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entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership by send- 

 ing three delegates, furnishing a list of members and a report of 

 the proceedings thereof to this Society at its annual winter 

 meeting. 



Honorary members, for a time stated or for life, may be elected 

 at any annual meeting by a two-thirds vote of the Society. 



AETICLE 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 librarian. 



AETICLE V. 



DUTIES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTS. 



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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. 



AETICLE VI. 



THE SECRETARY. 



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

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

 pay 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 possession, which, with its approval, shall be- 

 come part of its transactions of the current year. 



