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 

 promotion 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 garden- 

 ing, 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 

 $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. 



Article IV. — Officers. — The officers of this Society shall be a 

 President, First and Second Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and 

 a Board of Directors of eight members, said board consisting of the 

 officers enumerated in this article and three additional members. 

 These officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the 

 Society in January, and the term of office shall be for one year, com- 

 mencing on the first day of June following. 



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

 President to preside at all meetings of the Society, appoint all com- 

 mittees not otherwise provided for, countersign all orders drawn oi> 

 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 



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