THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



ARTICLE VI 

 Prizes 



Prizes and gratuities may be awarded by the Board of Directors or by 

 such committees or judges as may be appointed by them for such purpose, 

 to any person for the exhibition of any fruits, plants, flowers or vegeta- 

 bles, either for their kind or uncommon excellence; or for any new and 

 successful method of cultivating any variety of fruits, flowers, plants, trees, 

 shrubs or vegetables, or for any other objects immediately connected with 

 horticulture, or for the essential advancement of the objects of the Society 

 in any way. No gratuities shall be awarded for any object which shall 

 have been entered or exhibited for a prize. No award shall be made for 

 any unworthj^ exhibit, and no gratuity shall be of larger amount than the 

 lowest prize established for the same exhibit. 



ARTICLE VII 



Amendments 



These By-Laws may be altered, added to or repealed by the Directors, 

 by a majority vote of the Directors present at any stated or special meeting 

 of Council (subject, however, to the provisions of Section ii. Subsection 5, 

 of the General Corporation Law of the State of New York), or by the 

 members of the Society by a majority vote of the members present at any 

 annual, regular or special meeting of the members, provided, however, that 

 the notice of such meeting shall also give notice of the proposed amend- 

 ment, and provided further, that no such amendment inconsistent with the 

 Society's Constitution shall be adopted, except as provided in Article XI 

 of that Constitution. 



Resolved, That the following By-Laws be, and the same herebj^ are, 

 unanimously approved and adopted by the Council as By-Laws of the 

 Society and recommended for approval and adoption as such By-Laws by 

 the members of the Society at its annual meeting to-day, or at any ad- 

 journed meeting thereof. 



On niotion, duly seconded, it was unanimously 

 Resolved: That the By-Laws of the Society duly approved and 

 adopted by the Council of the Society at its meeting held on 

 May 12, 191 5 (which By-Laws are hereinabove set forth at 

 length) be, and the same hereby are, in all things ratified, ap- 

 proved and adopted as By-Laws of the Society. 



In compliance with Article III, Section 3, of the above By- 

 Laws two inspectors of election were appointed by the chair to 

 act at the present meeting. These were J. H. Barnhart and 

 Max Schling. Also in accordance with Article III, Section 3, of 

 the By-Laws two inspectors of election and two alternates were 



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