STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. XIU 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, 



AS AMENDED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 187O. 



CONSTITUTION. 



I. This Association shall be known as the Illinois State Horticultural 

 Society. 



II. Its object shall be the advancement of the science of Pomology and of 

 the art of Horticulture. 



III. Its members shall consist of Annual members, paying an annual fee of 

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

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

 or kindred sciences, who may, by vote, be invited to participate 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 Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Exec- 

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

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

 tlie 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 direction, have a general superintendence 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 con-espondence and personal intercourse 

 with the horticulturists of the various coimtiesof their respective districts, endeavor 

 to organize local !?ocieties, 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 prepare its reports for publication : 

 and shall receive, for so doing, his necessary expenses for postage, stationery, print- 

 ing, expressage, and office rent, and the sum of three hundred dollars per annum ; he 

 shall render an annual accoimt 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 

 Secretary, shall perform his duties; and shall aid him, at the annual meeting in 

 making his report. 



