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book kept for that purpose, and a copy of the same must be 

 forwarded to the Secretary of State. 



Sec. 5. On complying with the requirements of this act, as 

 above specified, associations so organized shall be a body cor- 

 porate, and shall be capable of buying and selliug real estate 

 in the same manner as the agricultural societies, of suing and 

 being sued in any court of this State; may have a common 

 seal, and may alter or amend the same at pleasure, and be 

 subject to the laws of the State applicable to agricultural 

 societies ; may make such by-laws and regulations, not incon- 

 sistent with its articles or with this act, as may be found 

 desirable to promote the efBciency of the organization : Pro- 

 vided, That the by-laws shall not exclude any citizen of 

 Michigan from membership of the association, attending the 

 exhibitions, or participating in its discussions, who shall sub- 

 scribe and pay to the funds of the society such sum or sums 

 annually as the by-laws of the association shall prescribe. 



Sec. 6. Should a State association for the promotion of 

 pomology, horticulture, agriculture, and kindred sciences and 

 arts be organized under this act, it shall be the duty of the 

 secretary of said State society to nAke and transmit to the 

 Secretary of State a report of the transactions of said society, 

 including copies of papers read at its meetings, reports of 

 exhibitions held, and of facts collected by correspondence or 

 otherwise, at the end of the month of December of each year, 

 said report of transactions to be printed in similar form and 

 number of copies as the reports and transactions of the State 

 Board of Agriculture and State Agricultural Society, under 

 the direction of the Secretary of State. 



Sec. 7. District or county, town, city, or village associations 

 organized under this act, are hereby required to report through 

 their secretary, in the month of November in each year, to 

 the secretary of the State association, the proceedings of 

 said society during the year, give a statement of the facts 

 elicited, and of the experience gained during the preceding 



