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APPENDIX E. 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. AND BY-LAWS. 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL 
. SOCIETY. 
Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, John 8. Harris, of 
La Crescent, Houston county; John H. Stevens, of Hennepin county; Wyman 
Elliot, Charles Hoag, J. T. Grimes, A. Stewart, R. J. Mendenhall, Peter M. 
Gideon and Charles H. Clark, all of Hennepin county; D. A. J. Baker, Truman 
M. Smith, D. A. Robertson, William E. Brimhall, H. J. Brainard, L. M. Ford 
and Wm. Paist, all of Ramsey county, and Thomas Ramsden, of Washington 
county; O. F. Brand, A. W. McKinstry and Levi Nutting, all of Rice county, 
and P. A. Jewell, of Wabasha; E. H.S. Dart, of Owatonna, Steele county; all 
of the State of Minnesota, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose 
of becoming incorporated under the name and for the purposes hereinafter 
stated, pursuant 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: 
ArtTIcLE 1. ‘This corporation shall be known as the Minnesota State Horti- 
cultural Society. 
ArticLtE 2. The object of this society shall be to collect, condense and collate 
information relative to all varieties of fruits, flowers, and other horticultural pro- 
ductions, and dispense the same among the people. 
ArtictE 3. 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. 
ArticLE 4. The amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be twenty- 
five thousand dollars ($25,000), with privilege to increase it to $100,000, to be 
held in shares of twenty-five dollars each. 
ARTICLE 5. The officers of this society shall be as follows: President, one 
Vice President to reside in each congressional district of this state, Secretary, 
