172 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ARTICLE VIII. — BY-LAWS. 



By-laws for the government of the society shall be framed, and when needful, amended 

 by the executive board; but changes thereof may be at any time proposed by the society 

 in general meeting. 



ARTICLE IX. — AMENDMENTS. 



This constitution may be amended at any regular meeting of the society by a vote, 

 by ballot, of two-thirds of all the members present and voting: Provided, That notice 

 of such proposed amendment, specifying its purport, shall have been given at the last 

 previous regular meeting. 



BY-LAWS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I. THE PRESIDENT. 



1st. The president shall be the executive officer of the society and of the executive 

 board; and it shall be his duty to see that the rules and regulations of the society, and of 

 the executive board, are duly enforced and obeyed. 



2d. He may, in his discretion, and in the lack of needful rules, during the recesses 

 of the society and of the board, prescribe rules for the management of the interests or 

 business of the society such rules to continue in force till the next session of the executive 

 board, and until, by its action, they shall have become no longer necessary. 



3d. He shall act in conjunction with the secretary in the preparation of programmes 

 or orders of business, for the sessions of the society; and in the devising of plans and pro- 

 cesses for the maintenance of its interests. 



4th. He shall have the best interests of the society at heart, and shall lead in for- 

 warding any and all enterprises calculated to add to its permanency or to increase its 

 usefulness, and establish it more firmly in the public confidence. 



II. VICE PRESIDENT. 



The vice president shall perform the duties of the president in case of the absence or 

 inability of that officer; and may be called upon by the president to assume the duties 

 of the chair at any meeting of the society or executive board. 



III. — THE SECRETARY. 



1st. The secretary shall be the recording, corresponding, and accounting officer of 

 the society, and he shall also be, jointly with the business committee, its financial and 

 auditing officer. 



2d. He shall incur no expenditure of a large or doubtful character except with the 

 sanction of the executive board or of the business committee. 



3d. He shall submit all bills or claims against the society to the business committee 

 for approval, and indorsement to that effect, before drawing his order upon the treasurer 

 for the payment of the same. 



4th. He shall attend all meetings of the society, and of the executive board, and shall 

 keep a faithful record of their proceedings. 



5th. He shall sign all certificates of membership, and all diplomas and certificates 

 of merit awarded by the society. 



6th. He shall have charge of the society's books and papers, excepting only such as, 

 by the advice or direction of the executive board, shall be placed in charge of the librarian, 

 and he shall be responsible to the board for the safe keeping of the property placed in 

 his charge. 



7th. He shall be the custodian of the seal of the society and shall have authority to 

 affix the same to documents when needful. 



8th. He shall seek by all suitable means to secure the fullest announcement of the 

 meetings of the society in this State, as well as in adjacent states, when such shall be 

 found desirable. 



9th. He shall, so far as practicable, cause the transactions of the society, together 

 with such valuable or interesting papers as shall be read at its sessions, to be properly 

 published, and thus placed within reach of the State. 



10th. It shall also be his duty, yearly, to prepare for publication the annual report 



