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exhibitions as the executive committee may direct, at such time and place 

 as the executive board shall designate. 



Article VI. This constitution, with the accompanying by-laws, may 

 be amended at any regular meeting, by a two-third vote of the members 

 present. 



BY-LAWS. 



L The president shall preside at meetings, and with the advice of the 

 recording secretary, call all meetings of the society, and have general 

 supervision of the affairs of the society, and shall deliver an annual address 

 upon some subject connected with horticulture. 



II. The vice-president shall act in the absence or disability of the pres- 

 ident, and perform the duties of the chief officer. 



III. The secretary shall attend to all the correspondence, shall record 

 the proceedings of the society, preserve all papers belonging to the* same, 

 and superintend the publication of its reports. He sha'l also present a de- 

 tailed! report of the affairs of the society, at its annual meeting. He shall 

 also endeavor to secure reports from the various committees, and from lo- 

 cal societies, of the condition and progress of horticulture in the various 

 districts of the state, and report the same to the society. It shall be the 

 duty of tl\e secretary to make an annual report to the governor of the 

 Btate, of the transactions of the society, according to the provisions of the 

 statutes for state reports. 



IV. The treasurer shall keep an account of all moneys belonging to the 

 society, and disburse the same on the written order of the president, coun- 

 tersigned by the secretary, and shall make an annual report of the re- 

 ceipts and disbursements, and furnish the secretary with a copy of the 

 same, on or before the first day of the annual meeting. The treasurer 

 elect shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office 

 give good and sufficient bonds, for the faithful performance of his duties, 

 subject to the approval of the executive committee. 



V. The executive board may, subject to the approval of the society, 

 manage all its affairs and fill vacancies in the board of officers; three of 

 their number, as designated by the president, shall constitute a finance 

 committee. 



VI. It shall be the duty of the finance committee to settle with the 

 treasurer, and to examine and report upon all the bills or claims against 

 the society which may have been presented and referred to them. 



VII. The standing committees of this society shall be as follows: 1st. 

 Committee on Finance, consisting of three members; 2d. Committee on 

 Nomenclature and New Fruits, consisting of three members. 3d. Com- 

 mittee on Observation, as now provided. Said committees to be appointed 

 annually by the executive committee of the society. 



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