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Akt. VII. Five members of the society shall constitute a 

 quorum at any meeting, and three members of the Executive Com- 

 mittee shall be authorized to transact business at any meeting of 

 the committee duly called. Special meetings of the society or 

 Executive Committee may be held by order of the President or 

 any three of the committee on one week's notice to all members of 

 the society or board ( as the case may be ), given personally, or 

 through the post-office. Adjourned meetings, may be held from 

 time to time, as the society may determine. 



Art. VII. The funds of this society shall not be appropriated 

 to any purpose, without a vote of a majority of the members 

 present at any regular meeting of the society. 



Aet. IX. This society shall have the following standing com- 

 mittees, which shall be appointed by the President at the January 

 meeting in each year : Small Fruits, Stone Fruits, Orchards, 

 Vineyards, Vegetables* Flowers, Ornamentals, Entomology, Botany ; 

 to each of which shall be referred all matters relating to those 

 particular subjects. Each of said committees shall consist of one 

 to three members. 



Art. X. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds' 

 vote of all the members of the society, at any regular meeting : 

 Provided, That notice of the intentioned amendment shall have 

 been given at least one month jjrior to any action taken thereon. 



Art. XI. The meetings of this society, shall be governed by 

 the parliamentary rules usual for deliberative bodies. 



Art. XII. Order of business : 



1. Reading minutes of last meeting. 



2. Report of Executive Committee. 



3. Report of Standing Committees. 



4. Essays, or subjects for discussion. 



5. Discussion. 



6. Old business. 



7. New business. 



8. Report of special committees. 



9. Adjournment. 



