16 ANNUAL REPORT 



BY-LAWS. 



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

 appoint a general fruit 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 gene- 

 ral 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 

 matters pertaining to the interest 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 

 seedlings, on nomenclature, on forestry, on fruit blossoms, on 

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



5. The five members of the executive committee, not includ- 

 ing 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 trans- 

 actions as often as published, on which postage shall be paid; 

 but in distribution 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 

 Society, or a majority of the executive committee. 



