8 State Horticultural Society. 



COIv^STITUTION. 



Article I. This association shall be known as Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Art. II. All persons interested in the subject of Horticulture may- 

 become members of this Society by signing the Constitution and paying 

 annually to the treasurer the sum of one dollar : And provided further, 

 that any person paying at one time the sum of ten dollars to the treas- 

 urer, may become a life member, and thereafter exempt from annual 

 dues: Provided, further, that all ladies may become members by sign- 

 ing the Constitution without the payment of one dollar. 



Art. III. — Section 1. The officers of this Society shall consist of 

 a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and executive committee, 

 consisting of five, of which the president and vice-president shall be 

 ex-officio members. 



Sec. 2. The president shall exercise a general superintendence of 

 the affairs of the Society; preside at all meetings of the Society; appoint 

 all committees unless otherwise provided; draw all orders on the treas- 

 urer as directed by the Society; call special meetings of the Society or 

 executive committee when deemed necessary; he shall be ex-officio pres- 

 ident of the executive committee. 



Sec. 3. The vice-president shall assist the president, and in his 

 absence perform his duties, and be ex-officio a member of the executive 

 committee. 



Sec. 4. The treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the 

 Society; shall keep a just and true account of the same, from what source 

 received, and pay out the same upon the order of the president, counter- 

 signed by the secretary. At the meeting of the Society on the 



Saturday in December in each year (or oftener, if required by the exec- 

 utive committee), he shall make a full and complete report of all receipts 

 and disbursements, and at the expiration of his term of office, turn over 

 all books, papers, and all money or other property belonging to the 

 Society, to successor in office. The treasurer, before entering on the 

 discharge of the duties of his office, shall enter into a bond with sufficient 

 security, to be approved by the president of the Society for its use, in the 



