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taken, but be regarded as continuons, except as may be provided by the by-laws. 

 Any person may become a life member by the payment at any one time of the sum 

 of ten dollars into the treasury of the society. 



ARTICLE VII.— AMOUNT OR LIMIT OF PROPERTY. 



The society may hold real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding twenty 

 thousand dollars. 



ARTICLE VIII.- BY-LAWS. 



By-laws for the government of the society shall be framed, and when needful, 

 amended by the executive board; but changes thereof may be at any time proposed 

 by the society in general meeting. 



ARTICLE IX. — AMENDMENTS. 



This constitution may be amended at any regular meeting of the society, by a 

 vote, by ballot, of two-thirds of all the members present and voting: Provided, 

 That notice of such proposed amendment, snecifying its purport, shall have been 

 given at the last previous regular meeting 



BY-LAWS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I. — THE PRESIDENT. 



1st. The president shall be the executive officer of the society, and of the execu- 

 tive board: and it shall be his duty to see that the rules and regulations of the 

 society, arid of the executive board, are duly enforced and obeyed. 



2d. He may, in his discretion, and in the lack of needful rules, during the recesses 

 of the society and of the board, prescribe rules for the management of the interests 

 or business of the society, such rules to continue in force till the next session of 

 the evecutive board, and until, by its action, they shall have become no longer 

 necessai-y. 



3d. He shall act in conjunction with the secretary in the preparation of pro- 

 grammes or order of business, for the sessions of the society; and in the devising 

 of plans and processes for the maintenance of its interests. 



4th. He shall have the best interests of the society at heart, and shall lead in 

 forwarding any and all ontei-prises calculated to add to its permanency or to 

 increase its usefulness, and establish it more firmly in the public confidence. 



II. — VICE PRESIDENT. 



The vice-president shall perform the duties of the president in case of the absence 

 or inability of that officer; and may be called upon by the president to assume the 

 duties of the chair at any meeting of the society or executive board. 



III.— THE SECRETABY. 



1st. The secretary shall be the recording, corresponding, and accounting officer 

 of the society, and he shall also be, jointly with the business committee, its financial 

 and auditing officer. 



2d. He shall incur no expenditure of a large or doubtful character except with 

 the sanction of the executive board or of the business committee. 



