382 BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sec. 10. This Congress of Farmers shall assemble annually upon the 

 first Tuesday in February, and in special sessions upon call of the Exec- 

 utive Committee, and the Congress shall in open session determine the 

 place for holding the annual meeting. 



Sec. 11. A majority of the delegates present shall constitute a 

 quorum. 



Sec. 12. This constitution may be amended upon one year's notice. 



BY-LAWS. 



Article 1. The President, or, in his absence, the next highest officer 

 present, will take the chair at the hour set for the convening of the Con- 

 gress or the hour to which it may have adjourned, and promptly call the 

 same to order and cause the journal of the preceding day to be read. 



Art. 2. He shall preserve order and decorum and shall speak to 

 points of order in preference to delegates, and shall decide questions of 

 order, subject to appeal of any tAVO members. 



Art. 3. All committoos shall consist of five members and be ap- 

 pointed by the presiding officer, unless the Congress shall direct otherwise, 

 excepting the Committee on Resolutions, Avhich shall consist of one from 

 each district represented and be named by the district delegation upon 

 call of the roll of districts. The President and Secretarj', by virtue of 

 their office, shall be members of the Executive Committee. 



Art. 4. A call of the roll by districts and State shall be ordered in 

 the determination of any question upon the demand of five delegates. No 

 delegate shall be excused from voting except by consent of the Congress. 



Art. 5. Before being presented, all resolutions, petitions, memorials 

 and all other papers shall be reduced to wx-iting. signed by the delegate 

 presenting the same, together with the name of his county and his post- 

 office address. . Said papers to be read b^title only, and referred to its 

 appropriate committee without debate, unless otherwise ordered by the 

 Congress. 



Art. G. The joiu'nal being read, the following order shall govern: 



a. Introduction of resolutions, petitions, memorials and other 



papers. 



b. Reports of committees appointed at last session. 



c. Reports of special committees. 



d. Miscellaneous business. 



e. Addresses and literary papers. 



Art. 7. Unless otherwise ordered, the Committee on Resolutions 

 shall submit its final report on the third day of the session at 10 a. m. . 



Art. 8. The rules of parliamentary practice contained in Cushing's 

 Manual shall govern the Congress in all cases not provided for in these 

 rules. 



