16 ANNUAL REPORT 



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1. The president, at each annual meeting of the Society shall 

 appoint a general Iruit committee, consisting of two members from 

 each congressional district in the State, and it shall be the duty of 

 each member to make a written report annually upon the fruit crop, 

 and a limited list of fruits best adapted for general cultivation in their 

 respective districts. 



2. The president, secretary and treasurer shall be members ex- 

 officio of the executive committee, who shall have charge of all mat- 

 ters pertaining to the interests of the Society. 



3. The executive committee may call a meeting of the Society at 

 any time they may deem advisable, giving at least thirty days' notice 

 through the public press. 



4. The executive committee shall appoint a committee on seed- 

 lings, on nomenclature, on forestry, on fruit blossoms, on Russian 

 apples, on gardening, on small fruits, and on floriculture. 



5. The five members of the executive committee, not including the 

 president, secretary or treasurer, shall be a committee on finance, and 

 it shall be their duty to audit all bills before they shall be ordered paid 

 by the president and secretary. 



6. The executive committee shall see that a program is issued for 

 each meeting of the Society, at least one month before the winter 

 meeting and ten days before the summer meeting, 



7. Every member shall be entitled to one copy of the transactions 

 as often as published, on which postage shall be paid; but in the dis- 

 tribution of all other copies the party receiving the same shall pay the 

 postage. Where several copies are sent to auxiliary societies it shall 

 be discretionary with the secretary to pay the freight. 



8. Quorum. — A quorum shall consist of nine members of the Soci- 

 ety, or a majority of the executive committee. 



