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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. — This Constitution may be amended 

 at January meetings of the Society by a two-thirds vote of the mem- 

 bers present, such amendment having been presented in writing and 

 read before the Society at a session preceding the one in which the 

 vote ia taken. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. All the oflicers of this Society shall be elected at the January 

 meeting. 



2. All officers of this Society shall assume the duties of their re- 

 spective 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 sta- 

 tionery 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 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 submit- 

 ting the same to the approval of the meeting. 



6. There shall be elected at each winter meeting nine District Di- 

 rectors, 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: Mete- 

 orology in its relation to Horticulture, Entomology, Ornithology, 

 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. 



