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of the Association, but shall not have power to act upon any important matter 

 connected with the Society without first consulting tlie Executive Board. 



SECTIOX II. — VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Any one of the Vice-Presidents shall, in the absence of the President, at 

 any meeting, preside and ])erform the duties of said office. 



SECTION III. — SECRETARY. 



1. The Secretary shall be the recording, corresponding, financial, auditing, 

 and accounting officer of this Society. 



2. He shall attend all meetings of this Society and Executive Board, and 

 shall keep an accurate and faithful record of the proceedings. He shall sigu 

 all certificates of membership, all awarded diplomas, and have charge of the 

 Society's books and papers, and any other property given into his care by the 

 Society, and shall be responsible for the same. 



3. He shall also be custodian of the seal of the Society, and affix the same 

 to all important documents. 



4. He shall seek by every praiseworthy means to have the meetings of the 

 Society announced in a public manner throughout the State, and shall use 

 every endeavor to have the imjiortant proceedings of the Society, as well as 

 the prominent papers, read before the meetings, published, and thus placed in 

 the hands of all the interested inhabitants of the State. 



5. It shall be his duty each year to prepare for publication the annual report, 

 the same to contain the exact proceedings of the Society, and such other mat- 

 ter as shall be deemed proper by the Secretary, in conjunction with an advisory 

 committee from the Executive Board. 



SECTION lY. — TREASURER. 



With the Treasurer shall be deposited all of the funds of the Society, and 

 it shall be his duty to keep an accurate account of the income and disburse- 

 ments of the Society, and shall be prepared to report the condition of the 

 Society's finances, when called upon to do so by the Society or Executive 

 Board. 



SECTION v. — EXECUTIVE BOARD. 



1. The Executive Board shall be the judicial body of the Society, and shall 

 enact all laws, rules, and regulations for the government of the Association, 

 shall have full charge of the annual exposition, and shall fix the salaries of 

 the officers. 



2. The Board shall have power to displace any officer for neglected duty or 

 abuse of position, and shall fill all vacancies by appointment. This Board 

 shall have four regular meetings during the year, the times and places for the 

 same to be settled by themselves. Other meetings may be called by the Presi- 

 dent, or a majority of the members of the Board. 



3. This body shall consider it their duty to look after the general welfare of 

 the Society; devise new metliods of improvement; keep the Society upon a 

 sound financial basis, and provide for every necessity as it shall arise. 



4. All measures of importance shall be submitted to this Board, but may be 

 referred back to the Society for final decision. 



