XVI CONSTITUTION. 



pondeiice with otiier Societies, with individuals and with the 

 general committee^ in the furtherance of the objects of the So- 

 ciety. 



The Treasurer shall keep the funds of the Society, and disburse 

 them on the order of the President or a Vice President, counter- 

 signed by the Recording Secretary, and shall make a report of 

 the receipts and expenditures at the annual meeting in January. 



The Executive Committee shall tnke charge of and distribute 

 or preserve all seeds, plants, books, models, &c., which may be 

 transmitted to the Society ; and shall have also the charge of all 

 communications designed or calculated for publication, and so far 

 as they may deem expedient, shall collect, arrange and publish 

 the same in such manner and form as they shall deem best calcu- 

 lated to promote the objects of the Society. 



The General Committee are charged with the interests of the 

 Society in the counties in which they shall respectively reside, 

 and will constitute a medium of communication between the 

 Executive Committee and the remote members of the Society. 



Sec. 4. There shall be an annual meeting of the Society on- the 

 second Wednesday of February, in the city of Albany, at which 

 time all tlie officers shall be elected by a plurality of votes and by 

 ballot, with the exception of the General Committee for the coun- 

 ties, which may be appointed by the Executive Committee, who 

 shall have power to fill any vacancies which may occur in the 

 officers of the Society during the year. Extra meetings may be 

 convoked by the Executive Committee. Fifteen members shall 

 be a quorum for the transaction of business. 



Sec. 5. The Society shall hold an Annual Cattle Show and Fair 

 at such time and place as shall be designated by the Executive 

 Committee. 



Sec. 6. This Constitution may be amended by a vote of two- 

 thirds of the members present at any annual meeting, upon one 

 year's previous notice in writing. 



State Agricultural Rooms, ? 

 February 9, 1853. ^ 



I certify the above to be a true copy of the Constitution of the 



New-York State Agricultural Society. 



B. P. JOHNSON, 



Cor. Secretary. 



