CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



MISSOURI SFATE HORITCULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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

 Horticultuatal Society. Its object shall be the promotion of horticul- 

 ture in all its branches. 



Art. II. Any person may become a member of this society upon 

 the payment of one dollar, and membership shall continue on the pay- 

 ment 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 President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be elected by 

 balk>t at each regular annual meeting, and whose terms of oflfice shall 

 begin on the first day of June following their election. 



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

 Executive Committee, at any meeting of which a majority of the mem- 

 bers 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 annu- 

 ally on the first Tuesday in December, except when otherwise ordered 

 by the Executive Committee. Special meetings of the society may be 

 called by the Executive Committee, and meetings of the committee by 

 the the President and Secretary. 



Art. IV. 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, Vine- 

 yards, Stone P'ruits, 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. 



