CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. — Name. — This association shall be known as the Ne- 

 braska State Horticultural Society. 



ARTICLE II. — Object. — This society shall have for its object the pro- 

 motion of pomology, arboriculture, floriculture, and gardening. 



ARTICLE III. — Membership. — The membership of this society shall 

 consist of four classes, viz., active, associate, annual honorary, and life 

 honorary. The active membership shall consist of persons practically 

 engaged in fruit culture, forestry, floriculture, or gardening, who shall be 

 admitted to life membership on the payment of a fee of $5 at one time; 

 to associate membership by the payment of a fee of $1 annually. The 

 honorary members shall consist of such persons as may be elected at 

 any meeting of the society by a two-thirds vote of the members present, 

 and shall have all the privileges and benefits of the society,, except those 

 of voting and holding office, which privileges shall belong exclusively 

 to active members and to associate members who have been members of 

 the society for twelve months and who shall have paid their second 

 annual dues. 



ARTICLE IV. — Officers. — The officers of this society shall be a presi- 

 dent, first and second vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer, and board of 

 directors of seven members, said board consisting of the officers enumer- 

 ated in this article, excepting a secretary, and three additional members. 

 The officers, with the exception of -the secretary, shall be elected by 

 ballot at the annual meeting of the society in January. The secretary 

 shall be elected by the executive board. The term of office of these 

 officers, with the exception of directors, shall be for a period of one year, 

 commencing on the first day of June following. One director shall be 

 elected at the January meeting, 1906, for one year, one for two years, 

 and one for three years, and afterwards every year one director to serve 

 three years. 



ARTICLE V. — Duties of President. — It shall be the duty of the 

 president to preside at all meetings of the society, appoint all committees 

 not otherwise provided for, countersign all orders drawn on the treasurer 

 by the secretary; in conjunction with the secretary he shall arrange all 

 programs for the meetings of the society, and perform such other duties 

 as the society or board of directors may require. 



ARTICLE VI. — Duties of Vice-Presidents. — The vice-presidents shall 

 superintend all exhibits of the society, and in case of vacancy in the 



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