8 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE MISSOURI STATE HOETICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



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

 tural Society. Its object shall be the promotion of horticulture in all its branches. 



Art. 11. 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 annu- 

 ally. The payment 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 

 ftjciety. 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-presi- 

 dent, second vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall be elected by 

 ballot at each regular annual meeting, and whose terms 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 per- 

 tain to the same officers of similar organizations. 



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

 first Tuesday in December and June, except when otherwise ordered by the exe- 

 cutive 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 presi- 

 dent shall appoint the following standing committees, and they shall be required 

 to give a report in writing, under their respective heads, at the annual and semi- 

 annual meetings of the society, of what transpires during the year of interest to 

 the society : Orchards, Vineyards, Stone Fruits, Small Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers 

 Ornamentals, Entomology, Ornithology, Botany, Nomenclature, New Fruits, In- 

 jurious Fungi, Packing and Marketing Fruit, and Transportation. 



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

 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 maybe amended by a two-thirds vote of the- 

 members present at any regular meeting. 



