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INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY. 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE MINNESOTA STATE HORTI- 
CULTURAL SOCIETY. ; ee 
Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, John | 
8. Harris, of La Crescent, Houston county, John H. Bisvens, of 
Hennepin county, Wyman Elliot, Charles Hoag, J. T. Grimes, A 
Stewart, R. J. Mendenhall, Peter M. Gideon and Charles H. Clarks” " 
all of Hennepin county, D. A. J. Baker, Truman M. Smith, D. Ke be 
Robertson, William EK. Brimhall, H. J. Brainard, L. M. Ford and =n 
Ww. Paist, all of Ramsey county, and Thomas Ramsden of Wash- 
ington county, O. F. Brand, A. W. McKinstry and Levi Nutting, 
all of Rice county, and P. A. Jewell, of Wabasha, E. H. 8. Dart, of 
Owatonna, Steele county, all of the State of Minnesota, do hereby 
associate ourselves together for the purpose of becoming incorpor- 
ated under the name, and for the purposes hereinafter stated, pur- 
suant to the provisions of title and chapter 34 of the General 
Statutes of said State of Minnesota, so far as the same may be 
applicable, and do now adopt the following Articles : 
ArticLE 1. This corporation shall be known as the Minnesota 
State Horticultural Society. 
; heidun 2. The object of the society shall be to collect, con- 
dense and collate information relative to all varieties of fruits, 
flowers, and other horticultural productions, and dispense the same 
among the people. 
ARTICLE 8. Any person interested may become a member of 
the society by paying to the Treasurer or Secretary, the annual 
fee of one dollar, and signing the constitution and by-laws. The 
wives of members shall be members of the society without the 
payment of a membership fee. 
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