THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



mending their approval and adoption by the Members of the So- 

 ciety at this meeting, viz. : 



BY-LAWS OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 



NEW YORK 



ARTICLE I 

 Membership 



Section i. — Associate Members. Only professional gardeners are to be 

 eligible to associate membership in the Society. 



Section 2. — Privileges of Members. Each member of the Society shall 

 be entitled to the following privileges: (i) To have free admission to all 

 exhibitions of the Society. (2) To receive all the publications of the So- 

 ciety under rules established by the Board of Directors. (3) To be pres- 

 ent at all meetings of the Society. 



Each member of the Society, except Honorary, Associate and Corre- 

 sponding members, shall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the Society. 



Section 3. — Proposals for Membership. Any member of the Society 

 may propose candidates as patrons of the Society, or for life membership, 

 sustaining membership, annual membership, or associate membership, or as 

 honorary and corresponding members to the Membership Committee. 

 Such proposal shall be made in writing, and shall be accompanied by a 

 statement of the qualifications of any such candidate for membership. 



Section 4. — Elections. The President or presiding officer shall appoint 

 a committee of three to receive, sort and count the votes given at every 

 regular, special or annual meeting, and report the number. A plurality 

 shall elect, and the President or presiding officer shall declare who are 

 elected. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed at any meeting. 



ARTICLE II 

 Directors or Councillors 



Section i.— Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall fill any vacancy 

 -occurring in the membership of the Board (otherwise than by expiration 

 of the term of service as provided in the Constitution), the person so 

 elected to serve as director until the next annual election after the occur- 

 rence of a vacancy, when such vacancy (in whichever class of directors 

 the same may have occurred) shall be filled by election by the members of 

 the Society. 



Section 2.— Removal. The Board of Directors may at any time, in its 

 discretion, by a majority vote of those present at any meeting, remove any 

 officer and fill the vacancy created by such removal, and shall have general 

 power in its discretion to direct the appointment and removal of all em- 

 ployees of the Society. The Board of Directors shall also have power, in 



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