Constitution. 



Article I. This association shall be known as the Missouri State Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Its object shall be the promotion of horticulture In all its branches. 



Art II. Any person may become a member of this society upon the payment of one- 

 dollar, and membership shall continue upon the payment of one dollar annually. The pay- 

 ment of ten dollars at any one time shall constitute a person a life member, and honorary 

 members may be elected at any regular meeting of the society. And any lady may become- 

 a member by giving her name to the secretary. 



Art. III. The officers of this society shall consist of a president, vice-president, sec- 

 ond vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at each regular 

 annual meeting, and whose term of office shall begin on the first day of June following their 

 election. 



Art. IV. The elective officers of this society shall constitute an executive committee^ 

 at any meeting of which a majority of the members shall have power to transact business. 

 The other duties of the officers shall be such as usually pertain to the same officers of simi- 

 lar organizations. 



Art V. The regular meetings of this society shall be held annually on the first Tues- 

 day in- December and June, except when otherwise ordered by the executive committee. 

 Special meetings of the society may be called by the executive committee, and meetings of 

 the committee by the president and secretary. 



Art. VI. As soon after each regular annual meeting as possible, the president shall 

 appoint the following standing committees, and they shall be required to give a report, in 

 writing, under their respective heads, at the annual aiid semi-annual meetings of the so- 

 ciety, of what transpires during the year of Interest to the society: Orchards, Vineyards, 

 Stone Fruits, Small Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Ornamentals, Kntomology, Ornithology^ 

 Botany, Nomenclature, New Fruits, Injurious Fungi, Packing and Marketing Fruit, and 

 Transportation. 



Art. VII. The treasurer shall give a bond in twice the sum he is expected to handle., 

 executed In trust to the president of this society (forfeiture to be made to the society), with 

 two or more sureties, qualifying before a notary public, of their qualifications as bondsmen, 

 as is provided by the statute concerning securities. 



Art. VIII. This constitution may be amended by a two thirds vote of the members 

 present at any regular meeting. 



