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ARTICLE XIV. — By-Laws. — By-laws not in conflict with the provisions 

 of this constitution may be enacted by the society at any regular meeting. 



ARTICLE XV. — Amendments. — The constitution may be amended at 

 January meetings of the society by a two-thirds vote of the members 

 present, such amendments having been presented in writing and read 

 before the society at a session preceding the one in which the vote is 

 iaken. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. All the officers of this society shall be elected at the January 

 •meeting. 



2. All officers of this society shall assume the duties of their respec- 

 tive offices on the first day of June following their election, and continue 

 in office for the period of one year, or until their successors are elected 

 and qualified. 



3. The officers elected at the January meeting, 1895, shall hold their 

 respective offices until the first day of June, 1896. 



4. The amount allowed the secretary for express, postage and station- 

 ary shall not exceed $150 per annum, and it shall be the duty of the board 

 fo directors to employ a competent stenographer to report the proceed- 

 ings of the meetings of the society, whose fee shall be paid by the 

 society. 



5. The first business of the society shall be on each morning the 

 reading of the minutes of the previous day's proceedings, and submitting 

 the same to the approval of the meeting. 



6. There shall be appointed by the board of directors nineteen district 

 directors, one from each horticultural district in the state. 



Also a standing committee of three on synonyms. 

 Also a standing committe of one on each of the following: 

 Meteorology in its relation to Horticulture, Entomology, Ornithology, 

 Oeology, Forestry, Vegetable Culture, and Ornamental Gardening. 



7. These by-laws may be amended at any general meeting of the 

 society by a majority of the members present. 



