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SECRETARY. 



Sec. 3. The Secretary shall bo the recordiiii;:, corresponding, financial, auditing and 

 accounting officer of the Society. He shall attend all meetings "of tlie Society and Execu- 

 tive Board, and shall keep an accurate record of the proceedings. He shall sign all mem- 

 bership certificates, all awarded diplomas, and have charge of the Society's books and 

 papers and any other property given into his care by the Society, and shall be responsible 

 for the same. He shall attend to the public announcement of the Society's meetings. It 

 shall be his duly each year, in the month of November, to render an abridged rcport^of the 

 Society's proceedings to tiie Secretar3' of the State Pomological Society, in conjunction 

 with an advisory committee appointed by the Executive Board. 



TREASURER. 



Sec. 4. All funds belonging to tlie Society shall be deposited with the Treasurer, who 

 shall pay out the same only upon orders drawn by the Secretary and signed by the Presi- 

 dent. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep an accurate account of all money.i 

 received and paid out by him, and shall be prepared to report the condition of the Society's 

 finances at the expiration of each year's services, or whenever the Executive Board may 

 require him to do so. 



EXECUTIVE BOARD. 



Sec. 5. The Executive Board shall be the judicial body of the Society and shall enact 

 all laws, rules, and regulations for the government of the Society, and shall have full charge 

 of the annual fairs. The Executive Board shall have full power to displace any officer for 

 neglect of duty or abuse of position, and shall fill all vacancies, not otherwise provided for, 

 by appointment. The members of the Executive Board shall consider the announcement 

 of a regular meeting of the Society, to be due notice to each one for a meeting of the 

 Board, as the President shall have authority at such regular meetings to convene the Board 

 at any hour, and any business transacted at such meeting of the Board shall be legal, pro- 

 vided a quorum be present. Special meetings of the Board will require a personal notice 

 through the U. S. mail, from the Secretary to each individual member, and may be called 

 by the President or any three members of the Board. The Board shall look after the gen- 

 eral interests of the Society, keep the Society upon a sound financial basis, and provide for 

 all its necessities as they may arise. The Executive Board shall report to the Society, 

 throiigh the Secretary, all of its important operations. 



ALTERATIONS OR AMEND.MENTS. 



Sec. 6. Any addition or revision of these By-Laws may be made by a two-thirds vote of 

 the members present at any regular meeting of the Society, one month's notice having been 

 given of such alteration or amendment. 



rules. 



Sec. 7. Ordinary parliamentary rules and usages shall govern all meetings of the Society, 

 special or regular. 



AN APPEAL FOR HORTICULTURE. 



EEAD AT THE APRIL MEETING OF THE GRA^'D ElYER VALLEY HORTir TL- 



TURAL SOCIETY, HELD AT GRAND RAPIDS, BY TVM. RO"U'E, FLORIST, 



OF WALKEB TOWNSHIP, KENT COUNTY. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen: — I would call attention to two facts in 

 Horticulture Avhich have an important bearing upon us as citizens of the 

 Grand River Valley, namely, its commercial interest and its moral influence. 

 Patrick Barry, President of the Western New York Horticultural Society, in 

 1871, in his annual address before the society, is credited with saying that hun- 

 dreds and thousands, or he might say millions of dollars are being brought into 

 New York for fruit trees, shrubbery, plants, and seeds. The Michigan Farmer, 

 commenting on Mr. Barry's remarks, asks the question. Will not this 

 apply to Michigan ? May I not ask. Will not this apply to the Grand River 

 Valley? Cannot the Grand River Valley grow its own fruit trees, shrubbery, 



