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Art. 12. The State Board may adjourn from time to time, or they 

 may be called together by the Secretary, by order of the President, by a 

 written notice to each member, enclosed by mail, and a notice of such 

 meeting published in two or more newspapers of general circulation, in 

 the city of Indianapolis; and all meetings so held by adjournment, or 

 calls, shall be deemed regular and legal. 



Art. 13. Any alteration or amendment to this Constitution may be 

 made at the annual meeting of the State Board, two-thirds of all the mem- 

 bers voting for such amendment. 



Art. 14. The following standing committees shall be appointed by the 

 President, to whom all matters of business coming up for reference under 

 their particular heads shall be referred, unless otherwise specially directed 

 by the Board: 



1. Finance and Claims. 



2. Rules and Regulations. 



3. Fair Grounds. 



4. Unfinished Business. 



5. Geological Survey— Executive Committee, ex-oflBcio. 



6. Premium List. 



AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. 



At the May meeting in 1851, certain rules, embracing ten sections, for 

 the government of county agricultural societies, were adopted by the 

 Board of Agriculture, as required in Section 1 of the statute laws enacted 

 by the Legislature of Indiana for the "Encouragement of Agriculture," 

 approved February 17, 1852. 



At the February meeting of 1868 the rules were found inexpedient and 

 were repealed, and the following resolutions, submitted by the Committee 

 on Rules and Regulations, were adopted: 



Resolved, That all county and district societies shall be organized and 

 governed by the laws of the State of Indiana in regard to agi'icultural 

 societies, and especially under the act passed by the Legislature and ap- 

 proved February 17, 1852. 



Resolved, That all societies so organized will be entitled to send dele- 

 gates to this Board (State Board of Agriculture) at its annual meetings, 

 and will be received and acknowledged upon the presentation of their 

 reports and credentials, and compliance with the laws as legally organized 

 societies. 



