THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



mined upon by the Council during each month in the year. Special meet- 

 ings of the Society may be called at any time by order of the president or 

 chairman of the Council and must also be called at the written request of 

 any ten members, notice of such proposed meeting being sent by mail to 

 each member of the Society at least three days in advance of the meeting; 

 such notice of special meeting shall specify generally the business which 

 is the subject of that meeting and none other than that shall be transacted. 

 The Council shall meet on the same day in advance of the meeting of the 

 Society and may adjourn to any such time as it may see fit. Special meet- 

 ings of the Council may be held at any time on the call of the chairman 

 of the Council. 



Article X. Annual Meeting. Quonini. — The annual meeting of the 

 Society shall be held on the second Saturday in May in each year. A 

 quorum of the Society for the transaction of business at any meeting shall 

 consist of nine members. 



Article XI. Amendments. — Amendments to the Constitution may be 

 made by a majority vote of the annual meeting of the Society on the rec- 

 ommendation of a two-thirds vote of the Directors present at any stated 

 meeting not less than fifteen (15) days' notice of such stated meeting of 

 the Council and of the proposed amendments having been given to each 

 Director. 



BY-LAWS 

 Adopted June 5, 191 5 



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 



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