i6 State IlorticuJtiiral Society. 



shall annually publish a detailed statement of the expenditures of the Board, cover- 

 ing all moneys received by it. The Public Printer shall annually, under the direction of 

 the Board, print such number of the reports of the proceedings of the Board, Society 

 and auxiliary societies as may, in the judgment of the State Printing Commission, be 

 justifiert by the appropriation made for that purpose by the General Assembly, such 

 annual report not to contain more than 400 pages. The Secretary of the Society 

 shall receive a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum as full compensation for 

 his services ; all other officers shall serve without compensation, except that they 

 may receive their actual expenses in cttending meetings of the Board. 



CONSTITUTION. 



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

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



Art. II. 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 ann-ually : 

 Provided, however, that no person shall be allowed to vote on a question of a 

 change of the constitution or the election of officers of this Society until after he has 

 been a member tor a. period of one year preceding the time of election, except in case 

 of a life member. 



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 ineeting of the Society; 

 and any lady may become a member by giving her name to the Secretary. 



Art. III. The officers of this society shall consist of President, Vice-President, 

 Second Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at each 

 regular annual meeting, and whose term of office shall be for one year, beginning on 

 the first day of June, following their election. The President, Vice-Presidents and 

 Treasurer shall be eligible to but one successive re-election. 



Art. IV. The elective officers of this Society shall constitute an Executive Com- 

 mittee, at any meeting of which a majority of the members shall have power to trans- 

 act business. The other duties of the officers shall be such as usually pertain to the 

 same officers in 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 Executive Com- 

 mittee. Special meetings of the Society may be called by the Executive Committee, 

 and meetings of the committee by tlie President and Secretary. 



Art. VI. As soon after each regular annual meeting as possible, the President 

 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 transpired during the year of interest to the Society: 

 Orchards, Vineyards, Stone Fruits, Small Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Ornamentals, 

 Entomology, Ornithology, Botany, Nomenclature, New Fruits, Injurious Fungi, Pack- 

 ing and Marketing Fruit and Transportation. 



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

 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 provided by the statute concerning securities. 



Art. VIII. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the mem- 

 bers present at any regular meeting. 



