IV TRANSACTIONS <>F THE ILLINOIS 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 

 AS AMENDED 1867. 



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 two 

 dollars ; 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 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 Con- 

 gressional District in the State, a Corresponding Secretary, two Recording Secretaries, 

 a Treasurer and an Executive Board, which shall consist of the Pre.-idcnt, the last three 

 Ex-Presidents and the Secretary ; all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting, 

 and serve from the first of January until the thirty-first of December, or until their 

 successors are elected. 



V. It shall hold an annual meeting, and other meetings, and 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 expenditures of money ; he shall deliver an annual 

 address upon some subject connected with Horticulture, and shall appoint all commit- 

 tees, unless otherwise ordered. 



II. The Vice-Presidents, in the order of their districts, shall act in case of the 

 absence or disability of the President ; and shall, by correspondence and personal inter- 

 course with the Horticulturists of the various counties of their respective districts, 

 endeavor to organize local societies, obtain accurate information of the condition and 

 progress of Horticulture therein ; and report annually, in writing, to the Soeiet.v 



III. The Corresponding Secretary shall attend to all the correspondence of tin' 



♦ Society. 



IV. The Recording Secretary shall record the proceedings of the Society, tile and 

 preserve all papers belonging to it, and prepare its reports for publication. 



V. The Treasurer shall reeeive and keep an accurate account of all moneys belong- 

 ing to the Society, and disburse the same upon the written orders of the President, 

 which he shall retain and file as vouchers ; he shall make an onnual report to the 

 Society of the receipts and disbursements, which, with the vouchers, shall lie referred 

 to a special auditing committee, appointed at the annual meeting. Before entering upon 



