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Article IV. The officers of the society shall consist of a president, a vice-president, 

 a secretary, a treasurer, one director from each township, and an executive committee 

 of live, of which the president and secretary shall be ex officio members. 



PRESIDENT AND VICE-PKESIDKNT. 



Article V. It shall be the duty of the president to preside at all meetings of the 

 society and of the executive coniniittec, and he shall have authority t<> call special 

 meetings. In the absence of the president the vice-president shall perform his 

 duties. 



SECRETARY. 



Article VI. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a record of the proceed- 

 ings of all meetings of the society and of the executive committee; to keep a roll of 

 the members, with the post-office address of each, and to conduct all correspontlence 

 relating to the business of the society. At the clo.se of the annual institute lie shall 

 make out a detailed statement of the exi)enses of the institutes for the year and for- 

 ward a copy to the State superintendent of farmers' institutes, together with a report 

 of the work of the institute for the year just closed. He shall visit and assist in 

 organizing township institute societies and di.strict clubs, and arrange for delivering 

 courses of lectures before the townshij) societies and district clubs during the year. 

 He shall be the librarian of the society and attend to such other duties in connection 

 with the county institute work as he may be directed by the executive committee to 

 perform. His salary shall be Hxed by the board of directors. 



TREASIKEK. 



Article VII. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive all moneys belonging 

 to the society and to pay out the same on the written order of the executive com- 

 mittee. 



executive committee. 



Article VIII. It shall be the duty of the executive committee to make arrangements 

 for institute meetings, to engage halls, select local speakers, arrange for music, pre- 

 pare programmes, andsubmitthesame to the State superintendent of farmers' institutes 

 for approval, to advertise the meetings, to contract and order the payment of bills, 

 to audit and settle accounts made for the society, to assist in organizing township 

 institute societies and district farmers' clubs, and to aid in providing lecturers to give 

 instruction in township and district meetings. 



ANNUAL meeting. 



Article IX. The institute year shall begin July 1 and end June 30. The annual 

 meeting for the election of officers shall be held al a date to be selected by the execu- 

 tive committee of the society, between the 1st and 20th of June of each and every 

 year. The annual meeting shall be advertised by mailing to each member, at least 

 ten days before the date thereof, an announcement calling the members together; 

 said announcement shall specify the date, place, and hour of the meeting, and shall 

 contain a programme of said meeting. Posters and newspaper advertising may also 

 be employed to make the meeting publicly known. 



Article X. All officers of the society shall be elected at the annual meeting to be 

 called as prescribed in Article IX. The election shall be by ballot, and none but 

 members shall be entitled to vote. The president, vice-president, treasurer, and a 

 director from each township shall be elected annually, except that in townships 

 where institute societies exist no directors shall be elected by the county society, the 

 president of the township institute society being ex officio a member of the board of 

 county farmers' institute directors, and except that the secretary shall be elected 

 every third year. When a vacancy occurs an election shall then be held to till the 

 unexpired term. All of the officers shall be elected from the membership of the 

 society, except that the secretary and treasurer may be chosen from others than 

 members. At that meeting there shall also be elected a delegate to attend the meeting 

 to elect State directors of farmers' institutes. 



