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VIII. — STANDING COMMITTEES. 



1st. There shall be a Standing Committee on Revision of the Catalogue, to 

 be composed of one member from each of the five districts into which the State 

 is, for this purpose, divided, with one member chosen from the State at large, 

 who shall be the chairman of the committee. 



2d. Each member of said committee (except the chairman) is empowered and 

 ■expected to choose a sub-committee for his district, of which he shall be chair- 

 man. 



3d. It shall be the duty of each sub-committee to collect and report, each 

 year, to the general chairman, such facts respecting fruit culture in the dis- 

 trict as shall promise to be of value in the revision of the catalogue. 



4th. There shall be a Standing Committee on New Fruits, to consist of a 

 chairman, with as many associates as such chairman shall find it desirable to 

 appoint. 



5th. Such other standing committees may, from time to time, be appointed 

 by the Executive Board as, in its discretion, it shall deem desirable or neces- 

 sary. 



6th. All standing committees are expected to report at the annual meeting 

 in December any information of value to the society or its members that may 

 have come to their knowledge during the year, as well as any scientific theories, 

 deductions or facts that, in their opinion, may be useful in advancing the ob- 

 jects for which the society is laboring. 



IX. — LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND. 



1st. All moneys coming into the treasury of the society in payment for life 

 memberships shall constitute a perpetual fund, to be known as the life mem- 

 bership fund. 



2d. The principal of this fund shall be invested by the Treasurer under the 

 advice and direction of the Executive Board. 



3d. All interest accruing upon any portion of said fund shall constitute and 

 become part of the fund of the society devoted to the payment of its ordinary 

 •expenses. 



X. — MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



1st. The society shall hold its first regular meeting for the year during the 

 month of January or February for the inauguration of the officers chosen at 

 the annual meeting held the previous December, as provided in article IV. of 

 the Constitution, and also to at range its plans of operations for the year. 



2d. Its second regular meeting shall be held in the month of June at such 

 date as shall best accommodate an exhibit of the early summer fruits. 



3d. Its third regular meeting shall be at its annual exhibit of autumn and 

 winter fruits, in the month of September or October. 



4th. Its fourth regular meeting shall occur in connection with its annual 

 election of officers, on the first Wednesday of December, as provided in article 

 IV. of the Constitution. 



