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THE COXSTITITIOX AS AMENDED IN 1900. 



Article 1. The name of this association shall be the Michigan State Agricultural 

 Society, and its objects shall be to promote improvements in Agriculture and its kindred 

 arts throughout the State of Michigan. 



Ai!T. 2. Tlie ofhcers of this society shall consist of a president, vice-president, secre- 

 tary and treasurer, who shall hold their offices for one year, and an executive committee 

 of twentj' members, ten of whom shall be elected annually to hold their offices for two 

 years, tlie term of office to begin on the second Monday in January succeeding their 

 election. All of said officers shall be elected by ballot by a majority vote of the members 

 of the society voting at its annual meeting, which shall be held during the week of the 

 fair, and shall hold their offices for the time named, or until others are elected or 

 appointed in their places. All ex-presidents of the society elected prior to 1S!)0 and the 

 president, vice-jiresident, secretary and treasurer, ex-officio, shall be members of the 

 executive committee. Within ten days after any election of officers, the secretary shall 

 give written notice to the persons so elected, and each of the persons so elected shall 

 thereupon, within thirty days after the date of said notice, file with the secretary a 

 written acceptance of the office. In case of neglect or refusal to do so the office to 

 which he was elected shall from the time its duties would commence be deemed vacant, 

 and such vacancy shall be filled by the executive committee, by ballot, at its next 

 annual meeting. The executive committee shall hold its annual meeting at such place 

 in the State as the president of the society shall appoint, and commencing on the 

 second ^Mondaj' in January in each year, at eight o'clock p. m. of that day. 



Art. 3. The duties of the president and vice-president shall be such as usually per- 

 tain to their respective offices, and such as may be prescribed by the order of the execu- 

 tive committee, as hereinafter provided. 



Art. 4. The treasurer shall receive and keep an accurate account of all moneys 

 belonging to the society, being custodian of the tickets during the week of the fair, and 

 shall sell the same from the treasurer's office as visitors may require; he shall pay 

 oiit its moneys only on the order of the business committee, and at each annual meet- 

 ing of the society he shall make a full report of its financial transactions and conditions. 



Art. 5. The executive committee shall determine the time for holding each annual 

 meeting and fair of the society, and it shall cull that meeting and- fair at such times 

 as it shall jiulge best, between the first Monday in September and the third Monday in 

 October, giving at least sixty days' notice thereof. 



Art. G. The executive committee shall direct the money appropriations of the society 

 and have control of its property; it shall make the necessary j)ro])arations for the 

 annual fair, and issue all pro])er public notices and circulars in relation thereto, or 

 to the general object of the society. It shall prepare the necessary by-laws of the 

 society, and may prescribe such duties to the other officers of the society as are not 

 inconsistent with the usual business of their respective offices; it shall itself obey the 

 instructions wiiich may I)e given to it at tiie annual meeting of the society, and at the 

 expiration of its term of service shall make a full annual report of its proceedings. 



Art. 7. The executive committee shall appoint, at its annual meeting, from among 

 its members, .a general superintendent, Avho, with the secretary and one other member 

 to l)e elected by the executive cf)mmittee, shall constitute a business conunittee, of 

 which the general superintendent shall l)e chairman. The. business committee shall 

 transact such business as it may be authorized to do by the executive committee. The 

 chaiiinan of the business eonnnittee shall countersign all orders on the treasurer for 

 the payment of any money directed by the executive committee to he paid for any 

 purpose; and the secretary .shall keep an accurate account of all orders so drawn. 



Art. 8. The secretary shall keep an accurate account of all moneys received by him, 

 showing by itenis the source from whence received, and such moneys shall be paid over 

 to the treasurer by him without abatement. The secretary shall make a report to the 

 society, at the meeting of the executive committee next after each annual meeting and 

 fair of the society, which report shall state by items all moneys received by him, and 

 shall also state the dates at which the same were paid over to the treasurer, and the 



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