414 STATE BOAED OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Society, and have the control of its property; it ehall make the necessary prepara- 

 tions for the annual fair, and issue all proper public notices and circulars in relation 

 thereto, or to the general object of the Society; it shall prepare the necessary By- 

 Laws of the Society, and may prescribe such duties to tlie other officers of the Society 

 as are not inconsistent with the usual business of their respective offices; it shall 

 itself obey the instructions which may be given to it at the annual meeting of the 

 Societ}', in matters not herein specially provided for, and at the expiration of its term 

 of service shall make a full report of its proceedings. It shall be competent for the 

 Executive Committee, or a majority of them, to appoint a Chairman and Secretary, 

 who may transact all such business as they may be authorized to do by said commit- 

 tee; and said Secretary shall sign, and said Chairman countersign, all orders on the 

 Treasurer for the payment of any money directed by said committee to be paid for 

 any purpose, and said Secretary shall keep an accurate account of all orders so drawn. 



Art. 8. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee annually to regulate and 

 award premiums on such articles, productions, and improvements as they may deem 

 best calculated to promote the agricultural and household manufacturing interests of 

 the State, having special reference to the most economical or popular mode of com- 

 petition in raising the crops or stock, or in the fabrication of the articles offered: 

 Provided always. When so required by the Executive Committee, that before any pre- 

 mium shall be delivered, the person claiming the same, or to whom the same shall be 

 awarded, shall deliver to the President of the Society, in writing, an accurate state- 

 ment and description, verified in such manner as the Executive Committee may 

 direct, of the character of the soil, and the process in preparing it, including the 

 quality and quantity of the manure applied in raising the crop, or the kind and qual- 

 ity of food in feeding the animal, as the case may be ; also the kind and cost of labor 

 employed, and the total expense and total productions of the crop, or the increase of 

 value of the animal, with a view of shoAving accurately the exact resulting profit. 



Art. 9. The Executive Committee shall meet annually, at such place as it may itself 

 choose, on or before the second Monday in January, and sball then immediately pre- 

 pare a report and abstract of the transactions of the Society during the preceding 

 year, embracing such valuable reports from committees, statements of experiments, 

 cultivation and improvement, proceedings of county societies, correspondence, sta- 

 tistics, and other matters, the publication of which will exhibit the condition of the 

 agricultural interests of Michigan, and a diffused knowledge of which will, in the 

 judgment of the committee, add to the productiveness of agricultural and household 

 labor, and therefore promote the general prosperity of the State; and as soon as 

 practicable the committee shall transmit such report and abstract to such ofllce or 

 oflicer as is required by the statutes of Michigan. 



Art. 10. No officer of the Society except the Recording Secretary shall receive any 

 compensation for his services. The Executive Committee shall allow said Secretary 

 such sum for past and future services as they may deem advisable. 



Art. 11. Any person may become a member of the Michigan State Agricultural 

 Society for one year by paying into the treasury the sum of one dollar. 



Art. 12. The Executive Committee may appoint sub-committees, with such duties 

 and powers as said Executive Committee may prescribe. 



Art. 13. This constitution may be altei-ed or amended at any annual meeting of the 

 Society, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, provided such alteration or 

 amendment shall have been recommended by a vote of two-thirds of the Executive 

 Committee at their preceding annual meeting, and shall have been published in the 

 premium list of that year. 



BY-LAWS. 



I. 



There shall be appointed at the annual meeting of the Executive Committee, the 

 following standing committees ; 



1. Business Committee. 



2. Finance Committee. 



3. Committee on Premium List. 



4. Committee on Eules and Eegulations. 



5. Committee on Transportation. 



6. Committee on Printing. 



Which committees shall be composed only of the members appointed thereon. 



