BY-LAWS. iii 



BY-LAWS. 



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

 ing, except the secretary, who shall be elected' by the Board of Directors. 



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

 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 amount allowed the secretary for express, postage and station- 

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

 of 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. 



4. 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. 



5. 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 committee of one on each of the following: 

 Meteorology in its relation to Horticulture, Entomology, Ornithology, 

 Geology, Forestry, Vegetable Culture, and Ornamental Gardening, 



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

 ciety by a majority of the members present. 



