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CONSTITUTION" AND T^IANAGEMEXT. 



The general business of The Highland and Agricultural Society ls con- 

 ducted under the sanction and control of a Eoyal Charter, which authorises the 

 enactment of Bye-Laws. Business connected ivith Agricultural Education is con- 

 ducted under tlie authority of a supplementary Eoyal Charter, also authorising 

 the enactment of Bye-Laws. 



The Office-Bearers consist of a President, Four Vice-Presidents, Thirty Ordinary 

 and Ten Extraordinary Directors, a Treasurer, an Honorary and an Acting Secre- 

 tary, an Auditor, and other Officers. 



The Directors meet on the first Wednesday of each month from November to 

 June ; seven being a quorum. The proceedings of the Directors are reported to 

 General Meetings of the Society, held in January and in June or July. 



With reference to motions at General Meetings, Bye-Law No. 7 jwovides — 

 "That at General Meetings of the Society no motion or proposal (except of mere 

 form or courtesy) shall be submitted or entertained for immediate decision unless 

 notice thereof has been given a week iireviously to the Board of Directors, without 

 prejudice, however, to the competency of making such motion or proposal to the 

 eflect of its being remitted to the Directors for consideration, and thereafter being 

 disposed of at a future General Meeting." 



The CoimcO. on Education, under the Supplementary Charter, consists of Sixteen 

 Members — Nine nominated by the Charter, and Seven elected by the Society. 

 The Board of Examiners consists of Ten Members. 



Candidates for admission to the Society must be proposed by a Member, and are 

 elected at the half-yearly General ileetings in January and Jime or July. The 

 ordinary subscription is £1, 3s. 6d. annually, which ma}' be redeemed by one 

 payment, varying, according to the number of previous annual papnents, from 

 £12, 12s. to £7, Is. Proprietors farming the whole of their own lands, whose 

 assessments on the Valuation Koll does not exceed £500 per annum, and all 

 Tenant-Farmers, Office-Bearers of Local Agiicultural Associations, Resident 

 Agricultiu-al Factors, Land Stewards, Foresters, Agricultural Implement Makers, 

 and Veterinary Sui'geons, none of tliem being also owners of laud to an extent 

 exceeding £500 per annum, are admitted on a subscription of 10s. annually, which 

 maj- be redeemed by one pajnnent, varying, according to the number of pre-^aous 

 annual payments, from £5, 5s. to £3. According to the Charter, a Member who 

 homologates his Election by paying his first subscription cannot retire imtil he 

 has paid in annual subscriptions, or otherwise, an amount equivalent to a life 

 composition. Members having candidates to propose are requested to state whether 

 the candidate should be on the £1, 3s. 6d. or 10s. list. 



Members of the Society receive the Transactions free on application to the 

 Secretary, and are entitled to apply for District Premiums — to report Ploughing 

 Matches for the Medal — to attend Shows free of charge, and to exhibit Stock at 

 reduced rates. 



Orders, payable at the Eoyal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, are issued by the 

 Directors, in name of the parties in whose favour Premiums have been awarded. 



All communications must be addressed to " Fletcher Nortox Mekzies, Esq., 

 Secretary of the Highland and Agiicultural Society of Scotland, No. 3 George IV. 

 Bridge, Edinburgh." 



