STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. xiii 



BY-LAWS. 



I. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society ; call meetings of 

 the Executive Board, and, under its directions, have a general superintendency of the 

 affairs of the Society and direction of the expenditure of money ; he shall deliver an 

 annual atldress upon some subject connected with Horticulture, and shall appoint all 

 committees, unless otherwise ordered. 



II. The Vice-Presidents, in the order of their Districts, shall act in case of ab- 

 sence or disability of the President ; and shall, by correspondence and personal inter- 

 course with the horticulturists of the various counties of their respective districts, en- 

 deavor to organize local societies, obtain accurate information of the condition and 

 progress of Horticulture therein, and report annually, in writing, to the Society. 



III. The Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Society; have charge 

 of its papers, books, and reports, and ]irepare its reports for publication ; and shall re- 

 ceive, for so doing, his necessary expenses for postage, stationery, printing, expressage, 

 and office rent, and the »um of three hundred dollars per annum ; he shall render an 

 annual account in detail of such necessary expenses, which shall be referred, with the 

 Treasurer's report, to a special auditing committee. 



IV. The Assistant Secretary, in the case of the absence or disability of the Sec- 

 retary, shall perform his duties, and shall aid him, at the annual meeting in making his 

 report. 



V. The Treasurer shall receive, and keep an accurate account of all moneys be- 

 longing to the Society, and disburse the same upon the written orders of the Presi- 

 dent, which he shall retain and file as vouchers ; he shall make an annual report to 

 the Society of the receipts and disbursements, which, with the vouchers, shall be re- 

 ferred to a special auditing committee appointed at the annual meeting. Before en- 

 tering upon his duties, he shall give bond to the Society in the sum of five thousand 

 dollars, for the faitliful performance of his duties ; such bond to be approved by the 

 Executive Board. 



VI. The Executive Board shall, subject to the direction of the Society, manage 

 all its affairs. 



VII. There shall be chosen annually, by the Executive Board, a Standing Com- 

 mittee, to consist of one or more members from each of the three divisions — Northern, 

 Central, and Southern — of the .State, on the following subjects: 



1. Meteorology in its relation to Horticulture. 



2. (jeology and Soils. 



3. Botany and Vegetable Physiology. 



4. Entomology. 



5. Ornithology. 



6. Ornamental and Useful Trees. 



7. Ornamental and Landscape Gardening. 



8. V'egeiable Gardening. 



9. Orchard Culture. 

 10. Vineyard Culture. 



VIII. These By-Laws may be altered at any meeting by a majority vote. 



