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BY-LAWS FOR A STATE BOARD OF FARMERS' INSTITUTE DIRECTORS. 



Whereas hv act of assenihly approved , 190—, the State board 



of farmers' institute directors was create<i, empowering it to make rule.s and i;y-laws 

 for its government and the management of its business, the follow ing by-laws are 

 hereby adopted: 



ARTICLE I. — DIRECTORS. 



Section 1. The board of directors shall hold a meeting in the institute rooms at 

 the Stiite agricultural college on the third Wednesday afti-r the annual meeting of 

 the county institute delegates to elect directors, the old board to ilispose of its busi- 

 ness, the new board to organize, elect ofticers, and outline its jjolicy for the ensuing 

 year, and transact such other business as may come before the board. 



Sec. 2. The board of directors shall also meet between the 1st day of September 

 and the 10th day of October in each year, the date and place to be designated by the 

 president in his call for the meeting. 



Sec. 3. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president by 

 giving ten days' notice thereof; or upon a written petition signed by four members 

 of the board the secretary shall call a meeting. 



Sec. 4. The board of directors shall fix the salaries of all officers except that of the 

 secretary before the election to fill said offices. 



Sec. 5. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 

 of business. 



ARTICLE II. — OFFICERS. 



Section 1. The officers of the board of directors shall consist of a president, a vice- 

 president, and a secretary, who shall also be State superintendent of farmers' insti- 

 tutes, all to be elected by ballot to serve for one year and until their successors are 

 elected and qualified, except in the case of the secretary and superintendent of 

 farmers' institutes, who shall be elected for a period of three years and until his suc- 

 cessor is elected and qualified. 



Sec. 2. The officers of the board must be members of the board, except the secre- 

 tary, Avho may be other than a member of the board. 



article III. — president and vice-president. 



Section 1. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the board of direct- 

 ors; shall appoint all committees except the executive committee; he shall be ex- 

 f)tficio meml)er of all standing committees; he shall preside over all of the meetings 

 of the board and of the executive conunittee, sign all warrants for expenditures, 

 approve all bills, and perform such other duties as are usual to a presiding officer. 



Sec. 2. In case of the absence or disability of the president, or in case of a vacancy 

 in that office, the vice-president shall perform his duties. 



Sec. 3. In case of the absence or disability of these officers, or in case both offices 

 become vacant, any director or member of the executive committee who is called to 

 the chair shall act as the president for the time, and sign all necessary papers. 



article IV. — secretary. 



Section 1. The secretary shall also be superintendent of farmers' institutes; shall 

 attend and keep a record of all meetings of the board of directors and of the execu- 

 tive committee; he shall act as secretary of the annual meeting of delegates to elect 

 State directors, and shall keep minutes of the proceedings; he shall countersign and 

 approve orders upon the State treasurer for all proper expenditures, and shall have 

 charge of the books of account. 



Sec. 2. lie shall, under the direction of the board of directors and of the executive 

 committee, have supervision of the farmers' institutes held in the State; he shall 

 make recommendations as to the lines of work which he l)elieves will prove most 

 profitable, and shall submit all plans and arrangements for farmers' institute work 

 for the approval of the board or the executive committee. He shall visit county 

 institutes and district meetings when so directed by the board or executive com- 

 mittee, or when, in his judgment, the institute work demands such visit. 



Sec. 3. He shall he librarian of the State farmers' institute free libraries, when 

 such are established, and shall su1)mit to the board of directors or to the executive 



