rONSTITrTlON. 



Art. 1. This Association shall lie known <ts the Horticultural 

 Society of Northern Illinois, and shall embrace the Counties of 

 Burean. IJoone, Cook. Carroll. I)uPaj?e, DeKall), Henry, Grundy, Jo Daviess, 

 Kane. Kendall, Kankakee, Lake, Lee, LaSalle, McHenry, Oi^le, Putnam, 

 Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside. Winnebago, and Will. 



Art. l*. Its object shall be the advancement ot the Science of Pomol- 

 ogy and the Art of Horticulture. 



Art. 3. Its members shall consist of annual members payme an 

 annual fee of two dollars; of life members, paying a fee of twenty dollars 

 at one time: and of honorary members, who shall only be j)ersons of dis- 

 tinguished merits in horticulture or kindred sciences, who may, by vote, 

 be invited to i)articipate in the jn-ivileges of the Society. The wives of 

 members shall be members without fee. 



Art. 4. The officers shall consist of a President, three Vice-Presi- 

 dents, t)ne Corresponding Secretary, two Recording Secretaries, a Treasu- 

 rer, and an Executive Committee, which shall consist of the President, 

 Ex-President, and Corres])on(ling Secretary, all of whom shall he elected 

 at the annual meeting, and shall serve for one year from the first of Feb- 

 ruary and until their successors are elected. 



Art. 5. The Vice-President first elected shall be a member of the 

 Executive Board of the Static Horticultural Society. 



Art. 6. The Association shall hold annual meetings at such time and 

 place as may be determined by the Executive Committee. 



Art. 7." This Constitution may be amended at any regular meeting 

 by a two-thirds vote of the members present. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. The President shall ])reside at all meetings of the Society, call 

 meetings of the Executive Committee, and, under its direction, have a 

 general superintendence of the affairs of tiie Society and direction of the 

 exjjenditures of its money; he shall deliver an annual address upon some 

 subject connected with horticulture, and shall appoint all committees, un- 

 less otherwise ordered. 



2. The Vice-Presidents, in the order of their appointment, shall act 

 in case of the absence or disaltility of the President, and siiall, by corres- 

 pondence and ])ersonal intercourse with the horticulturists of their sev- 

 eral localities, endeavor to organize local societies, oljtain accurate infor- 

 mation of the condition and i»rotrress of horticulture therein, and report 

 annuallv, in writing, to the Society. 



:i. The C(nrespondiiig Secretary shall attend to all the correspondence 

 of the Societv. 



4. The Recording Secretaries shall record the proceedings of the 

 Society, file and preserve all papers belonging to it, and prepare its reports 

 for publication. 



.5. 'ihe Treasurer shall receive and keep an accurate account of all 

 moneys belonging to the Society, and disburse the same ui'on the written 

 orders of the President, which he shall retain and lile as vouchers; they 

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

 ments, wiiich, with the vouchers, shall be referred to the Executive Com- 

 mittee for settlement, 



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