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cents. Life memberskips may be obtained on payment of the sum of 

 ten dollars, and all certificates of membei-ship shall include the family 

 of the person to whom they are given. The officers elected upon the 

 organization of the Society, shall be considered members for one year. 



Art. 3. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, 

 sixteen Vice Presidents, one in each towhship in the coimty, a Treasu- 

 rer, a Secretary, and a committee of five persons, who, together with 

 the President and Secretary, shall constitute a Board of Directors of 

 the Society, all to be elected by ballot, except at the first election, and 

 to hold their offices for one year, and until others are chosen. 



Art. 4. The duties of the officers shall be such as usually pertain 

 to such offices, and as shall be prescribed by this Constitution, and by 

 the By-Laws of the Society. 



Art. 5. The annual meeting of the Society, for the election of 

 officers and transaction of other necessary business, shall be held on 

 the last Thursday in February, unless otherwise determined by the 

 Board of Directors, and at such place as said Board shall appoint — 

 they giving suitable notice thereof, and special meetings may be held 

 upon the call of said Board. 



Art. 6. The Society shall hold an Annual Fair and General Exhibition 

 of animals, agricultural and horticultural products, articles of domestic 

 manufacture, and of the mechanic arts, and also such other matters as 

 the Board of Directors shall determine ; said Board to direct as to the 

 time and place of holding said Fair, and the premiums to be awarded, 

 giving at least ninety days public notice of the same. 



Art. 7. No premium shall be given to a person not a member of 

 the Society. 



Art. 8. Any vacancy in the offices of the Society, may be tempo- 

 rarily filled by the Board of Directors. 



Art. 9. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to adopt a 

 code of By-Laws, and publish the same with the Constitution, for the 

 benefit of the Society — and this Constitution and said By-Laws may be 

 altered or amended at any regular meeting of the Society, by a major- 

 ity vote of the members present 



Art. 10. It shall be the duty of the several officers to obtain the 

 names of persons wishing to become members of the Society, and to 

 solicit and pay over to the Treasurer all moneys received for member- 

 ships and as donations. 



