No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 99 



CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE STATE HOKTICUL- 

 TUKAL ASSOCIATION OF PENNSVLVANIA. 



Artic-lo 1. This society shall be entitled "The State Horticultural 

 Association of Pennsylvania," and its objects shall be the advance- 

 ment of the science of horticulture and })oniology. 



Article 2. Any person may become a member of this society by a 

 vote of a majority of the members present at any meetinjjj, and by 

 paying into the treasury the sum of one dollar annually; or the pay- 

 ment of one dollar to the treasurer, at any time, shall constitute 

 membership, and entitle said member to a copy of the proceedings. 

 The payment of ten dollars at one time will constitute life member- 

 ship. 



Article 3. Its officers shall consist of a president, three vice presi- 

 dents, recording and corresponding secretary, and a treasurer, all of 

 whom shall be elected annually by ballot. 



Article 4. The following committees shall be appointed: A com- 

 mittee of five on nomenclature; a committee of three on insects, of 

 whom the professor of entomology shall be chairman; an executive 

 committee, consisting of the elective officers of this association and 

 three of whom, including the president, shall constitute a quorum; 

 and a general fruit committee, consisting of one from each county 

 represented, with a general chairman of the whole, each member of 

 the fruit committee to have the privilege of appointing two assist- 

 ants. 



Article 5. The societv mav, at anv time, elect honorarv members. 



Article G. The society may, from time to time, appoint professors 

 on entomology, botany, horticultural chemistry and geology. 



Article 7. This constitution may be altered or amended by a vote 

 of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting, notice 

 of the proposed amendment, in writing, having been previously 

 given. 



Article 8. Seven members shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 

 action of business. 



BY-LAWS. 



Article 1. The committee on nomenclature shall collate and decide 

 the standard and synonymous names of all fruit known in the soci- 

 ety with the authorities for each, and report, so far as practicable. 



