558 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



fourteen hundred dollars for general expenses, being the same as granted last year 

 i and on same terms. 



EVART H. SCOTT, 

 Chairman of Business Committee of State Horticultural Society. 



Mr. Harrison, Chairman of CommiLtee on Rules, read the report of that 

 Committee, which was taken up section by section. Section VI, relative to 

 liquor-s, was reported as follows : 



"No spirituous or malt liquors shall be allowed to be sold on the Fair 

 grounds during the Fair." 



It was moved and supported to adopt the section. 



It was moved to amend by inserting the rule adopted last year. 



The amendment was carried by the following vote : 



Yeas.— Sterling, Rising, Hanford. Lessiter, Cobb, Mitchell, Hj'de, Smith, Wood, 

 President, Treasurer, Secretary. — 12. 



iVays.— Ball, Reed, Burrington, Angel, Chamberlain, Parsons, Howard, Harrison, 

 Butterfield, Anderson.— 10. 



Other changes and amendments were voted, and the report adopted as a 



whole, as follows : 



BY-LAWS. 



By-Law No. 1.— The annual meeting of the Executive Committee of this society 

 shall be held, commencing on the second Monday in January, in each year, at 8 o'clock 

 p. M., of that day, and at such place as the President shall appoint; and at least one 

 weeks notice of the place shall be given, by mail, to each member of the Committee, 

 and also through the press to all persons interested. 



By-Law No. 2. — At each annual meeting of the Executive Committee there shall 

 be appointed, in such manner as the Committee may decide, eight Standing Com- 

 mittees, each to consist of three members, except Committee on Premiums, which 

 shall consist of seven members, as follows: 



1. Business Committee. 



2. Transportation Committee. 



3. Finance Committee. 



4. Committee on Premiums. 



5. Committee on Rules and Regulations. 



6. Committee on Printing and Advertising. 



7. Committee on Reception, to look after guests, visitors, and strangers. 



8. Committee on Programme. 



By-Law No. 3. — The president of the society shall be ex officio a member of each of 

 the foregoing committees, in addition to the other members, and if present at any 

 committee meeting, shall have the right to preside. Special committees may be 

 appointed by the Executive Committee, as may seem best, and charged with such 

 duties as the Executive Committee may order. 



By-Law No. 4.— The president of the society shall be chairman at all meetings of 

 the Executive committee at which he may be present. In his absence, such member 

 of the committee as shall be chosen for that purpose shall act as chairman. 



By-Law No. 5.— The secretary and treasurer shall each, within one month from 

 this date, and hereafter, on or before the second Monday in January in each year, 

 give bonds conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the respective 

 offices, and the accounting for and paying out of all moneys coming into their hands, 

 respectively, and the delivery to their successors in office of all money, property, and 

 effects in their hands, belonging to the society, on or before the second Monday in 

 January in each year. The penalty of the bond of the secretary shall be 31,000. The 

 penalty of the bond of the treasurer shall be $30,000. Each of said officers shall fur- 

 nish bonds with securities satisfactory to the Finance Committee, who shall endorse 

 their approval on said bonds. 



By-Law No. 6.— The secretary of the society shall act as secretary of the Execu- 

 tive Committee. In case of his absence, inability or refusal to act, the committee 

 may appoint a secretary pro tern 



By-Law No. 7.— The secretary shall have tlie privilege of selling membership 

 tickets, for the purpose of making entries, up to and including the second day of the 

 fair, and at the close of business on said day, shall report to the treasurer of the 

 society the number of tickets sold, and pay to the treasurer the balance then in his 



