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Article III. Membership 

 The organization shall consist of national societies which have for their prime 

 object the advancement of agriculture. The societies mentioned in the accompany- 

 ing resolution shall be charter members. Additional societies may be admitted at 

 any general meeting of the Affiliated Societies. 



Article IV. Organization 



The general business of the organization shall be in charge of a Council, to con" 

 sist of one member elected biennially by each adhering society. 



The officers of the Council shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and 

 a treasurer, who shall serve for six months after their successors are elected. These 

 -officers shall constitute the officers of the organization. 



Article V. Meetings 

 A general meeting of the Affiliated Societies shall be held at least biennially, at a 

 time and place to be determined by the Council. Any adhering society may hold 

 meetings at such times and places as it may select, but so far as practicable all should 

 meet together biennially. 



Article VI. Autonomy 



Each society shall retain its organization, and shall have entire control of the 

 election of its members and officers and all other matters not specifically delegated 

 by it to the Council of the Affiliated Societies. 



Article VII. Annual Dues 

 Each society upon becoming a member of the organization shall pay to the treas- 

 urer of the Council a pro rata sum not to exceed one dollar for each of its members, 

 and a similar amount thereafter annually, the amount in each case to be fixed by 

 the Council. The fiscal j'ear of the AffiUated Societies shall coincide with the calen- 

 dar year. 



Article VIII. Publications 



The Proceedings of the various societies may be issued individually, but all should 

 Conform to a uniform style of page, paper and type, in order that they may consti- 

 ute uniform parts of a set of Transactions of the Affiliated Societies. 



The Council may, upon the approval of the adhering societies, superintend the 

 publication of their Proceedings and employ a general editor to cooperate with the 

 ■editors of the various societies in securing uniformity, economy, and efficiency. 



The Council may arrange for the periodical publication of a journal of agricultural 

 science, to contain reports in abstract of the meetings of the societies, brief notices, 

 reviews, and contributions of general interest to the members of the Affiliated Soci- 

 eties, and for the interchange of ideas on important problems of the day relating to 

 agricultural science, this journal to be issued to members at a subscription price to 

 be fi.xed by the Council. 



Article IX. Amendments 



Amendments to this constitution may be made at any general session of the affili- 

 ation upon the recommendation of the Council, provided that sixty days' notice of 

 the proposed amendments has been given to the president and secretary of the adher- 

 ing societies. 



Article X. By-Laws 



The Council shall formulate and adopt a set of bj'-laws to govern its actions under 

 this constitution. 



Mr. J. B. Smith: I would like to move that this report be considered 

 at the same time ^vith the report of the Executive Committee. One 



