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5th. The times and places for the occurrence of these regular meetings 

 (excepting only the time of the annual meeting) shall be determined by the 

 Executive Board. 



6th. Other meetings may be called by the Secretary, under the advice or 

 direction of the members of the Executive Board, at times and places by them 

 deemed expedient. 



7th. In case of the calling of a special committee for the election of officers 

 of the society, in consequence of any failure to elect at the annual meeting, as 

 provided in section IV. of the Constitution, all persons entitled as members to 

 vote at such annual meeting shall be considered as retaining such membership 

 for such purpose until such election and until such officers so elected shall 

 have been inducted into office. 



XI. — RULES FOR DISCUSSIONS, ETC. 



1st. The deliberations and discussions of the society shall be conducted in 

 accordance with ordinary parliamentary usages. 



XII. — AUXILIARY SOCIETIES. 



1st. The society shall in all reasonable and proper ways encourage the 

 formation of local horticultural or pomological societies auxiliary to this 

 society in all such counties or other municipalities of this State as shall 

 afford a reasonable prospect that they will be able, effectively, to maintain 

 the same. 



2d. It shall be the policy of this society in supervising the organization of 

 such local auxiliaries to secure an identity of constitutional provisions 

 throughout, and in so doing to insure harmony among them ; but at the 

 same time it will not discourage the including by them of special or local 

 objects in cases in which such shall be found desirable, so long as the intro- 

 duction of the requisite provisions therefor into the constitution and by-laws 

 of the auxiliary society shall not be deemed likely to interfere with the har- 

 monious working of the whole. 



3d. Any person may become a full member of an auxiliary society, for one 

 year, by paying into its treasury the sum of one dollar; and a compliance 

 with the provisions of clause fifth of these by-laws shall constitute him also 

 a member of this society, for the same term. 



4th. The wife, and the resident single or unmarried daughters of any full 

 member, may also become members of such auxiliary society upon the pay- 

 ment of fifty cents each : Provided, that in such case such entire family shall 

 become entitled to a single copy, only, of the current volume of the transac- 

 tions of this society. 



5th. On receipt of the names of such members, with the required fees, the 

 Secretary shall immediately transmit their names and postoffice addresses, 

 together with half the membership fee of each, to the Secretary of this 

 society, who shall record the same and pay the money into the treasury for 

 the benefit of the general fund. 



6th. It shall be the duty of the Secretary, on receipt of such remittance, 

 with list of members, to supply such auxiliary society with a certificate of 



