viil CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



IV. The Treasurer shall receive and keep an accurate account of all 

 moneys belonging to the Society, and disburse the same upon the written 

 orders of the I'resident, which he shall retain and tile as vouchers; he 

 shall make an annual report to the Society of the receipts and disburse- 

 ments, which, witli the vouchers, shall be referred to a special auditing 

 committee appointed at the annual meeting. Before entering upon his 

 duties he shall give bond to the Society in the sum of five thousand dollars 

 for the faithful performance of his duties: such bond to be approved by 

 the Executive Board. 



V. The Executive Board shall perform all the duties required of 

 them by section four of the "x\ct reorganizing the State Horticultural So- 

 ciety," approved March 24, 1874. They may appoint such standing and 

 other committees as they may deem advisable. 



YI. These By-Laws may be altered at any regular meeting by a two- 

 thirds vote of the members present. 



An Act to reorganize the Illinois State Horticultural Society. 



Be it enacted by the Peojyle of the State of Illinois, represented in the Gen- 

 eral Assembly : 



Section I. That the organization heretofore chartered and aided by 

 appropriations under the name of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, 

 is hereby made and declared a public corporation of the State. 



Sec. 2. The Illinois State Horticultural Society shall embrace, as here- 

 inafter provided, three horticultural societies, to be organized in the three 

 horticultural districts of the State, which shall be known as the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Northern Illinois, now operating in the counties of Bu- 

 reau, Boone, Cook, Carroll, DuPage, DeKalb, Henry, Grundy, JoDaviess, 

 Kane, Kendall. Kankakee, Lake, Lee, LaSalle. McHenry, Ogle, Putnam, 

 Rock Island, Steplienson, Whiteside, Winnebago, and Will (23); the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Central Illinois, operating in the counties of Adams, 

 Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ful- 

 ton, Ford, Iroquois, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, Logan, Livingston. Mc- 

 I>ean, McDonougli, Marshall, Mason, Mercer, Menard, Morgan, Macon, 

 Moultrie, Peoria, Pike, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby, Schuyler, Scott, Stark, 

 Vermilion, Tazewell. Warren, and Woodford (38); and the Horticultural 

 Society of Southern Illinois, operating in the counties of Alexander, Bond, 

 Clark, Clay, Crawford, Calhoun. Cumberland, Clinton, Edwards. Effing- 

 liam, Fayette, Franklin, Green, Gallatin, Hamiltoir, Hardin, Jasper, Jelfer- 

 son, Jersey, .Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Macoupin, Marion, 

 Monroe, Montgomery, Massac, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Richland, Randolph, 

 St. Clair, Saline, Union, Wayne, White, Washington, Williamson, and 

 Wabash (41)- 



Sec. 3. The affairs of the Illinois State Horticultural Society shall be 

 managed by an Executive Board, to consist of the President and Secreta- 

 ries of said Society, and the President and one Vice President from each 

 of the three District Horticultural Societies; provided, that the eligible 

 officers now elect of the Illinois State and District Horticultural Societies 

 shall be the first members of the Executive Board created by this act, and 

 shall hold their office until their successors are elected, as hereinafter pro- 

 vided. 



Sec. 4. The Executive Board of the Illinois State Horticultural Soci- 

 ety shall have tiie sole care and disposal of all funds that may be appor- 

 tioned (appropriated) by the State of Illinois to sustain the Illinois State 

 Horticultural Society, and shall expend the same in such manner as in 

 their judgment will best promote the interests of Horticulture and Arbor- 

 iculture in this State. They shall meet at Springfield, on the second Tues- 

 day after the first Monday in January, 187.5, and biennially thereafter. 



