CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



MICHIGAN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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 the 

 soils and climate of the State to the pursuit of horticulture in all its branches; 

 and the collection aud dissemination of information bearing upon the theory 

 and practice of the same, as well as upon the arts and sciences directly or indi- 

 rectly 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, 

 secretary, and treasurer, who shall be ex-officio members of the said board. 

 Said board shall designate one of its member's as vice-president. The officers 

 shall be elected by ballot. 



ARTICLE III. — A QUORUM. 



Four members of the executive board shall constitute a quorum for the 

 transaction of business ac any meeting of said board: Provided, That each 

 of the members 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 the officers specified 

 in Article IT., shall occur on the first Wednesday of December in each year, 

 and the officers then elected shall enter upon the discharge of their duties as 

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