BY-LAWS 19 



BY-LAWS. 



1. All the officers of this society shall be elected at the January 

 meeting. 



2. All officers of this society shall assume the duties of their respec- 

 tice offices on the first day of June following their election, and continue 

 in office for the period of one year, or until their successors are elected 

 and qualified. 



3. The officers elected at the Januray meeting, 1895, shall hold their 

 respective offices until the first day of June, 1896. 



4. The amount allowed the secretary for express, postage and station- 

 ery shall not exceed $150 per annum, ancj it shall be the duty of the board 

 of directors to employ a competent stenographer to report the proceed- 

 ings of the meetings of the society, whose fee shall be paid by the society. 



5. The first business of the society shall be on each morning the 

 reading of the minutes of the previous day's proceedings, and submitting 

 the same to the approval of the meeting. 



6. There shall be appointed by the borad of directors nineteen dis- 

 trict directors, one from each horticultural district in the state. 



Also a standing committee of three on synonyms. 

 Also a standing committee of one on each of the following: 

 Heterology in its relation to Horticulture, Entoriiology, Ornithology, 

 ■Geology, Forestry, Vegetable Culture, and Ornamental Gardening. 



7. These by-laws may be amended at any general meeting of the 

 society by a majority of ^he members present. 



