CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW-YORR STATE AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



The style of this Society shall be " The New- York State Agri- 

 cultural Society." Its objects shall be to improve the condition 

 of Agriculture, Horticultui-e, and the Household arts. 



Sec. 1. The Society shall consist of such citizens of the State 

 as shall signify in writing, their wish to become members, and 

 shall pay on subscribing not less than one dollar, and annually 

 thereafter one dollar, and also of Honorary and Corresponding 

 members. 



The Presidents of County Agricultural Societies, or a delegate 

 from each, shall ex-officio be members of this Society. 



The payment of ten dollars or more shall constitute a member 

 for life, and shall exempt the donor from annual contributions. 



Sec. 2. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, 

 eight Vice Presidents, one to be located in each Judicial District; 

 a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, an 

 Executive Committee, to consist of the officers above named, and 

 five additional members, and five of the Ex-Presidents shall be 

 ex-officio members of the Executive Committee, and these five 

 shall consist of the five Ex-Presidents whose term of office has 

 last expired, of whom three shall constitute a quorum ; and that 

 the Ex-Presidents of the Society, not members of the Executive 

 Committee, shall constitute a Board of Counsellors, to which may be 

 referred, for consultation and advice, all questions that may from 

 time to time arise, and in the decision of which the Society may 

 in any manner be interested ; and a General Committee, the 

 members of which shall be located in tlie several counties, and 

 be equal to the representations in tlie House of Assembly. 



Sec. 3. The Recording Secretary shall keep the minutes of the 

 Society. The Corresponding Secretary shall carry on the corres- 

 pondence with other Societies, with individuals and with the 

 General Committee, in the furtherance of the objects of the 

 Society. 



