xil STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



such, on the first day of January uext ensuing ; but in case of a failure to 

 elect at that time, such election may be held at a subsequent time at an 

 adjourned meeting, or at a meeting of the society called for that purpose, in 

 the usual manner. 



ARTICLE V. — TERMS OF OFFICE. 



The officers specified in Article II. shall hold their offices till 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 board shall be so arranged that but two regular 

 vacancies shall occur in each year. 



ARTICLE VI. — ANNUAL AND LIFE MEMBERS. 



Any person may become a member of the society for one year by paying to 

 the treasurer the sum of one dollar; but all annual memberships shall expire 

 on the thirty-first day of December of the year for which they were taken, 

 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 need- 

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

 proposed by the society in general meeting. 



ARTICLE IX. — AMENDMENTS. 



The 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: Pro- 

 vided, That notice of such proposed amendment, specifying its purport, shall 

 have been given at the last previous regular meeting. 



