14 ANNUAL KKPORT 



AKTICLE IV. 



OFFICERS. 



Its officers shall consist of a president and one vice president 

 from each congressional district, a secretary, treasurer, and an 

 executive committee of five, and a librarian. 



ARTICLE Y. 



DUTIES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTS. 



The president shall preside at and conduct all meetings of the 

 Society, and deliver an annual address, and in his absence the 

 vice presidents, in their order, shall perform the same duties. 

 They shall also have a general supervision of the horticultural 

 interests in their respective districts, and make a written report 

 to the Society at its annual winter meeting; in consideration of 

 which the Society shall pay their traveling expenses to the same. 



ARTICLE VI. 



THE SECRETARY. 



The secretary shall record all the doings of the Society, collate 

 and prepare all communications, etc., for the public press, and 

 l)ay over all moneys received from members or otherwise to the 

 treasurer on his receipt; receive and answer all communications, 

 addressed to the secretary, establish and maintain correspond- 

 ence with all local, county, district and state horticultural socie- 

 ties, and secure by exchange their transactions, as far as possible; 

 to aid the president as an executive officer in the dispatch of 

 business relating to the meetings of the Society, notices of horti- 

 cultural and similar meetings of general interest, and report to 

 the annual meeting of the Society an abstract of the matter that 

 has come into his ijossession, which, with its approval, shall 

 become part of its transactions of the current year. 



ARTICLE VII. 



THE TREASURER. 



The treasurer shall collect and hold all funds of the Society, 

 and i)ay out the same only on the order of the president, coun- 

 tersigned by the secretary. He shall make up a report of all 



