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ary member of this society also for tlie same time, and entitled to all the rights 

 and benefits of full membership, except that he or she shall not have the right to 

 vote at the annual election of officers or upon questions of the expenditure of 

 money. 



4th. On receipt by the secretary, from the secretary of such an auxiliary society, 

 of a list of officers and members of that society, he shall file the same; and upon 

 issuance of the Annual Report shall supply such auxiliary society with a sufficient 

 number of volumes to provide one for each of its members. He shall also transmit 

 the names of such officers and members, with their postoffice addresses, to the 

 secretary of any and all experiment stations and societies willing to supply bulletins 

 and reports and to the national department of agriculture for the same purpose; 

 and the secretary shall issue to such auxiliary society a certificate of membership 

 for the year. 



5th. Reports of auxiliary societies shall be made to the secretary of this society 

 on or before the fifteenth day of January of each year, and shall include the officers 

 for the ensuing year and a statement of the proceedings of such society during the 

 past year, which shall be incorporated into the Annual Report of the preceding 

 year. 



XIII.— AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, SUSPENSIONS. 



1st. Amendments or additions to these by-laws may be made by a majority vote 

 of the executive board, at any meeting; but if objections shall be made the same 

 shall "lie upon the table" till the next regular meeting of the board. 



2d. These by-laws, or any one or more of them, may be suspended for the time, 

 by order of a majority of all the members of the society present and voting. 



3d. A proposition in the general meeting of the society for an amendment or 

 addition to these by-laws shall be referred to the executive board for consideration 

 and decision; but the society may submit therewith its advice or request. 



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