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7th. The board shall, at the annual meeting, submit through the secretary, in 

 connection with the reports of officers, such further report upon the condition, 

 interests, and prospects of the society as it shall judge necessary or expedient. 



8th. Two members of the executive board are to be elected each year, to hold the 

 office for three years, but if any member shall absent himself from two or more 

 consecutive meetings of the society and of the board, without reason satisfactory 

 to the board, the said board may, in its discretion, consider the office vacant, and 

 proceed to fill such vacancy by appointment, to continue to the next annual elec- 

 tion. 



VII. — THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE. • 



1st. It shall be the duty of the executive board annually, upon entering upon 

 the duties of the new year, to appoint from their own number three members who 

 shall constitute a business committee for the year. 



2d. All accounts or claims against the society, when presented to the secretary 

 for payment, shall, before payment, receive the sanction and indorsement of the 

 business committee. 



3d. Such claims shall be submitted to this committee and approved in duplicate, 

 one copy to remain with the secretary as his warrant for the payment of the same, 

 and the other to be transmitted by him to the president, along with his order upon 

 the treasurer, as his warrant for countersigning the same. 



4th. It shall be the duty of the business committee, upon application of the sec- 

 retary, during the recess of the executive board, to advise with him as to the ex- 

 pediency of making any contemplated but questionable expenditure for which 

 occasion may arise during such recess. 



VIII. STANDING COMMITTEES. 



1st. There shall be a standing committee on new fruits, to consist of a chairman, 

 with as many associates as such chairman shall find it desirable to appoint. 



2d. Such other standing committees may from time to time be appointed by the 

 executive board as, in its discretion, it shall deem desirable or necessary. 



3d. All standing committees are expected to report at the annual meeting in De- 

 cember any information of value to the society or its members that may have 

 come to their knowledge during the year as well as any scientific theories, deduc- 

 tions, or facts that, in their opinion, may be useful in advancing the objects for 

 which the society is laboring. 



IX. — LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND. 



1st. All moneys coming into the treasury of the society in payment for life mem- 

 berships shall constitute a perpetual fund, to be known as the life membership 

 fund, and shall be turned over to the Lyon Memorial Fund for permanent invest- 

 ment. 



2d. The principal of this fund shall be invested by the treasurer under the ad- 

 vice and direction of the executive board. 



3d. All interest accruing upon any portion of said fund shall constitute and 

 become a part of the fund of the society devoted to the payment of its ordinary 

 expenses. 



X. — MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



1st. The society shall hold its first regular mid-winter meeting for the year dur- 

 ing the month of February for the inauguration of the officers chosen at the annual 

 meeting held the previous December, as provided in Article IV of the constitution 

 and also to arrange its plan of operation for the year. 



2d. Its second regular meeting shall be held in the month of July or August 

 at such date as shall be most suitable for the mid-summer meeting. 



3d. Its third regular meeting shall occur in connection with its annual election 

 of officers, in December, as provided in Article IV of the constitution. 



4th. The times and places for the occurrence of these regular meetings (except- 

 ing only the tivie of the annual meeting), shall be determined by the executive 

 board. 



5th. Other meetings may be called by the secretary, under the advice or direc- 



