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XI. RULES FOR DISCUSSION. 



The deliberations and discussions of the society shall be conducted in accordance with 

 ordinary parliamentary usages. 



XII. AUXILIARY SOCIETIES. 



■ 1st. The society shall, in all reasonable and proper ways, encourage the fonnation 

 of local horticultural or pomological societies auxiliary to this society in all such counties 

 or other municipalities of this State as shall afford a reasonable prospect that they will 

 be able tg effectually maintain the same. 



2d. It shall be the policy of this society in supervising the organization of such local 

 societies to secure an identity of constitutional provisions throughout, and in so doing 

 to insure harmony among them; but at the same time it will not discourage the including 

 by them of special or local objects in cases in which such shall be found desirable, so long as 

 the introduction of the requisite provisions therefor into the constitution and by-laws 

 of the auxiliary society shall not be deemed likely to interfere with the harmonious work- 

 ings of the whole. 



3d. Any person who shall become a member of an auxiliary society for one year, and 

 comply with its regulation as to fee, shall thereby become an auxiliary member of this 

 society also for the same time, and entitled to all the rights and benefits of full membership, 

 except that he or she shall not have the right to vote at the annual election of officers or 

 upon questions of the expenditure of money. 



4th. On receipt by the secretary, from the secretary of such auxiliary society, of a 

 list of officers and members of that society, he shall file the same; and upon issuance of 

 the annual report shall supply such auxiliary society with a sufficient number of volumes 

 to provide one for each of its members. He shall also transmit the names of such officers 

 and members, with their postotfice addresses, to the secretary of any and all experiment 

 stations and societies willing to supply bulletins and reports; and to the national depart- 

 ment of agriculture for the same purpose; and the secretary shall issue to such auxiliary 

 society a certificate of membership for the year. 



5th. Reports of auxiliary societies shall be made to the secretary of this society on or 

 before the fifteenth day of January of each year, and shall include the officers for the 

 ensuing year and a statement of the proceedings of such society during the past year, 

 which shall be incorporated into the annual report of the preceding year. 



6th. Any local horticultural society in the State may become auxiliary to this society 

 by the annual payment of twenty-five cents for each of its members. Such auxiliary 

 society will be entitled to send one delegate to the annual meeting of this society, said 

 delegate's expenses to be paid by this society. 



XIII. — AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, SUSPENSIONS. 



1st. Amendments or additions to these by-laws may be made by a majority vote of 

 the executive board, at any meeting; but if objection shall be made the same shall "lie 

 upon the table" till the next regular meeting of the board. 



2d. These by-laws, or any one or more of them, may be suspended for the time, by 

 order of a majority of all the members of the society present and voting. 



3d. A proposition in the general meeting of the society, for the amendment or addition 

 to these by-laws shall be referred to the executive board for consideration and decision; 

 but the society may submit therewith its advice or request. 



