STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. XI 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



AS AMENDED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 187O. 



CONSTITUTION. 



I. This Association shall be known as the Illinois State Hortici/ltural 

 Society. 



II. Its objects shall be the advancement of the science of Pomolog}' and of the art 

 of Horticulture. 



III. Its members shall consist of y? ;/«««/ members, paying an annual fee of one 

 dollar ; of Life members, paying a fee of twenty dollars at one time ; and of Honorary 

 members, who shall only be persons of distinguished merit in Horticulture or kindred 

 sciences, who may, by vote, be invited to jjarticipate in the privileges of the Society. 

 The wives of members shall be members without fee. 



IV. Its officers shall consist of a President, one Vice-President from each Fruit 

 District in the State, a Secretaiy, an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Executive 

 Board, which shall consist of the President, the last three Ex-Presidents, and the Secre- 

 tary ; all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting, and serve from the first 

 of January until the thirty-first of December, and until their successors are elected. 



V. It shall hold an annual meeting and other meetings and an annual fair, as the 

 Society or the Executive Board may direct. 



VI. This Constitution may be amended at any regular meeting, by a two-thirds 

 vote of the members present. 



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 

 address 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 absence 

 or disability of the President ; and shall, by correspondence and personal intercourse 

 with the horticulturists of the various counties of their respective districts, endeavor to 

 organize local societies, oljtain accurate information of the condition and progress of 

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



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

 of its papers, books, and reports, and prepare its reports for publication ; and shall receive, 

 for so doing, his necessai-y expenses for postage, stationery, printing, expressage, and 

 office rent, and the sum 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. 



