8 REPOET OF THE SECRETARY OF THE 



permanent State Society. Consequently, notices were issued 

 by A. T. Liuderman and others, and a meeting was called at 

 Sweet's Hotel, Grand Kapids, Feb. 11, 1870. This meeting 

 was attended by gentlemen from different portions of the 

 State, and S. L. Fuller of Grand Rupids was elected Presi- 

 dent, Sluman S. Bailey and L. S. Scranton, were elected Vice- 

 Presidents, A. T. Linderman was chosen Secretary, and E. U. 

 Knapp, Treasurer. Henry S. Clubb, S. L. Fuller, and L. S. 

 Scranton were appointed a committee to draft articles of asso- 

 ciation, and Jacob Ganzhorn, Wm. Voorhis, and James Ham- 

 ilton were appointed an Executive Committee. 



THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was held in Luce's 

 Hall, on Saturday, February 26, 1870, S. L. Fuller in the 

 chair. At this meeting, Articles of Association were intro- 

 duced by H. S. Clubb, which were discussedy- amended and 

 adopted. 



ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE POMOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN. 



The undersigned, at the city of Grand Rapids, this 26th day of Feb- 

 ruary, 1870, hereby associate themselves under the name and style of the 

 State Pomological Society of Michigan, and agree to b'e^egulated by the 

 following articles of association, until proper legislation is obtained for 

 a legal organization : 



Article I. — The object of the Society is to develop facts, and pro- 

 mulgate information, as to the best varieties of fruit for cultivation, 

 in the fruit regions of the State of Michigan, and the best methods of 

 cultivation. 



Abticle II. — The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, 

 Treasurer, and Secretary, who, together, shall consti:ute an Executive 

 Committee, with full power to call meetings and transact busiuess under 



