No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 97 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



Article 1. This society shall be entitled ''The State Horticultural 

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

 ment of the science of horticulture and pomology. 



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

 vote of a majority of the members present at any meeting, 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 mem- 

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

 payment of ten dollars at one time will constitute life membership. 



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 commit- 

 tee of five on nomenclature; a committee of three on insects, of whom 

 the professor of entomology shall be chairman ; an executive commit- 

 tee consisting of the elective officers of this association and three of 

 whom, including the president, shall constitute a quorum ; and a gen- 

 eral fruit committee, consisting of one from each county represented, 

 with a general chairman of the whole, each member of the fruit com- 

 mittee to have the privilege of appointing two assistants. 



Article 5. The society may, at any time, elect honorary members. 



Article 6. 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- 

 <'ty with the authorities for each, and report, so far as practicable. 



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