CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE I. NAME, TERRITORY AND OBJECTS. 



The name of the society shall be the Michigan State Horticultural Society, and 

 its territory shall be the state of Michigan. Its objects shall be the development 

 of an adequate appreciation of the peculiar adaptation of tlie soils and climate of 

 the state to the pursuit of horticulture in all its branches; and the collection and 

 dissemination of information bearing upon the theory and practice of the same, 

 as well as upon the arts and sciences directly or indirectly associated therewith, 

 or calculated to elevate or improve the practice thereof. 



ARTICLE II. OFFICERS AND MODE OF ELECTION. 



The officers of the society shall be a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, 

 together with an executive board of six members, aside from the president, secre- 

 tary, and treasurer, who shall be ex offlcio members of the said board. 



Said board shall designate one of its members as vice-president. The officers shall 

 be elected by ballot. 



The society may, at its discretion, elect an honorary president, whose term of office 

 shall be for life, said office to be an honorary one, without duties, and established 

 to express the sen?e of obligations which the society may feel to one of its members 

 who may unselfishly give a lifetime of earnest effort to promote its interests, and to 

 further the horticultural interests of this state. 



ARTICLE III. A QUORUM. 



Pour members of the executive board shall constitute a quorum for the transac- 

 tion of business at any meeting of said board: Provided, That each of the mem- 

 bers thereof shall have been notified, in the usual manner, of the time, place, and 

 object of such meeting. 



ARTICLE IV. ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The annual meeting of the society, for the election of officers specified in Article 

 II, shall occur upon the first Wednesday of December in each year. 



ARTICLE V. TERMS OF OFFICE. 



The officers specified in Article II shall hold their offices until the thirty-first day 

 of December of the year for which they were elected, and thereafter until their 

 successors shall have been elected, and shall have signified to the secretary their 

 acceptance: Provided, That the terms of office of the six members of the executive 

 boai'd shall be so arranged tliat but two regular vacancies shall occur in each year. 



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