ACT OF REORGANIZATION. 



OF THE 



STATE HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY, 



Chapter 151, Laws of 1879, as Amended by Chapter 14, Laws of 1887. 



Section 1. The executive committee of the Wisconsin State Horticul- 

 tural Society shall hereafter consist of the president, secretary and treas- 

 urer of said society, and of one member from each congressional district 

 of the state, said members from the congressional districts to be chosen 

 annually by the county and local horticultural societies in the respective 

 dist ricts. 



Section 2. The present officers and executive committee of said society 

 shall hold their respective offices until the Tuesday next succeeding the 

 first Monday in February, 1880, and until their successors are appointed. 



Section 3. It shall be the duty of the said society to aid in the forma- 

 tion and maintenance of county and local horticultural societies, to pro- 

 mote the horticultural interests of the state by the holding of meetines for 

 discussion; by the collection and dissemination of valuable information in 

 regard to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and trees adapted to our soil 

 and climate, and in every proper way to advance the fruit and tree grow- 

 ing interests of the state. 



Section 4. The annual meeting of the society for the election of its 

 oflBcers, the transaction of general business, and the consideration of ques- 

 tions pertaining to horticulture, shall be held at such time and place as may 

 be determined at the last preceding annual meeting. In case of the failure 

 of such meeting to so determine, the executive board may call such meet- 

 ing by giving at lease thirty days' notice to each member of the society. 



Section 5. All vacancies in the oflBces of said society may be filled by 

 the executive committee; and should there be a failure to elect a member 

 of the executive committee in any district, the vacancy may be filled by a 

 two-thirds vote of the members of the society present at any regularly 

 appointed meeting. 



Section 6. It shall be the duty of the secretary of said society to make 

 an annual report to the governor of the state of the transactions of the 

 society, including an itemized account of all moneys expended during the 



