OUTLINES OF A PLAN, iCc, 



1. THE legislature to be applied to for an act of incor- 

 poration of the society, which is to consist of citizens of the 

 state, as generally dispersed throughout the same as possi- 

 ble. In the first instance, the society to be composed of such 

 persons as may be named, and these to be vested with au- 

 thority to make rules for admission of other members, and 

 by-laws for the government of the society, as usual in simi- 

 lar cases. Honorary members to be admitted according to 

 rules to be established, and these may be of any state or 

 countr}'. 



2. The organization of the society shall be so formed, that 

 .the business thereof may be done by a few, who will be re- 

 sponsible to the body of the society, in such manner as their 

 by-laws shall direct. 



3. The governor of the state, the speakers of the houses 

 of the legislature, and the chief justice for the time being, to 

 be the visitors of the corporation. The transactions of the 

 active members, i. e. those entrusted with the monies and af- 

 fairs of the society, by whatever name or description they 

 may be designated, and all by-laws and regulations, to be 

 submitted to the visitors ; to the end that the same may be 

 so conducted and established as not to prejudice the interests 

 of the corporation, or interfere with or oppose the consti- 

 tution or laws of the state. The visitors will also judge of 

 the objects of the society, and perceive whether or not they 

 are calculated to promote the ends of its institution. Re- 

 ports may by them be made annually to the legislature. — 

 These will be useful, as they will exhibit in a comprehen- 

 sive view, the state of agriculture throughout the common- 

 wealth, and give an opportunity to the legislature of being 

 informed on a subject so important to the prosperity of the 



