CONSTITUTION. 



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

 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, w^ho 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 an- 

 nual 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 presi- 

 dent 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 pro- 

 grams 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 su- 

 perintend all exhibits of the society, and in case of vacancy in the office 

 of president at any meeting of the society or board of directors, shall per- 

 form all the functions of that office in the order of their rank. 



ARTICLE VII. — Duties of Secretary. — The secretary shall keep an ac- 

 curate record of the proceedings of all meetings of the society and board 

 of directors, draw all warrants on the treasurer, and keep an accurate 



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