CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



Missouri State Horticultural Society. 



Article I. This association shall be known as the Missouri State Horticultural 

 Society Its object shall be the promotion of horticulture in all its branches. 



Art. It. Any person may become a member of this society upon the payment 

 of one dollar, and membership shall continue on the payment of one dollar annually. 

 The payment of ten dollars at any one time shall constitute a person a life member, 

 and honorary members may be elected at any regular meeting of the society. And 

 any lady may become a member by giving her name to the secretary. 



Art. III. The officers of this society shall consist of a president, vice-presi- 

 dent, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at each regular 

 annual meeting, and whose terms of office shall begin on the first day of June fol- 

 lowing their election. 



Art. IV. The elective officers of this society shall constitute an executive 

 committee, at any meeting of which a majority of the members shall have power to 

 transact business. The other duties of the officers shall be such as usually pertain 

 to the same officers of similar organizations. 



Art. V. The regular meetings of this society shall be held annually on the 

 first Tuesday in December, except when otherwise ordered by the executive com- 

 mittee. Special meetings of the society may be called by the executive committee, 

 and meetings of the committee by the president and secretary. 



Art. VI. As soon after each regular annual meeting as possible, the president 

 shall appoint the following standing committees, and they shall be required to give 

 a report in writing, under their respective heads, at the annual and semi-annual 

 meetings of the society of what transpires during the year of interest to the society : 

 Orchards, Vineyards, Stone Fruits, Small Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Ornamentals, 

 Entomology, Ornithology, Botany, Nomenclature, New Fruits, Injurious Fungi, 

 Packing and Marketing Fruits. 



Art. VII. This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the 

 members present at any regular meeting. 



