county, on Wednesday of the first week of 

 the fall term of the Circuit Court, at 6 o'clock P. M., in each 

 year, and twenty days' notice thereof shall be given in some 

 newspaper printed in Grant county ; at which meeting officers 

 shall be chosen for the ensuing year, by a plurality of votes. 



The Executive Committee shall have power to fill vacancies 

 that may from time to time occur in the offices of the Society. 



Special meetings may be called by the Executive Committee, 

 when necessary to promote the best interests of the Society. 

 Ten members shall form a quorum for the transaction of 

 business. 



Art. 6. The Society shall hold an Annual Cattle Show and 

 Fair, at such time and place as may be designated by the Exec- 



