18 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



uary, as provided by statute, and the other meetings shaU be 

 held at the same time and place as the annual exhibition of the 

 Nebraska State Board of Agriculture. 



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. This constitution may be 

 amended at January meetings of the society by a two-thirds 

 vote of the members present, such amendment having been 

 presented in writing and read before the society at a session 

 preceding the one in which the vote is taken. 



BY-LAWS. 



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

 uary meeting. 



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

 respective offices on the first day of June following their elec- 

 tion, 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 stationery shall not exceed $150 per annum,, and it shall be 

 the duty of the board of directors to employ a competent sten- 

 ographer to report the proceedings of the meetings of the 

 society, whose fees 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 elected at each winter meeting nine district 

 directors, one from each horticultural district in the state. 



Also a standing committee of three on synonyms. 



Also a standing committee of one in each of the following: 

 Meteorology in its relation to Horticulture, Entomology, Orni- 

 thology, Geology, 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. 



